Sarah Rae Redrup

Sarah Rae Redrup is an illustrator and visual artist based on the Isle of Wight. Her work explores memory, emotion, and the connection between people and place through digital drawing, collage, and film photography. Combining elements of research, storytelling, and archival imagery, Sarah’s practice blurs the line between documentation and imagination. creating work that feels both intimate and reflective.

Sarah holds an MA in Illustration from Falmouth University (2022) and was awarded Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice grant to expand her work through research, animation, and community storytelling. During this DYCP year, she led creative workshops with the Isle of Wight Steam Railway and local schools, exploring women’s histories through illustration and collage. Her work has been exhibited at venues including Quay Arts, A Space Arts, and Ventnor Fringe Festival, and featured in Style of Wight Magazine.

Recent projects include Island Women Wondering Why, a self-published zine and exhibition celebrating the stories of women from the Isle of Wight, and Soft Archives, a digital collage series exploring tenderness and the act of remembering. Alongside her visual work, Sarah facilitates community workshops and collaborates on creative heritage projects, using illustration as a tool for connection and storytelling.