Rachel Adams
- domobaal gallery
- Damp'22(solo)
- Backyard Sculpture'19
- Long Reach'14(solo)
- Cut from Whole Cloth'11(solo)
- Time is a Sausage'09
- publications
- news
- selected external resources
- rachel-adams.com
- @radical_atoms
- @urpflanzelighting
*1985 Newcastle upon Tyne UK
lives/works in Glasgow
- Education
- 2017 – 2022 PhD, Creative Economies Doctoral Researcher, funded by the AHRC, University of Edinburgh and Dundee Contemporary Arts
- 2016 – 2017 MFA Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford
- 2004 – 2009 MFA University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art
- Solo Exhibitions
- 2022
- : Damp, domobaal.
- 2021
- : Home Grown, Yoshimi Arts/Osaka, Japan.
- 2019
- : Stoop–Stoop–Stooping is Stoopid, Rachel Adams with Tessa Lynch, Studio Pavilion at House for an Art Lover, Glasgow, Scotland.
- : Hothouse, Hospitalfield, Arbroath, Scoltand.
- 2018
- : Noon, David Dale Gallery & Studios, Glasgow, Scotland.
- : Lowlight, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK.
- : Right Twice a Day, solo project at the Jerwood Space, Project Space, London.
- 2016
- : Art Fair Tokyo (solo presentation, Projects section).
- 2015
- : Open Studio, Yoshimi Arts, Osaka, Japan.
- 2014
- : How to live in a flat, The Tetley, Leeds, supported by The Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds, UK.
- : Long Reach, domobaal.
- 2013
- : Suburban Mystic, The Lombard Method, Birmingham.
- : Space–Craft, Tramway 5, Glasgow.
- 2012
- : Posturing, a solo project within The Sculpture Show, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.
- : Refurnished, Galerie De Expeditie Amsterdam, Holland.
- 2011
- : Cut From Whole Cloth, domobaal.
- : Marble Mouthed, The Duchy, Glasgow
- : The Compleat Lounger, The Shop, Cambridge, UK.
- 2010
- : Blind Alchemy, collaborative exhibition with Ian Giles, Royal Standard, Liverpool and Studio Warehouse, Glasgow, supported by the Scottish Arts Council.
- 2009
- : Golden Years, New Work Scotland Programme, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh.
- : "–", Alt gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
- Group Exhibitions
- 2022
- : Insight 26: Connection, Yoshimi Arts, Osaka, Japan.
- 2021
- : You're Never Done, with Tessa Lynch, Glasgow International 2020, Glasgow.
- : BLUE, Yoshimi Arts, Osaka, Japan.
- 2020
- : Insight 24: Abstraction, Yoshimi Arts, Osaka, Japan.
- : Decade Vol.2, Yoshimi Arts, Osaka, Japan.
- : Online / Contactless, (Yoshimi Arts, the three konohana website).
- 2019
- : Flash Memories, curated by Takeshi Hirata (art critic) at Sai Gallery, Yoshimi Arts, The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan.
- 2017
- : about:blank, MACRO, Rome, Italy
- : Insight 2018, Yoshimi Arts, Osaka, Japan.
- 2016
- : Material and Form in a digital age (II) Rachel Adams, Mizuki Kakinuma, Haruko Sasakawa at Yoshimi Arts, Osaka, Japan.
- : June Mostra, British School at Rome, Italy.
- : March Mostra, British School at Rome, Italy.
- 2015
- : December Mostra, British School at Rome, Italy.
- : Finite Project Altered When Open, David Dale Gallery & Studios, Glasgow.
- : Insight 14, Yoshimi Arts, Osaka, Japan.
- 2014
- : £1 Fish, S1 Art Space, Sheffield, UK.
- : Vivarium, Model, Liverpool, UK.
- : Art in the Home #2 York, by invitation from the Contemporary Art Society North.
- : Material and Form in a digital age, Yoshimi Arts, Osaka, Japan.
- : Mood is Made/Temperature is Taken, curated by Quinn Latimer, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow, UK.
- 2013
- : Micro Residents exhibition, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh, UK.
- : Paper, Saatchi Gallery, London, (catalogue).
- : Rock Paper Scissors work on paper, Galerie De Expeditie Amsterdam, Holland.
- : Game Changer, Collective Gallery off–site at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh Festival 2013.
- : Costume: Written Clothing, Tramway 5, Glasgow.
- : Commissioned Artist, The Collection, Lincoln, UK.
- : Title, Newbridge Space, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
- : The World is Almost Six Thousand Years Old: Contemporary Art and Archaeology from the Stone Age to the Present, The Collection Lincoln and Usher Gallery, UK.
- : Jesmonite on Paper, Malgras Naudet, Manchester, UK.
- 2012
- : Pavilion, David Dale Gallery, Glasgow.
- : Arrives in Starting, as part of Glasgow International, The Duchy, Glasgow, Scotland.
- : Art Rotterdam
- 2011
- : LABF, Whitechapel Gallery, London with domobaal.
- : Look with all your eyes, Look, Frith Street Gallery, London.
- : Outpost Summer Fayre: Am Nuden Da, Embassy, Grand Union, OUTPOST, Permanent, Norwich, UK.
- : The Chalet Prize, The Chalet, Glasgow.
