Sarah Horton

Dr Sarah Horton is a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Norwich University of the Arts (NUA), specializing in the BA (Hons) Fine Art program. Her practice-based research explores decoration, pattern, and repetition in critical interventions within corporate and domestic environments. She holds a PhD from NUA (2017) titled 'Decoration: Disrupting the Workplace and Challenging the Work of Art.'

Education:

• PhD in Fine Art, Norwich University of the Arts (2017)
• BA (Hons) Fine Art

Research Interests:

• Decorative interventions in corporate spaces
• Pattern and chaos in art, science, and everyday life
• Artistic resistance through ornament
• Relationships between writing and making in practice-based research

Awards:

• 2016 Research Fellowship, Norwich University of the Arts

Grants & Collaborations:

• Lead on the NUA's 'Pattern and Chaos' research group
• Co-edited Pattern and Chaos in Art, Science and the Everyday (Intellect, 2024)
• Contributed to projects like British Art Show 8 and WaterAid collaborations

Labs/Teams:

• Editorial Board member for Journal of Writing in Creative Practice
• Member of NUA Research Committee