Sam Sharma's visual art practice incorporates painting (primarily), printmaking, sculpture and textiles. She worked as a doctor in palliative medicine and general practice for nearly 20 years before leaving the profession to focus more energy on art.

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Sam has an enduring interest in the body as a site of knowledge. Her enquiry engages with the life cycle, transformation and the interplay of internal and external worlds, exploring how the embodied experience of painting can come close to expressing these states.

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Born 1979, Leeds, UK

Lives and works in Edinburgh

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EDUCATION

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​2023 - 2025, MA Contemporary Art Practice, Edinburgh College of Art, UK

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​2010 - 2011, Figure Painting, Leith School of Art, UK​​

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2009 - 2010, Painting Course, Leith School of Art, UK

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1998 - 2003, MBChB, University of Edinburgh, UK

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EXHIBITIONS 

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2025

MA degree show, Edinburgh College of Art 

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Hidden Door Festival: The Paper Factory, Edinburgh

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Protospace, Embassy gallery, Edinburgh

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Corpse Flower, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh

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Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists, London

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2024

Zone In, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh - Co-curator and exhibitor

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Female Menace, Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh - Co-curator and exhibitor

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Arranging a window, Café 92 Degrees, Edinburgh

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MA Sites, Edinburgh College of Art

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2023

Works in progress, Edinburgh College of Art

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2014

New Life, Leith school of Art, Edinburgh - solo exhibition, curator and exhibitor

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Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh

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2013

Three Harbours Arts Festival, East Lothian

 

2011

Three Harbours Arts Festival, East Lothian

 

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RESIDENCIES

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January - April 2025 - Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh, UK

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