Sarah Tucker

Student/unemployed
Independent

In prison Sarah began a B.A. in Vis Arts via correspondence, then was a self-employed-tattoo-artist until policy change. Since Sarah has obtain additional accreditation in Criminology, Neuroscience, Social Science, Counselling and Art Psychotherapy.

She is the first ex-inmate in Australia to receive research approval in Australia through mixed methods to record therapeutic art interventions in Qld prisons.

Sarah Tucker, a visual artist for over 30 years, draws inspiration from various sources, including her experiences as an ex-prisoner, prison art teacher, prison chaplaincy services, and the common theme of art as empowering tool for expression, self-induced healing, and social justice. While in prison, she pursued a B.A. in Visual Arts through correspondence and later worked as a self-employed tattoo artist until a policy change, made this an illegal activity for her. Sarah has since gained additional accreditation in Criminology, Neuroscience, Social Science, Counselling, and Art Psychotherapy. Notably, she is the first ex-inmate in Australia to obtain research approval for mixed methodology, recording therapeutic art interventions in Queensland prisons. Even after 27 years since release, overcoming the stigma of the past record continues to be a lifelong hindrance, and post incarceration remains a ‘living experience’.