- 2010
- : LABF, Whitechapel Gallery, London, domobaal.
- : Be The Hammer or The Anvil, Generator Projects, Dundee, UK.
- : Bold Tendencies IV, Hannah Barry Gallery, Peckham multistorey carpark, London.
- : Nothing New Under the Sun, The Duchy, Glasgow.
- : Ekkert Nytt Undir Solinni/Nothing New Under the Sun, Skaftfell Centre for Visual Art, Seydisfjordur, Iceland.
- : Salon, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh.
- 2009
- : Time is a Sausage (A Show of Shows) domobaal, London.
- : 4 New Sensations, A Foundation, London.
- : Neapolitan, Intermedia Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh.
- 2008
- : Catalyst Arts, annual student show, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- Awards, Residencies, Grants etc
- 2015–16
- : Sainsbury Scholarship in Painting and Sculpture (full year), The British School at Rome, Italy.
- 2014
- : Henry Moore Foundation Project Funding.
- : Creative Scotland Award.
- : Arts Trust Scotland Award.
- 2013
- : Artist in Residence, Lombard Method, Birmingham.
- 2012
- : Standpoint Futures Residency.
- : Visual Arts & Crafts Award, Edinburgh City Council.
- 2010
- : Birgir Andressen Residency, Skaftfell Centre for Visual Art, Seydisfjordur, Iceland.
- 2009
- : Visual Art creative and professional development grant, Scottish Arts Council.
- : Visual Arts & Crafts Award, Edinburgh City Council.
- : Andrew Grant Award, Edinburgh College of Art.
- : co–founder of Rhubaba Gallery and artist studios, Edinburgh.
- Talks, Discussions, Press etc
- 2017
- : Art History Research Lecture Series, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland.
- 2015
- : Panel discussion, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 2014
- : Art Monthly, London Round–Up, by Martin Herbert, June Issue 377.
- : Rachel Adams, Artist's Talk at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop.
- 2013
- : Ian Giles with an intervention by Rachel Adams and Tessa Lynch Object Theatre, CCA Glasgow.
- : Artangel Open 100.
- : Design Week, review of Paper at the Saatchi Gallery.
- : Huffington Post, review of Paper at the Saatchi Gallery.
- : El Pais, review of Paper at the Saatchi Gallery.
- : London Art Reviews, review of Paper at the Saatchi Gallery.
- : Artdaily.org, review of Paper at the Saatchi Gallery.
- : Space–Craft: Rachel Adams in discussion with Claire Jackson, Tramway, Glasgow.
- : Artist's Talk, Lombard Method, Birmingham.
- : NWSP: discussion panel, Collective Gallery in collaboration with Tramway, Glasgow.
- : Artist's Talk, Standpoint Gallery, London.
- 2012
- : Five Hats, Panel discussion at Collective, Gallery, Edinburgh with Dr Sarah Smith, Lecturer in Historical and Critical Studies at Glasgow School of Art, Rachel Adams and James Williams, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dundee, Thursday 19 July at 6pm.
- : 'Within the space of' Joe Etchell explores the inner workings of Rhubaba, Monday 13 February, The Journal, Edinburgh.
- : 'Its Hard To Find a Good Lamp' a group exhibition curated by Rachel Adams at Rhubaba, Edinburgh.
- 2011
- : Panel discussion at The Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh on Contemporary Art and its relationship with Feminism, 5 October 2011.
- : ArtLicks 'The Introduction' Rachel Adams interviewed by Ian Giles, Issue 5 Winter 2011.
- 2011: Time Out, review of 'Look with all your eyes Look' at The Frith Street Gallery, Ossian Ward 26.08.11.
- : drawnthread, artists book, B5 28pps, full colour, soft cloth cover, hand–sewn binding, published by domobaal editions for the London Art Book Fair at The Whitechapel Gallery.
- : The Skinny, feature, April 2011, Edinburgh.
- 2009
- : Inviteinvite contribution to artists publication, Edinburgh.
- : Fear of Photography, Addiction to Surveillance, a reading group project initiated at Stills Gallery Edinburgh.
- Academic Appointments etc
- 2022: Lecturer Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland.
- 2019: Visiting Lecturer, Forth Valley College, Sterling, Scotland.
- 2016–2019: Visiting Lecturer, The Art Academy, London.
- 2018: Visiting Speaker, DJCAD, Dundee, Scotland.
- 2018: Visiting Speaker, Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield, UK.
- 2018: Visiting Speaker, Glasgow School of Art, Painting and Printmaking, Scotland.
- 2018: Visiting Speaker, History of Art, University of York, UK.
- 2017: Visiting Speaker, History of Art, University of St Andrews, Scotland.
- 2016: Visiting Lecturer, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
- Satellites Programme, Selector, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 2014: Visiting Lecturer, Leeds College of Art, Leeds, UK.
- 2014: Visiting Artist, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland.
- 2011–2012: Digital Media Graduate Assistant, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland.
- 2012 onwards: Rhubaba Gallery & Studio Trustee.
- 2009–2012: Rhubaba Gallery & Studio co–founder and co–director, Scotland.
- Collections
- Saatchi Collection, David Roberts Collection, Jo en Marlies Eyck, Hedge House, The Netherlands, Azko Nobel Art Foundation