Sally Waterman's film practice is concerned with the interpretation of literature into an elusive form of self-portraiture. She creates autobiographical still and moving image works that explore memory, place and familial relationships.
Sally Waterman is based in London. She received her MA Image & Communication from Goldsmiths, London in 1996 and a PhD in Media & Photography at the University of Plymouth in 2011. She has exhibited and screened her work extensively since 1996, including Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK; Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales, UK; Pitzhanger Manor House and Gallery, London, UK; Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK; CCA, Glasgow, UK; Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, UK; Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK; Berlin Short Film Festival, Germany, Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Columbia; The Family Film Project International Film Festival, Porto, Portugal; 19th International Kansk Video Festival, Russia and the Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, Turkey. Her work is held in various public collections including the National Art Library, V&A, London, John M. Flaxman Library, The School of Art Institute of Chicago and the Yale Center for British Art, New York. She was a visiting fellow at the University of London (2011-2012), where she organised the ‘Family Ties: Recollection and Representation’ conference, and is a founder member of the research group, Family Ties Network. She is currently a senior lecturer in Fashion Photography at University for the Creative Arts, Epsom.
Group Exhibition
Against
Exploring Grief and Loss through Art, Willesden Gallery
London
2024
Online festival
Against
At the Fringe International Arts Festival 2020
Tranås
2020
Honorable mention
Between Us
LA Underground Film Forum 2020
Los Angeles
Honorable Mention
Between Us
Experimental Forum 2020
Los Angeles
Honorable mention
Syncopation
Experimental Forum 2019
Los Angeles
Honorable mention
Syncopation
LA Underground Film Forum 2019
Los Angeles
Honorable Mention
So Cheerio for Now
Canada Shorts: Canadian and International Short Film Festival 2017
New Brunswick
Honorable Mention
So Cheerio for Now
Experimental Forum 2017
Los Angeles
Current City
London
Gender
Female
Sally Waterman's film practice is concerned with the interpretation of literature into an elusive form of self-portraiture. She creates autobiographical still and moving image works that explore memory, place and familial relationships.
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