The Winter Sculpture Park is an exhibition of contemporary sculpture and public art and showcases the work of over 40 UK and international artists.
Alumni Sara and Danny, who both graduated in 2021, are exhibiting Looking but Not Seeing and WHOOPEE, respectively.
Sara is a British Artist, of Turkish-Cypriot heritage, born and based in London.
In her exhibited piece, Sara noted:
“'Looking but Not Seeing' contradicts the traditional materiality of ruins and instead appears "shiny" and "brand new”, which mocks the socially constructed standards of beauty and worthiness expected by the Western eye.”
Following a successful degree show exhibition in the summer of 2021, the alumna received the Edward Sharp Prize for her oil painting Syria, which is now held in the University’s politics department.
She has seen much success in the couple of years since her graduation. One of her installations, Far from Home III, was shortlisted for the Royal Academy summer exhibition and nominated for the Artsthread Graduate Design Awards. She is now furthering her education in Fine Art, as she has been awarded The Phaedra Makridou Scholarship to support her Masters in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. She has also exhibited at The Factory Project and Leicester Museum & Art Gallery and been featured in The Art Newspaper and Art Rabbit.