Sarah Yates

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Sarah Yates (born 1987 Blackburn, England){{cite web |title=Sarah Yates |url=https://www.saatchiart.com/faunagraphic |website=Saatchi Art |access-date=29 August 2021 |language=en}} working under the name Faunagraphic, is a British artist, known for painting murals, especially of birds.{{cite web |last1=Rhind-Tutt |first1=Louise |title=Faunagraphic: the female Sheffield street artist inspiring a new generation |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/arts/faunagraphic-female-sheffield-street-artist-inspiring-new-generation/ |publisher=iNews |accessdate=30 December 2018 |date=9 May 2017}} She also paints on canvas.

From the age of 16, Yates studied graphic design at college. She has worked in Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Romania, and the United States, and has been featured on the BBC programmes Springwatch{{Cite episode |title=Springwatch 2007, Episode 3 |series=Springwatch |series-link=Springwatch |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dapGWqOMpK4?t=2285 |accessdate=30 December 2018 |date=31 May 2007 |number=3 }} and Countryfile.{{Cite episode |title=Countryfile's Inspirational Women |series=Countryfile |series-link=Countryfile |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bx2ryc |accessdate=30 December 2018 |station=BBC One |date=30 December 2018 }}

Her commissions include a {{convert|42|ft|m}} mural of Harry Brearley, on Howard Street, Sheffield, to mark the 100th anniversary of his invention of stainless steel.{{cite web |title=Harry Brearley |url=http://streetartsheffield.com/gallery/harry-brearley |publisher=Street Art Sheffield |accessdate=30 December 2018 }}{{cite web |title=Faunagraphic: Female street artist capturing the elegance and grace of birds |url=https://lifeandsoulmagazine.com/2018/01/23/faunagraphic-female-street-artist-capturing-the-elegance-and-grace-of-birds/ |website=Life & Soul Magazine |accessdate=30 December 2018 |date=23 January 2018}}

MURAL FESTIVAL EVENT LIST

Derbyshire wildlife Trust, Wild About Derby Event, The Museum of making Derby - 2022 - Painted ( 2 large Peregrine Falcons)

Rise Up Residency, Margate, UK 2022 - Painted - ( Large Heron )

Heart of Glass - Parr St Helens 2022 - Painted - ( Woodpecker amongst Nature and Glass orb )

Possibilities , Heywood Manchester UK 2021 - Painted - (Firecrest and Goldfinch )

Gravity Festival - Paris - Notorious brand France 2021 - Painted (Great Tit & Painted Lady Butterfly )

London Mural Festival, Walthamstow 2021 - Painted (Kestrel and magnolia Flowers )

BBC Countryfile mural 2020

Culpeer for Change Mural - Plovdiv 2019

Cheltenham Mural Festival 2019

GARGAR Festival Penelles Catalonia - 2019 - Painted ( Eagle on collaboration wall with Rocket01 )

Habitat - GRAFFPOST - Mural Project - Sofia Bulgaria 2019