Grounded

The first solo exhibition of Sarah Bedford in London, presented in collaboration with Mrs. New York, encompasses a series of new paintings, which are about inspiring hope in a dying natural world through the symbolic representation of floral hybrids. The conceptual “seeds” of Bedford's paintings evolved from her decades-long work as a professional florist. These are exhibited within a large-scale site-specific floral wall painting filling the gallery walls. This is the fifth exhibition in VITRINE’s gallery collaboration programme in the Bermondsey, London, space.

Sarah Bedford, 'Double Narcissus', 2022, Acrylic on Linen, 40.6 x 30.5 cm. Courtesy of Mrs. Maspeth, NY, and VITRINE London/Basel. Photography by Olympia Shannon.

Born and raised in Roundup, Montana, Sarah Bedford received her BFA from the Cooper Union and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Bedford has been a recipient of the National Academy of Design Painting Award, as well as a Lower East Side Printshop Artist Fellowship. Bedford has shown with Bellwether Gallery, Jack Hanley Gallery, Charles Moffett and Deanna Evans Projects,...

Born and raised in Roundup, Montana, Sarah Bedford received her BFA from the Cooper Union and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Bedford has been a recipient of the National Academy of Design Painting Award, as well as a Lower East Side Printshop Artist Fellowship. Bedford has shown with Bellwether Gallery, Jack Hanley Gallery, Charles Moffett and Deanna Evans Projects, New York, Mrs., Maspeth, NY; and Foyer, Los Angeles, CA, among others. In 2022 she co-curated ‘Flower Craft’ at The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY. Bedford’s most recent solo exhibition with Mrs. was held in winter of 2023 and she has been represented by the gallery since 2020. The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.