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Perdita Sinclair

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Artist, inspired by nature, climate change, psychology, technology & folk tales.
Capturing the strangeness of the world right now.

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Ok, I give up I have no idea how Instagram really works. God forbid it can just be about sharing and engaging with art.
Here’s one I make earlier.

Out of a Knuckerhole
Oil on canvas

80 x 100cm

#algorithms #clueless #artworĺd #perditasinclair #artcommunity by @perditasinclair

Fecking hot studio! (Not the title of this painting)

Retreat 3
Oil on canvas
50 x 40cm

#newwork #heatwave #perditasinclair #contemporaryart #brighton by @perditasinclair

Am thrilled to be shortlisted for
ArtEVol 2026 - A VIEW FROM EVERYWHERE

🙏 to the London Art Collective team 💙

The Knucker Dragon
Oil on canvas
100 x 80cm

@londonartcollective_official @saatchi_gallery

#shortlist #saatchigallery #londonartcollective #perditasinclair #contemporaryart by @perditasinclair

New painting, sitting outside my studio on my black wall.
It’s good to step back from a painting for a while, to let it dry and settle into what it is.. I’m not sure of the title yet, but perhaps that will become clearer once I’ve painted its sister painting, which I’m just beginning.
Some paintings arrive alone. Others are part of a family.

#paintings #artcollector #perditasinclair #newart #artnow by @perditasinclair

Retreat 7
Oil on canvas
50 x 40cm

#newwork #newworld #perditasinclair #artnow by @perditasinclair

Almost over. NØKKEN closes today at 5pm.

I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who came to see it 💙❤️💙 and to @phoenix_artspace for hosting and letting me have free rain of the gallery 🙏😁 and last but of course not least to @theseahorsetrust for collaborating with me on this show. Such a brilliant charity 🌊🐴❤️❤️❤️

Also to @bgmfoto2 for the brilliant photos 🙏

#exhibition #seahorse #perditasinclair by @perditasinclair

➡️ Opening next Friday!

BEYOND THE STUDIO

11 July - 13 September
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 – 5pm

Join us for the preview on 10 July, 6 – 8pm

Beyond the Studio: a celebration of artists and makers at Phoenix is a group exhibition featuring 80 of the studio artists.

I am curious and excited to see this exhibition come together. I admire so many artists at the Phoenix and it is a pleasure to be represented amongst them with this little painting. 🙏 @laurencehill for curating it and @lucydayherethere for providing the time, resources and space. 🐍

#groupexhibition #brightonart #perditasinclair #oiloncanvaspainting #contemporaryart by @perditasinclair

It’s fecking hot in the studio (not the title of this painting)

This painting will dry quickly, even though it has a lot of yellow.

I’m off to jump into some water!

#newwork #contemporaryart #perditasinclair #ontheeasel @milieu.studios #milieustudios2026 by @perditasinclair

🔚🔜Last few days of my solo exhibition NØKKEN at
Phoenix Art Space, Brighton.

Check it out!

In association with The Seahorse Trust @seahorsetrust
@phoenix_artspace #artbrighton #seahorses #perditasinclair by @perditasinclair

Have you seen the latest Window Gallery exhibition?
NØKKEN @perditasinclair
Until 26 Sept

Nøkken brings together folklore, conservation, current affairs, and emerging technologies with Perdita Sinclair’s background as a therapist and her own experiences of memory, identity, and place.

Nokk is the Old Norse word for seahorse, while Nøkken is a shape-shifting water spirit from Scandinavian folklore. It can appear as a horse that lures children onto its back or as a creature concealed beneath the surface of a lake, as depicted in the paintings of Theodor Kittelsen, whose work became an early influence during the couple of years that Perdita Sinclair’s lived in Norway as a child. The hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for memory and identity, takes its name from the Greek word for seahorse. Throughout the exhibition, the paired seahorses evoke the Roman god Janus, whose two faces look simultaneously to the past and the future, inviting reflection on transformation, duality, and the ways identity is continually shaped.

Seahorses are elusive animals, often hidden within their surroundings. Some are intentionally difficult to find within these works, prompting questions about visibility, attention, and value. In an age saturated with digital imagery, what escapes our notice can also escape our care. This applies both to threatened marine species and to our own shifting sense of self.

Created in collaboration with @seahorsetrust, the exhibition donates 15% of all sales to support seahorse conservation and the protection of marine habitats.

Find out more on our website: phoenixartspace.org/whats-on (link in bio) by @perditasinclair

💛💛 She is sooooo beautiful and BIG!

It was a mega operation to get her into the studio where she will be reincarnated into a sculpture. 😀 Future images to follow…

I am so grateful to the Seafront Team for letting me have her and would like to say an extra thanks to Georgia and Luke for their help. Brighton and Hove Seafront Team provide such a vital (literally life saving) service in the city! @bhseafrontteam 👏🙏💙

#brightonandhove #brightonartist #sculpture #wip #perditasinclair by @perditasinclair

In putting together my solo exhibition, I had some great chats with Neil from The Seahorse Trust. Here are some snippets of our conversation along with some of his magical seahorse footage.

Full video available in the exhibition

NØKKEN is open today 12 - 5pm and continues until the 26th of September at Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, UK

#seahorses #artbrighton #artandconservation #perditasinclair #oilpaintings by @perditasinclair