Visual Art
Sade continues to explore identity and ancestry which incorporate her thoughts on blackness and her lived experience, in relation to society throughout her work. The colour black has continued to be a common thread in her creations, from wearable art to canvas. Texture and specific colour selection are at the forefront, creating contrast in all explored mediums and processes. Which have formed a true intimate expression within her works.
‘With life challenges and experiences, I have felt some restraint expressing myself solely through design. By taking that expression and projecting it away from the body it’s have enabled me to express my vulnerability and emotion without the limitation of a technical craft. It has become a therapy lifeline for me’ - Sade English
The Blue Series
The Red Series
Exploring the diverse tonalities of red brings to light the themes of healing, strength and acceptance. Combined with the vitality of red, black as a colour is a grounding force, serving as a means to delve into its universality, alongside examining key socio-political and historical preconceptions surrounding ‘blackness’.
Throughout the year Sade makes limited edition small size canvases that further explore her techniques and method. These canvases are at a more affordable price as it enables inclusivity within her work.
Immoral Diaspora
The immortal Diaspora, at Baths Gallery, London 2021.
The Immortal Diaspora is an invitation to reflect on the self, its construction, and its place in society. If we are inspired and influenced by others who are no longer present in physical form, yet they continue to live on through work, can we all, in fact, become Immortal?
Untitled12, 2021, Acrylic, Foam, Acrylic Spray | 30X40inch
Sade English both showcases and where possible curates her own exhibitions. Most recently in July 2020 at The Baths Gallery. An exhibition showcasing Sade's visual art of canvas and film titled 'Anticlone: The Immortal Diaspora'. Here Sade English takes us into a journey through painting, garment construction, film, and soundscapes.
Sade, as a young Black & Andean woman, witnessed the premature death of her mother Marcia Byfield against the backdrop of a race war and a global pandemic; and it’s in moments of such unrest and sudden change, questions concerning identity percolate as we try to reestablish our purpose. Sade managed to refocus her energy into relearning and making history, while pledging to rediscover her ancestry within the African Diaspora. Each painting embodies the inherited strength, power and dedication to overcome the loss and grief of her mother's passing, the helplessness and uncertainty of the pandemic, and the persecution and horror of the race war.
“Life follows death, death rebirths into a guided spirit, she is immortal.” - Sade English
(In Memory of Marcia Elaine Byfield)
The Immortal Diaspora is an invitation to reflect on the self, it’s construction, and it’s placed in society. If we are inspired and influenced by others who are no longer present in physical form, yet they continue to live on through work, can we all, in fact, become Immortal? This series of paintings, are the first publicly presented abstract Art paintings since, The X Exhibition, at No Format Gallery, London in 2016. Her most recent abstract Art paintings, has now become a permanent archive of works at The Mandrake Hotel in London, alongside Art Collectors both in London and Paris.
See below paintings that have previously been exhibited, curation experience and both new and sold works Email: s.english@sade-english.com for sales enquires.
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