Sarah Pickering

♀ *1972 / United Kingdom

Works

Solo exhibitions

Aim & Fire

The DLI Museum & Durham Art Gallery, Durham (GB)
18 Oct 2013 – 12 Jan 2014
Incident Control

MoCP Contemporary Photo, Chicago (US)
9 Apr 2010 – 29 Jun 2010
Holding Fire

Ffotogallery, Cardiff (GB)
8 May 2009 – 1 Jul 2009
Fire Scene

Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York (US)
10 Jan 2008 – 15 Mar 2008
Explosions

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
20 Apr 2007 – 23 Jun 2007
Explosions

Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York (US)
5 Jan 2006 – 25 Feb 2006

Group

Dark Tales

British Documentary Photography and the Gothic

The Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol (GB)
17 Sep 2026 – 20 Dec 2026

with Kjell-Åke Andersson, Bill Brandt, Anna Fox, Robert Frank, Don McCullin, Lee Miller, John Myers, Akihiko Okamura, Sue Packer, Martin Parr, Charlie Phillips, Alice Poyzer …
In Plain Sight

Photography, Power and Public Space in Britain

MATÈRIA, Roma (IT)
5 Dec 2025 – 31 Jan 2026

with Anna Fox, Jermaine Francis, Sunil Gupta, Karen Knorr, MacDonaldStrand, John Stezaker, Bettina von Zwehl
In the Now: Gender and Nation in Europe

Selections from the Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn (US)
8 Mar 2024 – 7 Jul 2024

with Yto Barrada, Uta Barth, Vanessa Beecroft, Carolle Benitah, Melanie Bonajo, Elina Brotherus, Alexandra Croitoru, Natalie Czech, Iris Hutegger, Ulla Jokisalo, Eva Kotatkova, Barbara Probst …
In the Now

Gender and Nation in Europe, Selections from the Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection

LACMA Museum, Los Angeles (US)
14 Nov 2021 – 13 Feb 2022

with Yto Barrada, Uta Barth, Vanessa Beecroft, Carolle Benitah, Melanie Bonajo, Alexandra Croitoru, Natalie Czech, Marlene Haring, Caroline Heider, Iris Hutegger, Ulla Jokisalo, Eva Kotatkova …
The BIG Picture

Giant Photographs and Powerful Portfolios

Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg (US)
26 Sep 2020 – 6 Jun 2021

with Gil Blank, Karin Bubas, James Casebere, Alejandro Chaskielberg, Amie Dicke, Noriko Furunishi, Greg Girard, Pierre Gonnord, Andre Kertesz, HONG Lei, Laura McPhee, Hector Mediavilla …
Moving the Image

Photography and Its Actions

Camberwell College of Arts, London (GB)
23 Apr 2019 – 1 Jun 2019

with Liz Deschenes, Edouard Taufenbach & Bastien Pourtout, David Horvitz, Kensuke Koike, Taisuke Koyama, Louise Lawler, John MacLean, Dayanita Singh, Clare Strand, Corinne Vionnet
Manifesta 11 - The European biennial of contemporary art

What People Do for Money: Some Joint Ventures

Manifesta 11, Zürich (CH)
11 Jun 2016 – 18 Sep 2016

with Ahmet Oeguet, Yto Barrada, Guillaume Bijl, Mel Bochner, Mike Bouchet, Chris Burden, Sophie Calle, Ergin Cavusoglu, Olga Chernysheva, Anne Collier, Carles Congost, Thomas Demand …
FORMAT Festival 2015

Evidence

FORMAT Festival, Derby (GB)
13 Mar 2015 – 12 Apr 2015

with Arnis Balcus, Murray Ballard, Andrea Botto, Antoine Bruy, Natasha Caruana, Edmund Clark, Cristina De Middel, Nicolò Degiorgis, Giorgio Di Noto, Tiane Doan na Champassak, Lukas Einsele, Boris Eldagsen …
Staging Disorder

LCC London College of Communication, London (GB)
26 Jan 2015 – 12 Mar 2015

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Geissler & Sann, Claudio Hils, An-My Le, Richard Mosse, Christopher Stewart
The Flood Wall II

Exhibition on Books

exp12 / exposure twelve, Berlin (DE)
22 Jun 2013 – 28 Jul 2013

with Dorothee Baumann, Anais Boudot, Andre Cepeda, Gregoire Eloy, Marina Gadonneix, Alexander Gehring, Anne Guillin, Martina Hoogland Ivanow, Ute Klein, Claire Laude, Anna Leader, Anni Leppaelae …
Hijacked III: Contemporary Photography from Australia & the UK

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
30 Jun 2012 – 18 Aug 2012

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Tony Albert, Warwick Baker, Natasha Caruana, Bindi Cole, Maciej Dakowicz, Christopher Day, Melinda Gibson, Toni Greaves, Petrina Hicks, Alin Huma, Seba Kurtis …
Hijacked III: Contemporary Photography from Australia & the UK.

