Sarah Faulkner

Sarah Faulkner was born in Hobart, Tasmania. She studied Fine Art [Painting] at RMIT University and Prahran College, Melbourne. In the early 1980s Sarah was the founding member of Roar Studios in Fitzroy, Melbourne, which is now recognised as one of the most influential Australian art movements of the late twentieth century. Faulkner was awarded an Australia Council Grant for an artist residency at Green Street Studios in New York City. She has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia.

Sarah Faulkner's work has been acquired for several high profile public, private and corporate collections including the National Gallery of Australia; National Gallery of Victoria; Artbank; Shepparton Art Gallery; University of Western Australia; Deakin University; Monash University; State Bank of NSW; Western Mining Corporation and the Myer 'Roar' Collection.

The narrative elements of storytelling and personal experience are critical elements to Sarah Faulkner's painting. Her palette reflects the country or place she has explored at a particular time. Sarah has travelled widely to Central, North and South America, Italy, France and India. Her most recent body of work focuses on the costal areas of the Bali, New Zealand, the Mornington Peninsula and the Great Ocean Road, Victoria. She uses vibrant colour to create bold and dramatic paintings. Her lines and brushstrokes are free and spontaneous, always full of the beauty and harmony of nature and the detail of daily human life.