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Sacha Craddock
Born
New Zealand
NationalityBritish
Known forArt critic, writer, curator

Sacha Craddock is an independent art critic, writer & curator based in London. She studied painting at Central Saint Martins followed by a post-graduate painting degree at Chelsea School of Art[1] before going on to write criticism for The Guardian and The Times. She is Chair of both New Contemporaries and Braziers International Workshop. She co-founded ArtSchool Palestine and is a public art advisor for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Craddock has judged many art prizes, such as the Turner Prize in 1999[2] and the John Moores Painting Prize in 2008.[3]

Life and career

Born in New Zealand, Craddock relocated to Oxford as a child before moving to London in 1973, there she went on to help formulate one of the city's most well-known squats on Tolmers Square in Euston.[4] Craddock continues to live communally along with some of the original Tolmer's residents.[5] After completing a degree in Fine Art painting at Central St Martins, and a post-graduate painting degree at Chelsea School of Art, Craddock began writing art criticism for the Guardian newspaper in 1988, her first review appearing in the 26 May issue of the paper.[6] Later Craddock was also a regular art columnist for the Times. In this capacity, Craddock reviewed exhibitions of many up and coming Young British Artists, and was the only journalist to review the pre-YBA exhibition: Freeze, which featured early work by artists such as Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas, and Mat Collishaw.[7] In 1996 Craddock became chair of Bloomberg New Contemporaries (formerly Young Contemporaries), a role which she continues to hold.[8]

In 2005 Sacha Craddock co-founded ArtSchool Palestine (ASP) with Charles Asprey, and Samar Martha, inorder to promote and support Palestinian artists and aid their participation in international Contemporary Art exhibitions and biennales. ASP has held many events and exhibitions, including "As If By Magic", to which the British artist Damien Hirst lent his support.[9][10]

Craddock has one daughter, Augusta Riddy.

Selected bibliography

  • Paul Hamlyn 'Here': Paintings, Sacha Craddock, Michael Richardson (editor), Art Space Gallery, 2012
  • Goodbye to London: Radical Art & Politics in the 1970s, Sacha Craddock, Peter Cross, Homer Sykes, Astrid Proll, Hatje Cantz, 2011
  • Nothing in the World but Youth, Iain Aitch, Sacha Craddock, Jon Savage, Turner Contemporary, 2011
  • Angus Fairhurst, Sacha Craddock, James Cahill, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2009
  • Chantal Joffe, Neal Brown, Sacha Craddock, Victoria Miro, 2008
  • B.Read: 8: The Producers: Contemporary Curators in Conversation, Sacha Craddock, Andrew Renton, Jonathan Watkins, Laura Godfrey-Isaacs, James Putnam, Barbara London & Sarah Martin, Susan Hiller (editors), BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, 2002
  • Cathy de Monchaux, Mark Gisbourne, Louisa Buck, Sacha Craddock, Kathy Acker, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1997
  • Elizabeth Ogilvie: Island Within, Tessa Jackson, Kenneth White, Sacha Craddock, Arnolfini, 1995
  • Gravity & Grace: The Changing Condition of Sculpture 1965–1975, Sacha Craddock, Hayward Publishing, 1993

References

  1. ^ "Let Us Be Your Guide 2010 – Sacha Craddock". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Turner Prize shortlist announced 1999". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Painting prize shortlist revealed". BBC. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  4. ^ Sacha, Craddock (2011). Goodbye to London: Radical Art & Politics in the 1970's. Hatje Cantz. pp. 34–39. ISBN 978-3775727396.
  5. ^ Craddock, Sacha (2011). Goodbye to London: Radical Art & Politics in the 1970's. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 978-3775727396.
  6. ^ "Death in Fine Detail". The Guardian. 26 May 1988.
  7. ^ Craddock, Sacha (24 July 2008). "'Freeze': Defrosted". Time Out.
  8. ^ "top picks of drawing biennial". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  9. ^ Damien Hirst's £50 masterpiece The Independent September 2006
  10. ^ "ArtSchool Palestine". Retrieved 5 July 2013.

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