Sarah Staton is a visual artist who over 3 decades, has devised ways to play with the social potentials of art. Staton explores this interest through exhibitions and public commissions, working in series across painting, sculpture and drawing. Her ongoing series 'anti-paintings' begun in the 1990's were presented in 'The Masses' at Galerina, London in 2024, and new work from this series will be presented at Basel Liste in 2025.  Recent paintings were shown in a solo presentation 'Wonderful' at UNICEF, Innocenti, Florence in 2024. Recent public commissions include bespoke artwork created for three sites in West London for the Tideway. She is represented in a number of collections including Arts Council UK, British Museum Prints and Drawings, Henry Moore Institute, South London Gallery and Tate as well as in private collections across the world. Staton has recently served as the Head of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London.

Her durational shop-as-artwork SupaStore est 1993 curates contributions by other artists in pop-up displays at institutions worldwide. Most recently the SupaStore has popped up at Tinguely Museum, Basel (2024/5); A+A Gallery, Venice (2022); Cylinder Gallery, Seoul (2021); South London Gallery, (2021), Nida Art Colony, LT (2020).