Sarah Maple
{{Short description|British artist}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name = Sarah Maple
| image = YOU!.jpg
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| caption = YOU by Sarah Maple
| birth_name = Sarah Khanum Maple
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1985}}
| birth_place = Eastbourne, England
| known_for = painting
| alma_mater = Kingston University
| movement =
| notable_works = "Haram", "Menstruate with Pride", "Anti Rape Cloak"
| awards = 4 New Sensations
Sky Academy Arts Scholarship{{Cite web|url=https://corporate.sky.com/media-centre/news-page/2015/meetthenewskyacademyartsscholarshipsrecipients|title = Sky Group}}
| children = 1
}}
Sarah Khanum Maple (born 1985) is a British visual artist. She was recognised for her work after being awarded the "New Sensations" prize.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jul/14/sarah-maple-feminist-artist-photography|title=Artist Sarah Maple: 'I've had death threats'|last=Frizzell|first=Nell|date=2015-07-14|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-05-02}}
Early life and education
Maple was born in Eastbourne, Sussex to a Kenyan-born, Birmingham-raised Punjabi Muslim mother and a British father.[http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/13/women-vaginas-and-blood-menstruate-with-pride-breaking-taboos-with-artist-and-provocative-feminist-sarah-maple/ Menstruate with Pride, Breaking Taboos With Sarah Maple The Independent] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502002610/http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/13/women-vaginas-and-blood-menstruate-with-pride-breaking-taboos-with-artist-and-provocative-feminist-sarah-maple/|date=2012-05-02}} {{Cite web|url=http://artpulsemagazine.com/humor-feminism-artsarah-maple|title=Humor + Feminism + Art=Sarah Maple|journal=ArtPulse Magazine|first=Anne|last=Swartz|accessdate=9 April 2024}}
In 2003, Maple took a Foundation Course at the University of the Creative Arts. Four years later, she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honours from Kingston University.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sarahmaple.com/about/|title=About/CV|website=Sarah Maple|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-02}}
Work
In 2007 she won the "4 New Sensations" competition, run by Channel 4 in conjunction with the Saatchi Gallery. The competition's aim is "to find the most exciting and imaginative artistic talent in the UK"{{cite web|url=http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/4newsensations/|title=New Sensations - Home Page|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023070952/http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/4newsensations/|archivedate=23 October 2012|url-status=dead|accessdate=20 September 2014}} from among art students graduating that year.
In 2015 she won a Sky Academy Arts Scholarship to produce a new body of work for a new solo exhibition in 2017 {{Cite web|url=https://corporate.sky.com/media-centre/news-page/2015/meetthenewskyacademyartsscholarshipsrecipients|title = Sky Group}} Maple has exhibited her work at galleries and institutions such as Tate Britain,{{Cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/talks-and-lectures/practicing-feminist|title = The Practicing Feminist – Talk at Tate Britain}} The New Art Exchange,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nae.org.uk/exhibition/sarah-maple-not-my-cup-of-tea/129|title=Sarah Maple: Not My Cup of Tea}} Golden Thread Gallery {{Cite web|url=http://www.goldenthreadgallery.co.uk/events/god-is-a-feminist/?v=79cba1185463|title = GOD IS a FEMINIST | Golden Thread Gallery}} and Kunstihoone Tallinn http://old.kunstihoone.ee/index.php%3Fmode=pl_kunstihoone_yritused&yid=515&yritus=n2itus&asukoht=Linnagalerii&aeg=arhiiv&lang=eng&club=1&page=15.html
In 2015 she released her first book You Could Have Done This, a hardback art book of selected works with contributions from Beverley Knowles (curator and writer), Margaret Harrison (artist), Oreet Ashery (artist) and Anne Swartz (professor Art History) {{Cite web|url=http://www.kochxbos-store.com/en/sarah-maple-you-could-have-done-this.html|title = KochxBos Gallery - home}}
In 2019 her debut U.S. mixed-media solo exhibit took place at The Untitled Space in New York City, entitled "Thoughts and Prayers," with work that spanned 10 years. It explored topical issues including the immigrant experience and gun violence.{{citation |url=https://theartgorgeous.com/sarah-maple-doesnt-want-thoughts-prayers/ |title= Sarah Maple Doesn't Want "Thoughts And Prayers" |author= Mac McDonough |publisher= TheArtGorgeous | date=31 January 2019 | accessdate=7 April 2023}}
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Personal life
Maple lives in Crawley with her husband Jamie{{Cite web|url=https://thetittymag.com/an-online-coffee-date-with-sarah-maple/|title=An online coffee date with Sarah Maple|website=The TittyMag|first=Cathelijne|last=Blok|date=14 September 2021|accessdate=9 April 2024}} and their daughter.{{Cite web|url=https://mixedmessages.substack.com/p/sarah-maple-you-carry-this-history|title=Sarah Maple: "You carry this history in your body – it can be heavy"|work=Mixed Messages|first=Isabella|last=Silvers|date=13 March 2023|accessdate=9 April 2024}}
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.sarahmaple.com/ }}
- [http://www.indechs.org/2012/12/theme-week-female-artists-interview.html Interview with Sarah Maple on Indechs - contemporary online archive]
- [http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/08/art-space-talk-sarah-maple.html Interview with Sarah Maple on Myartspace]
- [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/sarah-maple-im-not-the-new-tracey-emin-6294299.html Interview with The Independent]
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Category:Alumni of Kingston University
Category:English people of Kenyan descent
Category:English people of Punjabi descent
Category:English women artists