• Image of 'Sweet and Bitter' Sarah Defriend's award winning, limited edition LinoPrint

    Linocuts by Sarah Defriend

    Sarah Defriend is an award-winning Welsh printmaker whose work is held in national collections, including the National Library of Wales and exhibited in galleries across Wales.

Latest Exhibitions

  • Crickhowell Open Art Exhibition – Oriel Cric, Crickhowell, Wales

    22nd May – 11th July 2026

  • LORE OF THE LEAVES

    Studio Cennen's 24th Open Studio Exhibition.

    20th March - 3rd May 2026

  • MiniPrint Cymru | Wales

    An exhibition of small-scale prints

    March - May 2026

Portfolio

Where to buy:

  • The Gower Gallery logo

    The Gower Gallery

    Based in the Mumbles, the Gower Gallery showcases a wide selection of Sarah’s prints.

  • Where to Buy Swansea Print Workshop

    Swansea Print Workshop

    Featuring a limited run of the special edition print ‘Sweet and Bitter’ created for the Miners Project.

  • Where to buy Sarah Defriend's Prints - Studio Cennen

    Studio Cennen

    Art studio in Ffairfach, Wales. Featuring Sarah’s Mabinogion and Miners prints.

The Miners Project

MINERSIMPRINT is a collaboration between Swansea University and Swansea Print Workshop to celebrate the South Wales Miners’ Library's 50th anniversary.

"...Twisting sideways under the roof of coal, I thought of sunlight a thousand feet up, and Bron, her hair shining, pegging out the washing."

The limited-edition linocut, ‘Sweet and Bitter’ has received multiple accolades, is part of the collections of the National Libraries of the UK and Ireland, including the National Library of Wales and has been exhibited in art galleries across South Wales.

Winner - Third place for Queen Street Galleries Open Exhibition 2025

Now on permanent display at Swansea Central Library

Lino Print crop of 'Sweet and Bitter' by Sarah Defriend, man mining underground
South Wales Miners Library Logo
Lino Print crop of 'Sweet and Bitter' by Sarah Defriend, woman hanging out the washing

Mini Print Wales

Since 2024, Sarah has been part of MiniPrint Cymru | Wales, a touring exhibition, "Celebrating the mass appeal of printmaking as an art form. Unconstructed by the small-scale format, this impressive collection of prints expresses the rich creativity of artists across Wales and showcases the imaginative possibilities offered by printmaking techniques."

… taking on the creative challenge of producing prints within a 10cm x 10cm format.

Exhibited at the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, Mostyn and the Mission Gallery.

Sarah Defriend Lino Print of Y Ddraig Goch
Mini Print Cymru Exhibition
Lino Print of Swansea's Big Apple by Sarah Defriend

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