Rebecca Ackroyd (b. 1987)
Rebecca Ackroyd (b. 1987, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK) previously studied Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art.
Ackroyd’s work toys with the discipline of sculpture, as processes are dissected to their bare bones in a diverse language of making that questions relationships between drawing, abstraction and figuration.
Larger than life sculptures of legs, crudely made from chicken wire and plaster bandage, confront the viewer with their stark rawness. With crotches at head height they exude an air of confidence, emulating catwalk stances.
The overtly feminine collides with an abstract architecture as a way of bouncing the viewer between places. It hints an interaction or performative encounter whilst exploring a confusion of narratives that encourages clashes to occur between the works.
Profile
Born: 1987 in Cheltenham
RA Schools student from 2012 to 2015
Gender: Female
Contact information:
rebecca.ackroyd@raschools.org.uk
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Gallery of works
Installation view of Rebecca Ackroyd's work at the RA Schools Show 2015
Installation view of Rebecca Ackroyd's work at the RA Schools Show 2015
Installation view of Rebecca Ackroyd's Carburettor, 2014
Rebecca Ackroyd, Pillow Talk, 2014.
Rebecca Ackroyd, Morning Fizz, 2014.
Rebecca Ackroyd, Nape, 2013.
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CV
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Education
2012-2015 Post Graduate Diploma Fine Art, Royal Academy, London
2007–2010 BA Fine Art, Byam Shaw School of Art, London
2005–2006 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, University of Gloucestershire -
Solo shows
2015 RA Schools Show, Royal Academy Schools, London
Rogue Project Space, Manchester
2014 Carburettor - Kinman Gallery, London
2013 Gross Weight - Marsden Woo Gallery, London -
Selected group shows
2014 Kinman Projects, NYC
Group Presentation Nada Miami
Flora , Fauna - Kinman Gallery, London
Premiums - Royal Academy Schools Interim, London
2013 Bloomberg New Contemporaries - Spike Island, Bristol and ICA, London
2012 Material Matters - Drawing Room, London
Magnitude - Real Gold Event, 19 - 23 Kingsland Road, London
Odds Against Tomorrow - Bearspace, London
2011 The Face Of The Shape - La Scatola Gallery, London
Print Now - Bearspace and SW1 Gallery, London
Jealous Needs You - Jealous Gallery, London
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