Police searching for a talented British artist whose works have been exhibited around the world have confirmed they found a body on the tracks at a London Tube station.
A frantic search for the 31-year-old painter Sarah Cunningham was launched over the weekend after she went missing in Camden, north London, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The Met Police previously confirmed that the last sighting of Ms Cunningham was at around 3am on Jamestown Road, Camden, on November 2. The 5ft 3in-tall artist was wearing a black top, black skirt and black Converse trainers.
Ms Cunningham’s boyfriend, Jack Brown, said she was spotted ‘leaving an apartment building on Jamestown Road’ at around 2.30am.
In a update today, the Met Police said that a body had been found at nearby Chalk Farm Underground Station just after 1am this morning. Although the body has not been formally identified, Ms Cunningham’s family have been made aware.
A spokesman for the Met said: ‘Police had appealed for sightings or information about Sarah Cunningham, 31, who was reported missing after she was last seen at around 03:00hrs on Saturday, 2 November in Jamestown Road, Camden.
‘At around 01:11hrs on Monday, 4 November emergency services were called to reports of a casualty on the tracks at Chalk Farm Underground Station.
British artist Sarah Cunningham (pictured) went missing in Camden in the early hours of Sunday morning
Ms Cunningham, 31, (pictured, left) was last seen on Jamestown Road, Camden, at around 3am on the morning of November 2
Ms Cunningham’s boyfriend, Jack Brown, had issued a desperate appeal on social media for any information that could help find her
The spokesman added: ”While we await formal identification, Sarah’s family have been informed of this development. They have asked that their privacy is respected at this very difficult time.
‘Officers from the Met are working with colleagues in the British Transport Police to look into the circumstances.
‘The death is being treated as unexpected but at this time it is not thought to be suspicious.’
Ms Cunningham is an award-winning artist who is a resident at The Bomb Factory Art Foundation. Her work has been exhibited all around the world, including at the Lisson Gallery in Los Angeles between June and July.
According to her social media posts, Ms Cunningham had visited Seoul, South Korea, last month where her work was being exhibited in a Burberry store.
Born in Nottingham, Ms Cunningham went on to study Fine Art at Loughborough University from 2012 to 2015 before completing a masters in painting at the Royal College of Art between 2019 and 2022.
The painter was also the recipient of the Ali. H Alkazzi Scholarship Award, which offers an artist full funding and living expenses at the Royal College of Art.
The Lisson Gallery said of her work: ‘Throughout this exhibition, Cunningham explores aerial and bodily movements, flipping directions and orientations until reaching that moment when verticality and horizontality shift or tilt beyond recognition – when up becomes down, or left suddenly turns right.’
According to her social media posts, Ms Cunningham had visited Seoul, South Korea, last month where her work was being exhibited in a Burberry store.
The 5ft 3in-tall artist was last seen wearing a black top, black skirt and black Converse trainers
Ms Cunningham was spotted ‘leaving an apartment building on Jamestown Road’ before disappearing
