Rachel Adams b. Newcastle upon Tyne 1985 Lives and work in Glasgow [email protected]

Education 2004 – 2009 Fine Art (MA) University of Edinburgh

Solo Exhibitions 2015 Yoshimi Arts, Osaka, Japan (upcoming) 2014 Long Reach, domobaal, London How to Live in a Flat, The Tetley, Leeds 2013 Suburban Mystic, The Lombard Method, Birmingham Space-Craft, , Glasgow 2012 Posturing, as part of ‘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 2010 Blind Alchemy, collaborative exhibition with Ian Giles, Royal Standard, Liverpool and Studio Warehouse, Glasgow. 2009 Golden Years, New Work Scotland Programme, , Edinburgh "_", Alt gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

Group Exhibitions

2014 £1 Fish, S1 Art Space, Sheffield Vivariam, Model, Liverpool Material Form in a Digital Age, Yoshimi Arts, Osaka, Japan Mood is Made/Temperature is Taken, Glasgow Sculpture Studio, Glasgow New Work, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh 2013 blipblipblip, Leeds Game Changer, Off-site group exhibition at Meadowbank Stadium, curated by the Collective Gallery, Edinburgh Commissioned Artist, The Collection, Lincoln Paper, Saatchi Gallery, London Costume: Written Clothing, Tramway, Glasgow Jesmonite on Paper, Malgras/Naudet, Manchester 2012 Last Chance, Studio Warehouse, Glasgow Artlicks Pavilion, ICA, London Pavilion, David Dale Gallery & Studios, Glasgow Arrives in Starting, The Lighthouse, curated by The Duchy, Glasgow International Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Galerie De Expeditie, Amsterdam, Holland 2011 LABF, Whitechapel Gallery, London, domobaal Look with all your eyes, Look, Frith Street Gallery, London Outpost Summer Fayre: Am Nuden Da, Embassy, Grand Union, OUTPOST, Permanent, Norwich, UK 2010 LABF, Whitechapel Gallery, London, domobaal Be The Hammer or The Anvil, Generator Projects, Dundee, UK Bold Tendencies IV, Hannah Barry Gallery, Peckham multistory car park, 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 and The Duchy, Glasgow 2009 Time is a Sausage (A Show of Shows) domobaal, London 4 New Sensations, A Foundation, London Neapolitan, Intermedia Degree Show, , Edinburgh

Awards and Residencies 2014 Creative Scotland Artist Bursary Micro-Residency, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh Henry Moore Foundation Project Funding 2013 Art Angel Open 100 Artist in Residence, The Lombard Method, Birmingham Arts Trust Scotland Award 2012 Standpoint Futures Residency, Standpoint, London 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. 2009 Visual Arts & Crafts Award, Edinburgh City Council Andrew Grant Award, Edinburgh College of Art

Talks and Discussions 2015 Panel discussion, The , Edinburgh (upcoming) 2014 Artist Talk, University of Edinburgh Artist Talk, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh. 2013 Artist Talk, The Lombard Method, Birmingham In Conversation with Claire Jackson, Tramway, Glasgow NWSP: discussion panel, Collective Gallery in collaboration with Tramway, Glasgow 2012 Five Hats, discussion panel, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh. It’s Hard To Find a Good Lamp, a group exhibition curated by Rachel Adams at Rhubaba, Edinburgh. 2011 Contemporary Art and its relationship with Feminism, Panel discussion at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh ArtLicks 'The Introduction' Rachel Adams interviewed by Ian Giles, Issue 5 Winter 2011. 2009 Fear of Photography, Addiction to Surveillance, Reading group project initiated at Stills Gallery Edinburgh.

Positions Satellites Programme, Selector, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh Visiting Lecturer, Leeds College of Art, Leeds Visiting Artist, Gracefield Arts Centre, Graduate Studio Assistant 2011-12, University of Edinburgh Rhubaba Gallery & Studio Trustee 2012 onwards Rhubaba Gallery & Studio co-founder and co-director 2009-12 www.rachel-adams.com