Bio

​Sally Greer is an artist, designer, and publisher based in Aotearoa New Zealand. She holds a Bachelor of Graphic Design (AUT) and later studied mixed-media painting at Central Saint Martins, London — where she began developing her process of layering fabric, washed colour, and detailed mark-making.
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While living in London, Sally co-founded 57A, a small, spirited gallery in Hoxton. The space hosted regular exhibitions and drew together a mix of artists, designers, and locals who were simply keen to make and share art. She also showed her own work in several local exhibitions and worked across design before returning to New Zealand, where her focus shifted to books and visual storytelling.
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In 2007, she founded Beatnik Publishing, an independent press recognised internationally for its beautifully crafted and culturally attuned books. Under her direction, Beatnik’s titles have been recognised at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (Best Children’s Publisher — Oceania), the Designers Institute of New Zealand (Best Design Awards), and the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, among others.
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After two decades immersed in publishing, Sally has returned to painting. Her design background continues to inform her art — a quiet conversation between structure and intuition, narrative and form. Working with fabric and fluid layers of colour, she explores how memory and emotion can be held in material and mark.
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Today she divides her time between the studio and selected publishing projects, continuing to find new ways to connect stories, people, and place through both art and design.
 
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