Sheila Oliner obituary

The artist Sheila Oliner, who has died aged 89, was best known as a printmaker and founding member of the Porthmeor Printmakers in St Ives, Cornwall. The group, led by Sheila, originated in the production of a portfolio made by 10 artists in 1990 in support of the planned Tate Gallery there. Following the gallery’s opening in 1993, she set up the Porthmeor Printmakers’ open access workshop, which was formally constituted as a charity in 1997 and continues today.As the first curator o