Be Mine
2023, acrylic on ply panel, 10 x 10 cm

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Janet Sainsbury (b. Worthing, UK), is a painter, based in Exeter, Devon, UK. Her paintings are populated by a cast of characters drawn from art history and popular culture, including artists, writers and musicians.

Sainsbury gained a BA from Brighton College of Art in 1991, studied on the year-long mentoring course at Newlyn School of Art in 2015 and graduated from Turps Art School in 2019.
In 2016 she had a residency at Porthmeor Studios, and in 2018 was a New Contemporaries artist. She has shown her paintings locally and nationally in group shows and has had several solo shows, including: 163 Gallery, London; Exeter Phoenix Gallery; RAMM, Exeter; Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall and New Art Projects, London. Her work is held in the permanent collection at RAMM, Exeter.

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