Nature / Nurture
16 - 21 July (10am - 5pm)
The Department Store, 248 Ferndale Rd, London SW9 8FR
Six years in the making, this show brings together two interconnected bodies of work exploring identity, and queerness in relation to the natural world. The exhibition features new, large scale portraits of influential LGBTQIA+ figures alongside work made in Aotearoa New Zealand of native birds, flora and the land.
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Diana Souhami, 2024, oil on linen, 153 x 103 cm (framed), £14500
Lucy Spraggan, 2024, oil on canvas, 170 x 110 cm, £15500
Gemma Rolls-Bentley, 2025, oil on canvas, 150 x 100 cm, £14000
Lola Flash, 2020, oil on canvas, 171 x 130 cm (framed), £15500
Reeta Loi, 2024, oil on canvas, 163 x 108 cm (framed), £15500
Juno Roche, 2019, oil on canvas, 152 x 101 cm (framed), £11000
Vance I, 2024, oil on canvas, 153 x 153 cm (framed), £1800
Cat Dixon, 2025, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm, NFS
Studio Reflection, 2024, oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm (framed), £5800
Peter Tatchell, 2023, oil on canvas, 63 x 63 cm (framed), £4500
Vance II, 2023, oil on canvas, 123 x 83 cm (framed), £9000
Blue Iris, 2024, oil on canvas, 90 x 60 cm, £7000
Spanning hemispheres and the gender spectrum, Nature / Nurture is a celebration of multiplicity and connection. It asks how we are shaped by our environments, both natural and social, and how queerness, migration and creative practice challenge fixed ideas of belonging. The exhibition invites viewers to reflect on what it means to live outside dominant narratives, while staying anchored to memory, community and place.
Don’t Dream It’s Over, 2020, oil on canvas, 153 x 103 cm (framed), £10500
Maybe Tomorrow, 2020, oil on canvas, 150 x 100 cm, £10200
Coming Home, 2022, oil on canvas, 122 x 102 cm, £9500
Tomorrow, 2022, oil on canvas, 122 x 102 cm, £9500
Modern Nature I, 2022, oil on canvas, 102 x 102 cm, £8800
Modern Nature II, 2022, oil on canvas, 102 x 102 cm, £8800
Pōhōwera / Banded Dotterel At Ōhiwa Harbour, 2022, oil on linen, 60 x 40 cm, £4500
Self Portrait With Orchid, 2022, oil on linen, 70 x 50 cm, £5200
Tōrea / Oyster Catchers at Waiotahe Beach, 2022, oil on linen, 70 x 50 cm, £5000
Midnight Kōtare / Kingfisher, 2025, oil on linen, 60 x 40 cm, £3600
Kākabeak At Ōhiwa Domain, 2022, oil on canvas, 102 x 76 cm, £7500
Tauhou, Wax Eye At Dusk, 2025, oil on linen, 60 x 40 cm, £3600
To The Beach, 2022, oil on linen, 60 x 40 cm, £3600
Kererū / New Zealand Wood Pigeon, 2022, oil on canvas on board, 50.5 x 40 cm , £2800
Ōhiwa Beach Rd II, 2022, oil on linen, 24 x 18 cm, SOLD
Tauhou / Wax Eye In Grevillea, 2021, oil on canvas, 30 x 26 cm, SOLD
Blue Nights, 2022, oil on linen, 40 x 60 cm, £3600
Hurukōwhai / Yellowhammer , 2022, oil on linen, 20 x 20 cm, £450
Sarah Jane Moon (1982) is a New Zealand British painter known for her bold, large scale portraits that explore identity, gender and connection to place. Her work is characterised by the use of dynamic colour and expressive gesture that loudly proclaims her admiration and respect for those who are living lives on their own terms.
Moon's work is collected and exhibited internationally and held in major collections including that of the National Portrait Gallery, the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, Soho House, the Alexander Turnbull Library and the James Wallace Trust.
She is Chair of the Contemporary British Portrait Painters.
@sarah_jane_moon
