E-Mail Address:     sarahfortais@gmail.com

Qualifications

2023         Modern COSHH Management

2023         First Aid Training, England

2021         Carbon Literacy Standard, Carbon Literacy Trust, England

2020         Certificate in Understanding Mental Health, The National College, England

2020         Digital Resilience, Educare, London, England

2020         GDPR for Education Level 2, Educare, London, England

2019         IPAF Operator, PASMA, and MEWP Certification

2019         GDPR Training, University College London, England

2018         Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, London, England

2017         DBS Certification

2015         University College London Arena One: Teaching Associate Programme,       London, England

Education

2012-2018   PhD Practice-Led, Slade School of Fine Art, London, England

2011-2013   MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, England

2007-2011    Bachelors of Fine Art, Honours Specialization Studio Art Program, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Solo Exhibitions

2022             Martian Picnic, Chipping Work Shop, London, England

2022             Martian Picnic, Royal Geographical Society, London, England

2018             VIVA Exhibition, Slade School of Fine Art and Slade Research Centre, London, England

2016             Sarah Fortais’ Somewhere Space Program, The Dolls House Gallery, Slade School of Fine Art, London, England

2013-2014   To Make Strange, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

2013             Sarah Fortais’ Summer Space Program, SU Space, Chelsea College of Art            and Design, London, England

2013            The Superdove Project, 272 High Holborn, London, England

2010             ((Remember)) The Youth, Weldon Library, London, Ontario

Group Exhibitions

2023      Archive Ad Astra: Objects of Space Enthusiasm, UCL Anthropology Building, London, England

2021       Coffee Art Project, London Coffee Festival, Old Truman Brewery, London, England

2021     Colour/Collage/Poetry, Slade School of Fine Art (virtual), London England

2019      Ladies and Gentlemen, The Football Has No Claws, Slade School of Fine Art, London, England

2019     Continuum Festival, Allenheads Contemporary Art, Allenheads, England

2019      Kupala 2019: Lunar Edition, Phytology UK, London, England

2019     The Nomenclature of Colours, Slade Research Centre, London, England

2019     Hors Pistes, 14e édition, La lune: Zone Imaginaire à Défendre, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

2017     Past Forward, ArtLab, London, Ontario

2017     Young Gods, Charlie Smith London, England

2016    Constructive Spaces: A VR Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), England

2016     SEEMS, Westbury Arts Centre, Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes, England

2016     Explorers (Chapter 2), Londonewcastle Project Space, London, England

2016     Slade Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London, England

2016     Explorers (Chapter 1), loft 19, Suzanne Tarasieve Gallery, Paris, France

2016     Platform Project 3: Sarah Fortais, Platform Projects, Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London, England

2015     Aether, Showroom, 272 High Holborn, London, England

2015     Capsule, Embassy Tea Gallery, London, England

2015     Made In Arts London, Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London, England

2014    Bigger, Brighter, Bolder, Showroom, 272 High Holborn, London,  England

2014     Catlin Art Prize 2014, Londonewcastle Project Space, London, England

2014     Immaterial, Slade Research Centre, London, England

2014     Stellar Graduates, Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth, England

2013     Rising Stars, Graduate Showcase, Coombe Gallery, Dartmouth, England

2013     Slade Print Fair, Slade Research Centre, Woburn Square, London, England

2013     Re | collections: Performance and Print, Blueprint, 272 High Holborn, London, England

2013     NOVA Awards Showcase, Royal Society of Artists, London, England

2013    SHOW 1, Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross, London, England

2013-2015, 2018    Under New Management / Video Rental Store, ODD Gallery at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC), Dawson City, Yukon; Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Galerie Tiers-espace / Third Space Gallery, New Brunswick; The Ecology of an Art Scene Symposium at The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario; Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario; The New Gallery, Calgary Alberta; Union Gallery, Kingston, Ontario; The New Gallery (TNG), Calgary, Alberta; SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

2013     Green Week Exhibition, Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross, London, England

2012     On Being Different and the Same at the Same Time, 272 High Holborn, London,  England (artist and curator)

2012    Community, Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross, London, England

2012     MA Fine Art Interim Show, May 10-14, V22 Workspace, Tower Bridge/Bermondsey, London, England

2012     Xhibit, touring showcase of University of the Arts London,  Central Saint Martins, Kingsgate Studios, Menier Gallery London, England

2011-2012   pARTners collaborative exhibition, Ontario (Woodstock Art Gallery; you me gallery;   Japanese Paper Place Gallery; Aurora Cultural Centre; John B. Aird Gallery;  Pentimento Fine Art Gallery)

