Having attended art school sraight after leaving school, I happily worked wherever the jobs took me, painting projects and assisting. I finally settled down to easel painting in my kitchen, with the occasional decorative interior or fashion project between art shows. When I married and had children in , I adapted to my new routines and helped run my husband's business while continuing to show and work on commissions.
After many great part-time administration jobs, tutoring, freelance projects and commissions while raising my three beautiful daughters, I returned to study, to up date my practice. First, I attended Kensington & Chelsea College of Art. I then joined the Graduate Diploma course at the Royal College of Art and graduated on to the one-year Painting MA at Camberwell UAL. Finally I graduated from Goldsmiths University with an MA in Arts & Learning from their education department.
Now my time is my own again; I am hunting out and working on the projects, part-time jobs and shows I want to do. I love collaboration - problem-solving with an artistic twist and bounce, contact me if you want to play.
Projects
- Between Memory & Experience.My critical reflective statement is to accompany a canvas and animation of my process accessible via a QR code. This will allow my audience to experience my ideas in whichever way suits them best. I want them to explore, in agreement with Albert Albers: ( https://www.albersfoundation.org/alberses/teaching/josef-albers/concerning-art-instruction). Between Memory & Experience 2022 114 x 119 cm mixed media assemblage. Sarah Chalkie Cloonan . Link to essay. https://sarahchalkiecloonan.wordpress
Work history
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Art club leaderThe Boiler Room Art Club
London, United KingdomFreelance
Boiler Room ART CLUB
Fun projects and art courses
Using art history and current art trends to inform, explore, evaluate and educate.
(Books, goo with a bun and brush).
Tutor
London, United KingdomFreelance
I tutor those 6-90 years old. Subjects taught have included painting, drawing, watercolour, printmaking, casting, photography, photoshop, GCSE, A Level, foundation and BA studies. I run just for fun classes in my Boiler room art club, subject have included self portraits, Egyptians to dogs in Venice - paint and food with historical and personal narratives woven in. One to one tutoring has included, collage applications, practical advice, academic theory, Decorative arts and wall/floor art, (on site projects). Sessions are fine tuned to the clients requirements.
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Skills
- Painting
- Acrylic Painting
- Commission Painting
- Oil Painting
- Mural Painting
- Watercolour Painting
- Screen Printing
- Portrait Painting
- Admin
- Art Teaching
Education
MAGoldsmiths, University of London
- London, United Kingdom
https://chalkiecloonanrcagraddip.wordpress.com/home/projects/goldsmiths-ma-arts-learning-2021-22/
This programme allows artists, practitioners, and teachers to enrich and consolidate contemporary art and learning theories.
MFACamberwell College of Arts (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
https://chalkiecloonanrcagraddip.wordpress.com/home/projects/camberwell-ual-ma-2020/
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