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British artist Sahara Longe’s first institutional exhibition will open at Arnolfini in Summer 2025 with a new body of work unique to Arnolfini, continuing her exploration of semi-abstract figures as they move between private and public spaces.

Following her hauntingly personal exhibition Sugar (New York, 2024), where nudes were intimately enclosed within Symbolist imagery, Longe now returns to the clothed figure, capturing fleeting moments and the anonymity of the city against richly coloured backdrops inspired by post-war patterns. Including two monumental 4-metre-long paintings, scenes encompass ambiguous conversations and interactions, inviting audiences to imagine a multitude of stories that might live within.

Longe trained for four years at the Florentine atelier Charles H. Cecil Studio, where she studied classical drawing and painting with an emphasis on creating portraits from live models. During this time, Longe learned traditional oil-paintings techniques used by the old masters, which she continues to employ today.

Sahara Longe is represented by Timothy Taylor and will be exhibiting alongside an exhibition by Dana Awartani.

a mono logo for Timothy Taylor gallery
a painting by artist Sahara Longe of a couple, lying face to face, naked, in an embrace in bed, the sheets to one side.
Sahara Longe Bad Dreams (after Ferdinand Hodler), 2024. Signed LONGE (lower right). Oil on linen. 74 . x 88 ⅝ in. (190 x 225 cm) (T0014783). © Sahara Longe. Courtesy the artist and Timothy Taylor.

About the Artist

a colour photograph of artist Sahara Long in her studio in front of some of her works

Sahara Longe

Sahara Longe is a British figurative painter who lives and works in London. She will mount her first institutional solo exhibition at Arnolfini in Bristol, Summer 2025: 28 June to 28 September 2025.

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a close-up colour head and shoulders photograph of artist Dana Awartani

Dana Awartani

Dana Awartani engages in critical and contemporary reinterpretations of the forms, techniques, concepts and spatial constructs that shape Middle Eastern culture.

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