2011   Still Worked, ArtLab, London, Ontario

2011   Those Artists, Alex P. Keaton, London, Ontario

2011   Festival of the Arts, Somerville House, Great Hall, London, Ontario

2011   The Arts Affair, University Community Center, London, Ontario

2011   Die Acustichen Akademie, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, Ontario

2010   Winter/Stasis, ArtLab, London Ontario

2010   Mapping Medievalism on the Canadian Frontier, ArtLab, London, Ontario

2010   The Path to Practicum, ArtLab, London, Ontario

2010   Secret Admirer, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario

2010   Toy Show, Concourse Gallery, London, Ontario

2010   Annual Juried Exhibition, ArtLab, London, Ontario

2010   London Festival for the Arts, University Community Centre, London, Ontario

2010   Is it too late? –Doug, The Arts Project, London, Ontario

2010   Song Show, Concourse Gallery, London, Ontario

2009   This to that, Concourse Gallery, London, Ontario

2008   Spotlight at the Barking Frog, The Barking Frog, London, Ontario

2007   ArtReach graduating program exhibition, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

2007   Algoma District Student Art Show, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Video Screenings

2019 (with Nikolas Ventourakis) Voyageur, for Christoph Steffner’s exhibition Mobile           Urbanity, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Germany

2012  To Make Strange, for the exhibition Performance Voyage 2, Muu Galleria, Helsinki,              Finland; Villa Karo, The Finnish-African Cultural Centre, Grand-Popo, Benin, Africa; ONE NIGHT ONLY GALLERY C/O UKS, Lakkegata Oslo, Norway & Vilnius, Lithuania; GALLERY RAJATILA, Hämeenpuisto Tampere, Finland; New Performance Turku festival, Finland; What A Mess! Art Fair, Fredrikstad, Norway

2012   To Make Strange, for the exhibition Unfinished Worlds, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, England

Performances

2022    ASSEMBLY REQUIRED, St. Albans, England

2020   A New Coffee Shop Experience II, Peckham to Kings Cross, London, England

2020   A New Coffee Shop Experience I, Borough Market, London England

2019  Tourist/Explorer, Bloomsbury Festival, London, England

2019  Continuum, as part of Continuum Festival and Kupala Festival, Allenheads and London, England

2019   Voyageur, as part of Hors Pistes, 14e édition, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

2017    Free Cucumbers, Baker Street, London, England

2016  LAM and Sheep, Mutton Shoulder, Milton Keynes, England

2015   LAM and Sheep for Practices in Dialogue: Loss and Creation, Hundred Years Gallery, London, England

2015   Sound Experiments for Spark Festival, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, England

2014   Rocket Launch, Londonewcastle Project Space, London, England

2013   Uniforms for Everyday Rituals, commissioned for 3rd Floor Tate Modern, London, England

2013   Equilibrium, for Neurath’s Boat as part of Curious Festival and the Barbican Creative Learning Series, Chats Palace, London, England

2012   Tourist, a spaceman arriving in London for the 2012 Olympics, Kings Cross, London, England

2010   Radio Video, audio video performance for the show Hide and Seek/Show and Tell, Brennan’s Bistro, London, Ontario

2010   92nd International Conference of Avionics and Suborbital Research, performance of an excerpt from an untitled graphic novel, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, Ontario

Workshops/Events/Teaching

2023 Creating our way through crises: How can the arts and creativity address sustainability and tackle health and environmental inequalities? (in conversation with Harold Offeh and Rochelle Burgess), for Fevers, Frets and Futures: uncertainty & new ecologies for post-Covid healthcare, University College London and hybrid, London England

2023 Artist-In-Residence on a Martian Analogue, presentation for Off-Earth Atlas, University College London, London, England

2022 Artist in Residence presentation and panel member of Communicating Your Discoveries: sharing work, inspiring action, for Explore RGS Expedition and Fieldwork Festival, Royal Geographical Society, London, England

2022  Martian Picnic guided tour of exhibition, Royal Geographical Society, London, England

2022   Sarah Fortais: Artist In Residence on a Mars Analogue, Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London, England

2022   Martian Death Masks and Modified Casting Techniques for Off-World Environments, British Interplanetary Society, London, England

2022   On Dust, for Space: From the Telescope to the Microscope: Space Exploration Meets Medical Discovery, The Curve Lecture Theatre, St. George’s Hospital, London, England

2021-2023 Specialist Casting Technician, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, England

2021   Bricolage, Jesmonite, Silicone, and Coffee, for What We Do lecture series, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, England

