Sterling uses what may initially appear as unremarkable scenes of contemporary life to subtly critique racialised ways of seeing through her painting. Whether portraying people preparing food, sunburnt holidaymakers by the pool or squirty cream being fired across a table at a party, the scenes she depicts act as symbols for the everyday, proving a platform for us to reflect on how we are confronted by racialised discourse on a day-to-day basis and how even seemingly mundane events are encoded with structures of othering and difference.

Bio:

B. 1996, Peterborough, England. Based in London, UK.
2015-2018 BA Fine Art, University of Derby
2018-2020 MA Painting, Royal College of Art

Solo shows
2021 Yowl, Nevven, Gothenburg, Sweden
2021 Episodes, CCA Goldsmiths, London, UK
2021 White Bread, Cob Gallery, London, UK
2020 Clutching at Straws, Volt, Eastbourne
2020 It Clings like a Leech, Guts Gallery, London

Selected group shows
2021 Universes 4, Galerie Droste, Paris
2021 ’Introducing’ at the Shop, Sadie Coles x Guts Gallery, London
2021 Citizens of Memory, The Perimeter, London
2021 Safe as Milk, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh
2020 Love your symptom, but not too much, Blank Projects, Cape Town
2020 50/50, FOLD Gallery, London
2020 RCA2020, RCA, Online
2020 Tomorrow: London, White Cube, Online
2020 London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London
2020 Without a Painter, Fitzrovia Gallery, London
2019 Meet Me in the Kitchen, UCA Farnham, Surrey

Residencies
2021 Fores Residency
2020 HQI Summer residency, London
2016 Extended Contexts, National Trust IIam, England