Rachel Ara
British Data and Conceptual Artist
.....exploring relationships between  sex, gender,  technology and systems of power.  With a background in the tech indusry and making,  Ara designs, fabricates and programmes all her work herself.
RACHEL ARA  (b. 1965 London, UK) studied BA Fine Art at Goldsmiths (1994–97); . Selected groups exhibitions include:  Vertiginous Data,  MMCA (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art), Seoul, S.Korea  (2019);  London Design Festival, V&A, London (2019); Vienna Biennale, The MAK, Vienna (2019); London Open 2018 Triannual, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2018) . Solo presentations: “Dissent Module (Escape from Semiramis)”, UCL / Slade, London, UK (2020); “Transubstantiation of Knowledge”, V&A, London, UK (2018); *“American Beauty (A Trump L'Oeil)”, Barbican Centre, London, UK (2018); . Recent prizes include: International Aesthetica Art  Prize,  First Prize (2016), the coLAB “Women Make Sculpture commission” (2019) and  Awards from the Arts Council  (2019 / 2020).  Recent Publications: 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow, Thames & Hudson  (2019), 50 Women Sculptors, Aurora, (2020), She lives and works in London / Jersey. ​
Image to the Left,  Outrageous Algorithms,  MoVA,  Courtesy Anise Gallery

"This Much I'm Worth" UK  - now on display in London

"This Much I'm Worth" (the self evaluating artwork) - UK Version is back on display at a London Gallery (Email for Location)

Installation shots from this Week

Installation shots from the V&A

Great Install shots from the V&A Install 2019 by RCA student Pang Nanyan

Dissent Module

Events
  • ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London 12.11.2021 - 21.11.2021
  • Woolwich Print Fair, London, 11.11.2021 - 14.11.2021
  • LGB Alliance, London, 21.10.2021
  • Creative Resistance, FiLiA, Portsmouth, 17.11.2021
  • The Unseen Museum, Seoul Musem of Art, April - Sept
  • College of Arts at Chung-Ang University (Speaker), 6.5.2021
  • Lecture Series - Cambridge RF University  (Speaker),  BOOK HERE
  • Keynote Speaker  UAL  London, , 26.2.2021 -  BOOK HERE
  • Speaker (Fine Art Research Guest Lecture) , Oxford Brookes, 3.3.2021 (Book Via @Brookesfineart Instagram Account)

Original Screenprints

Project Grid

Recent Publications
  • 50 Women Sculptors (Publication), Aurora Press,  [10.2020]
  • FAD Magazine, Outrageous Algorights [10.2020]
  • 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow, Thames and Hudson [09.2019]
  • Museums and Digital Culture , Springer, [17.05.19]
  • Eva Conference Publication,  [07.2019]
  • Vertiginous Data Catalogue (HARDBACK) , MMCA [03.2019]
  • Aesthetica Magazine, Article on 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow,  August 2019
  • Lots more but need to update e.g  South Korean National Newspapers, Wallpaper Magazine, FT etc....