2021 Artist Talk for Drayton Manor High School students, Drayton Manor High School, London, England

2019   Introduction to Sculpture, Tutor and course designer, Slade School of Fine Art, London, England

2019   UCL Donor Wall Launch Event, Wilkins Terrace, London, England

2018   UCL Donor Wall Hand Casting Event, Wilkins Terrace, London, England

2018   Rendering the Invisible Visible, interdisciplinary conference, co-organizer and workshop leader, University College  London, England

2018-2019 Widening Participation Summer School, Tutor and course designer, Slade School of Fine Art, London, England

2017    Defining Cool Through A Bricoleur’s Studio Practice, departmental seminar, Slade School of Fine Art, London, England

2016   Slade Salon research presentation for UCL Festival of Culture, London, England

2016   Sunday Sofa Sessions, artist talk at Affordable Art Fair, London, England

2015-2018 BFA2 Critical Studies, Tutor and course designer, Slade School of Fine Art, London, England

2015   Common Ground, LAHP (London Arts and Humanities Partnership) research presentation at Kings College Music Department, London, England

2015   Lunar Salon, designed and hosted at Slade Research Centre, London, England

2015   Against Delivery, EARN (European Artistic Research Network) presenter and session organizer, Slade Research Centre, London, England

2015  Bricolage, departmental seminar, Slade School of Fine Art, London, England

2014  Cool, departmental seminar, Slade School of Fine Art, London, England

2013  Immateriality, FIGS Material Properties research presentation, Slade Research Centre, London, England

2013   Station to Stationery (designed and implemented a collaborative David Bowie portrait-making event), Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England

2012   DIY Instrument and Music Box Making, Menier Gallery, London, England

2012-2013  Academic Representation Supervisor, University of the Arts London, England

2012   Environmental Resource, Habitat for Humanity, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada

2012   Coordinator, Echoes of the World Drum Festival, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada

2011   Home Builder, Habitat for Humanity, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada

2010-2011 President of the Visual Arts Supporters’ Association (VASA) and 4 year executive member, London, Canada

2009-2011 University of Western Ontario, Woodshop Technician, London, Canada

Residencies

2022-2023 Artist in Residence at the Centre for Outer Space Studies, University College      London, England

2016   Westbury Arts Centre Graduate Residency, Milton Keynes, England

2013   Summer Space Program Residency, University of the Arts London, England

2010   (group) Mapping Medievalism on the Canadian Frontier, ArtLab, London, Canada

Select Honours

2020    (awarded with UCL’s OVPA team) CASE Circle of Excellence Bronze Award for the UCL Donor Wall

2017    Shortlisted for Beers London Contemporary Visions 8, England

2016    Kenneth Armitage Sculpture Prize, England

2015    Longlisted for Signature Art Prize 2015, England

2014    Shortlisted for Catlin Prize, England

2014    Selected for the Catlin Guide, England

2013    Shortlisted for Nova Award, Lowe & Partners / Central Saint Martins,    London, England

2013     White Square Award, UAL, London, England

2013     Selected for Future 40 program, presented by UAL Students’ Union, England

2012     Shortlisted for Dream Bag Jaguar Shoes solo exhibition, London, England

2011     People’s Choice Award, Rotaryfest, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada

2011     Selected to represent UWO in the BMO 1st Annual Art Competition, Canada

2010     Winner of the Annual Juried Exhibition, UWO, London, Canada

2009-2011  Dean’s List, University of Western Ontario

Select Scholarships/Grants

2018           (awarded with Dawn Gaietto) Octagon Small Grants Scheme, UCL, London, England

2015           Doctoral School Bursary, UCL, London, England

2015          Joint Faculty Institute of Graduate Studies Bursary, UCL, London, England

2014           Jean Spencer & Malcolm Hughes Bursary, Slade, London, England

2013-2017  Overseas Research Scholarship, Slade School of Fine Art, London, England

2011           Margaret Rand Scholarship in Visual Arts, UWO, London, Canada

2011           Richard Ivy Continuing Scholarship in Visual Arts, UWO, London, Canada

2011           Alumni Award, UWO, London, Canada

2010           Tony and Betsy Little Scholarship in Visual Arts, UWO, London, Canada

2010           UWO Bursary for academic merit

2010           UWO Student Levy Fund Grant for equipment

2010           UWO Student Levy Fund Grant for an artist residency

2010           UWO Student Levy Fund Grant for graduating exhibition

2007           Renewable entrance bursary to University of Western Ontario

2007           Millennium Excellence Scholarship

2007           Sault Ste. Marie Excellence in Volunteerism, Ontario