PICA Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth (AU)
18 Feb 2012 – 8 Apr 2012

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Tony Albert, Warwick Baker, Natasha Caruana, Bindi Cole, Maciej Dakowicz, Christopher Day, Melinda Gibson, Toni Greaves, Petrina Hicks, Alin Huma, Seba Kurtis …
ANGRY

Young and radical

Netherlands Photo Museum, Rotterdam (NL)
22 Jan 2011 – 13 Jun 2011

with Ari Versluis & Ellie Uyttenbroek, Mohamed Bourouissa, Yvon Chabrowski, Rineke Dijkstra, Willie Doherty, Eva Frapiccini, Johan Grimonprez, Jasper Groen, Eva Leitolf, Mirko Martin, Aernout Mik, Julian Roeder …
Manipulating Reality

How Images Redefine the World

Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzin, Firenze (IT)
25 Sep 2009 – 17 Jan 2010

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Olivo Barbieri, Sonja Braas, Gregory Crewdson, Thomas Demand, Elena Dorfman, Christiane Feser, Beate Guetschow, Andreas Gefeller, Andreas Gursky, Tatjana Hallbaum, Ilkka Halso …
New York Photo Festival

New York Photo Festival, Brooklyn (US)
14 May 2008 – 18 May 2008

with Claudia Angelmaier, Ananké Asseff, Roger Ballen, Roger Ballen, Jan Banning, Boogie (Vladimir Milivojevich), Robert Bowen, Marco Breuer, Michel Campeau, Natalie Czech, Julian Faulhaber, Harrell Fletcher …
War Fare

MoCP Contemporary Photo, Chicago (US)
27 Oct 2006 – 6 Jan 2007

with Ashley Gilbertson, Sean Hemmerle, Martha Rosler, Sean Snyder

Events

Bristol Photo Festival 2026

A biennial of photography locally grounded with an international focus.

Bristol Photo Festival, Bristol (GB)
14 Oct 2026 – 15 Nov 2026

with Bill Brandt, Andrea Hernández Briceño, Michel Campeau, River Claure, Kegham Djeghalian Sr, Fatma Fahmy, Anna Fox, Robert Frank, Gayatri Ganju, Florence Goupil, Joy Gregory, George Hallett …
London Art Fair 2022

Photo50

London Art Fair, London (GB)
21 Apr 2022 – 24 Apr 2022

with Tami Bahat, Aliki Braine, Rachel Louise Brown, Stephen Burridge, Ellie Davies, Katie Eleanor, Tim Flach, Jasper Goodall, Brian Griffin, Rune Guneriussen, Tom Hunter, Karine Laval …
Peckham 24

Copeland Gallery, London (GB)
17 May 2019 – 19 May 2019

with Marianne Bjornmyr, Thom Bridge, Tenzing Dakpa, Maja Daniels, Liz Deschenes, Edouard Taufenbach & Bastien Pourtout, David Gates, Tom Hunter, Michal Iwanowski, Katrin Koenning, Kensuke Koike, Taisuke Koyama …
Manifesta 11 - The European biennial of contemporary art

What People Do for Money: Some Joint Ventures

Manifesta 11, Zürich (CH)
11 Jun 2016 – 18 Sep 2016

with Anne Collier, Carles Congost, Thomas Demand, Andreas Gursky, Torbjorn Rodland, August Sander, Martine Syms
The Flood Wall II

Slideshow & Exhibitions on books

exp12 / exposure twelve, Berlin (DE)

with Dorothee Baumann, Anais Boudot, Andre Cepeda, Gregoire Eloy, Marina Gadonneix, Alexander Gehring, Anne Guillin, Martina Hoogland Ivanow, Ute Klein, Claire Laude, Anna Leader, Anni Leppaelae …