• News
  • PROJECTS
    • Outrageous Algorithms [2020]
    • Dissent Module [2020]
    • This Much I'm Worth [2019]
    • Transubstantiation of Knowledge [2018]
    • American Beauty [2018]
    • Small Acts of Violence [2018]
    • The Ancestors [2018]
    • The Monolith [2018]
    • This Much I'm Worth [2017]
    • The Ancestor [2017]
    • Queer is the New Straight [2017]
    • The Awakening [2017]
    • Cocksure [2016]
    • D.O.A.M Series [2014 - 20]
    • The Menses Tapes [2016]
    • This Much I'm Worth [2014 - 2016]
    • A Working Drawing [2016 & 2019]
    • Shad Thames Portraits [2016]
    • Fraught [2015]
    • Banker's Shoes [2015]
    • Manspreading [2015]
    • A5 [2015]
    • Superstar [2014]
    • Stamp of Disapproval [2014]
    • Love, Regret and Death [2014]
    • Grip [2014] >
      • Silhouette in Morris & Co ®
      • Silence in Zoffany 1®
      • Silence in Zoffany 2 ®
      • Playful Tiff in Disney ®
      • Grip in Farrow and Ball ®
      • Sensation in Osborne & Little ®
      • Guerrilla (Tondo)
      • Guerrilla (Cameo)
      • Guerrilla (ARA Sisters)
    • Goldsmiths Paintings [1995] >
      • Painting
      • Clone
      • Rotherhithe St.
    • Monomyth [1997]
    • Clone Series [1994] >
      • Clone I
      • Clone II
      • High Clone
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RACHEL ARA

Rachel Ara
British Data and Conceptual Artist

NEXT PROJECT
.....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” 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

Current  Shows 2020/1:

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Outrageous Algorithms, (Fourth Emergency Servie for todays Problems) MoVA, International Tour . Image courtsey The Artist
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Dissent Module (Escape from Semiramis), coLab Commission, UCL, London. Image Courtsey Anne Purkiss

Studio 2021

What's going on in and out of the studio:   Apart from trying to stay alive, I'm busy working on 5 exciting new projects,  2 of which are collaborations.  I don't expect to much to be pubic facing given it's probably going to be another odd year.​

​Studio visits can be made by appointment - but spliiting time between London,  Jersey and Lisbon. Please use the contact form HERE.

Next Talks 2021

  • Keynote Speaker UAL , 26 Feb 2021
  • Speaker (Fine Art Research Guest Lectur) , Oxford Brookes, 3.3.2021 (TBC)

Editions

For each project I've created a limited edition print that I'll release over the coming months.  I love design and am a great fan of Saul Bass and typography from that era.

I made this edition in Illustrator by importing my CAD drawings for the "This Much I'm Worth" Series.... now aquired by the V&A.

I made the prints in conjuction with Jealous (Screenprinters).  The images are much better in the real - I'll will try and take some better images next week.

Money fron these prints will go towards living and sutaining my practice.

​CLICK on the IMAGE to BUY.

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Project Grid

Grid of more recent projects.  Click on image to read more.
Outrageous Algorithms
Dissent Module
This Much I'm Worth (Korean)
Transubstantiation of Knowledge
American Beauty
Small Acts of Violence
The Ancestors
The Monolith
This Much I'm Worth (UK)
The Ancestor
The Awakening
Cocksure
D.O.A.M
Mensus Tapes
This Much I'm Worth
A Working Drawing
Shad Thames Portraits
Fraught
Bankers Shoes
Manspreading
Superstar

Installation Shots @ V&A

Installation shots from installing "ThisMuch I'm Worth" at the V&A museum for LD in 2019.   It tool me and an assistant 3 days to fully install the sculptre from start to finish.
Great Install shots from the V&A Install 2019 by RCA student Pang Nanyan

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....

This Much I'm Worth @ MMCA and Whitechapel Gallery

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 ©  Rachel Ara 2020
  • News
  • PROJECTS
    • Outrageous Algorithms [2020]
    • Dissent Module [2020]
    • This Much I'm Worth [2019]
    • Transubstantiation of Knowledge [2018]
    • American Beauty [2018]
    • Small Acts of Violence [2018]
    • The Ancestors [2018]
    • The Monolith [2018]
    • This Much I'm Worth [2017]
    • The Ancestor [2017]
    • Queer is the New Straight [2017]
    • The Awakening [2017]
    • Cocksure [2016]
    • D.O.A.M Series [2014 - 20]
    • The Menses Tapes [2016]
    • This Much I'm Worth [2014 - 2016]
    • A Working Drawing [2016 & 2019]
    • Shad Thames Portraits [2016]
    • Fraught [2015]
    • Banker's Shoes [2015]
    • Manspreading [2015]
    • A5 [2015]
    • Superstar [2014]
    • Stamp of Disapproval [2014]
    • Love, Regret and Death [2014]
    • Grip [2014] >
      • Silhouette in Morris & Co ®
      • Silence in Zoffany 1®
      • Silence in Zoffany 2 ®
      • Playful Tiff in Disney ®
      • Grip in Farrow and Ball ®
      • Sensation in Osborne & Little ®
      • Guerrilla (Tondo)
      • Guerrilla (Cameo)
      • Guerrilla (ARA Sisters)
    • Goldsmiths Paintings [1995] >
      • Painting
      • Clone
      • Rotherhithe St.
    • Monomyth [1997]
    • Clone Series [1994] >
      • Clone I
      • Clone II
      • High Clone
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