Sara Heywood is a multidisciplinary artist based in East London, UK.

Her practice incorporates installation, photography, sculpture, sound, and video. Intrinsic to the work is a collaborative dialogue between people and place, the layers that make up the identity of a given site, and the point where natural and manmade environments and materials converge or butt up against and impact one another.

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Works start with a period of in-depth research and development. This often includes exploring locality, heritage, social and personal narratives, ecologies and built environments, before responding with the most appropriate media.

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Intrinsic to her work is collaboration with materials and with other people - artists, designers, scientists, or subject specialists, often resulting in the creation of participatory and immersive experiences. These can be experimental and playful in nature and incorporate engagement with relevant key groups. This might take the form of interviews with local residents, such as 'Reflections on Home', Roehampton, working with over 300 residents and local people to create a series of walking and sound interventions, or hands on workshops, events, or interactions with a wider community.

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Sara is also an experienced lead artist facilitator in visual arts education. She has worked on many permanent and temporary projects and commissions within school, community and gallery settings including Barbican Centre, Bow Arts, Chisenhale Gallery & Art Place, Cubitt Arts, South London Gallery, and Whitechapel Gallery.

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