Sarah Jane Palmer

Sarah Jane Palmer is a Sheffield-based multidisciplinary artist and educator whose practice spans installation, inflatable sculpture, painting, animation, film and printmaking. Drawn to the edges of perception, she works with ideas around visual hallucinations, dreams, geometry, pattern and historical archives — creating work that invites an unexpected shift in how we see.

Sarah's practice is rooted in making the invisible visible — exploring the threshold between what is seen and unseen, known and unknown. Working in a collaborative and research-led way, she draws on partnerships with scientists, communities and institutions to investigate ideas around visual perception, sight loss and the ways in which the mind constructs and deceives the eye. Her work often emerges through long-term enquiry, taking unexpected forms across a range of materials and media.

In 2004 Sarah graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, and in 2013 received an MA in Fine Art with distinction. Alongside her studio practice she works extensively as an artist educator and creative learning facilitator, collaborating with galleries, schools and community organisations across the north of England.

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