Sarnia De La Mare

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA (also known as Pasha du Valentine and iServalan) is a British feminist artist, writer and digital creator.

High-End Satirist | Caricature | Social Commentary | Fine Art

My satirical portraits occupy the uneasy space between beauty and absurdity — a theatre where power, celebrity, and self-delusion perform their daily rituals. Each caricature is less a likeness and more an archetype: the leader who believes his own myth, the influencer caught in her reflection, the monarch adrift in pageantry.

Drawing from traditions of British satire and modern pop surrealism, I create visual commentaries that fuse humour with discomfort. These works are part of an ongoing narrative exploring ego, spectacle, and moral theatre — a continuum that began with the Politica UK series and extends through the Tale Teller Club Press network of art, film, and performance.

My intention is not mockery but mirror-making: to render, through exaggeration, the delicate absurdities that define modern public life.

Hand-signed prints and collaborative editions are available directly from the studio by enquiry.
I believe strongly in the power of art to enrich, heal, and communicate. I have been a professional artist all my working life havi...

I was educated at Frensham Heights, attending art schools in Brighton and Edinburgh.
M Des., PG Dip Mus., BA Hons.
Fellow RSA
Future’s Venture Alumnus.

Sarnia de la Mare has exhibited in hundreds of solo and group shows throughout the United Kingdom and South Africa. In South Africa, she ran a successful gallery and art shop, building a loyal following for her experimental visual work.

Upon returning to the UK, Sarnia became Artist in Residence at Brighton Arts Club, where she led an influential six-year period of creative programming. As both curator and exhibiting artist, she produced and hosted hundreds of weekly live performance art events, blending visual art, music, spoken word, and interactive installations. These shows became a staple of Brighton’s underground art scene—radical, immersive, and community-focused.

Sarnia’s practice has consistently blurred the lines between disciplines, championing collaboration and pushing boundaries in both digital and physical spaces.

After relocating to Royal Clarence, she was awarded an Artist Development Grant to expand her online presence. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated this digital evolution, leading to a series of virtual exhibitions, animated showcases, and live-streamed creation sessions that marked a new phase in her multidisciplinary practice.

Though some early exhibition records have been lost due to the closure of virtu...