Using a mix of imagination, life drawing and photographic references, Rachel borrows elements from history and folklore to explore what it means to be a woman in the 21st Century. The women she paint are at ease with themselves and not generally paying attention to the viewer.

“Their posture and direct gaze are expressions of their sense of self. These figures are powerful yet feminine. There is great strength in the ability to be vulnerable, which I try to show in my work.  It’s not a quality I feel is so much admired in society, almost shied away from.  Yet, feminine energy rooted in collaboration, intuition and creativity, go a long way in helping to balance male drives of entrepreneurialism and self reliance.”

EDUCATION

• Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, MA Arts Administration, 1995

• University of East London, BA Fine Art, 1990

• Wimbledon School of Art, London, Fine Art Foundation, 1989

solo exhibitions

• 2018 Private Open Studio, St Leonards on Sea

• 2017 Curious Beings, Café Gratitude, St Leonards on Sea

• 2016 A Selection of Works, In House Junkie, St Leonards on Sea

• 2013 Landscape of the Human Soul, Audio Lounge, London

• 2012 Private Open Studio, London

• 2012 Beauty in the Realm, Romeo Jones, London

• 2010 The Treehouse, London

• 2010 The Medicine Garden, Surrey

group exhibitions

• 2019 ‘Tales of Distant Shores: A Personal Folklore’ at Cameron Contemporary

• 2019  From One Unconsciousness To Another, Elisabeth Bauer Gallery, Hastings

• 2019 The Artist In A Paper Mirror, Elisabeth Bauer Gallery, Hastings

• 2019 Antidote To Love, St Anne's Galleries, Lewes

• 2018 The Christmas Show, St Anne's Galleries, Lewes

• 2018 Summer Show, Rye Art Gallery, Rye

• 2018 Coastal Currents Art Fair, Hastings

• 2018 Home, St Anne's Galleries, Lewes

• 2018 A Sensual Aggression, St Anne's Galleries, Lewes

• 2018 Festival 15, Hastings Art Forum, St Leonards on Sea

  (curated by Matt Burrows/Charlotte Snook)

• 2017 Lucy Bell Gallery, Christmas Show, St Leonards on Sea

• 2017 Winter Show at Cameron Contemporary Gallery, Brighton & Hove

• 2017 All Square at Cameron Contemporary Gallery, Brighton & Hove

• 2017 Coastal Currents Open Studio, St Leonards on Sea

• 2017 Rye Society of Artists Summer Exhibition, Rye

• 2017 Sussex Open 2017, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne

• 2017 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2017, Piano Nobile Kings Place, London

• 2017 Facile & Viscous, Murmurations Gallery, Bexhill

• 2016 Christmas Group Show, Rye Art Gallery, Rye

• 2015 Face The Front, Rye Art Gallery, Rye,

• 2015 Omega Studios, St Leonards on Sea  

• 2013 Group Open Studios, Lambeth Open, London

• 2013 Charity Group Show, Foreman's Fish Island Gallery, London, invited

• 2013 Group Open Studios, Dulwich Artists' Open House, London

• 2012 Group Open Studios, Dulwich Artists' Open House, London

• 2012 On the Brow of the Hill, Dulwich Park, London

• 2012 Group Show, Grossmith Gallery, Margate

• 2012 Group Open Studios, Lambeth Open, London

• 2011 Beauty in the Realm, Ice House Gallery, London

• 2011 Group Open Studios, NW10 Group Open Studios, London

• 2011 Group Open Studios, ArtNW10 Art Trail, London

• 2011 Brent Art Fair, The Gallery at Willesden Green, London

SHORTLISTED

• 2017 Towner Art Gallery Sussex Open 

• 2017 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize

• 2017 Rye Society of Artists Summer Exhibition