AYVENN HALEIGHA LARK R ​ S ​ D'C rayvenndclark@​ gmail.com | ww​ w.rayvenn-dclark.com | @​ rayvenndclark_art ​ ​ ​ ​ b.1995 DIP | BA | MA | PGCert (2021) UK-based, self-taught (Digital) Sculptor, Writer & Curator and Writer. MA Fine Art Graduate (Chelsea College of Arts) COVER LETTER ​ RSD is Junior Editor and ToR Development Lead for Shades ​ ​ ​ UK-based, self-taught (Digital) Sculptor, Curator and Writer, living and working in of Noir and currently engaged on a PG Cert in Art, Design ​ Central London. and Communications, UAL (ongoing January 2021) ​ ​ Young, female, creative professional, with extensive Fine-Art background, supporting Skills include: Digital Manipulation, 3D Processing, Life academic qualifications and exhibition experience. MA Fine Art Graduate, having ​ previously graduated from a 3-year BA Fine Art Degree from Chelsea College of Arts Modelling, Content Development, Researching, Workshop and a 1-year Fine Art Foundation Diploma course from Central Saint Martins. Facilitation, Public Speaking, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Products including Photoshop, Premier Pro and InDesign; Microsoft Products including Word, Excel and PowerPoint; Practical skills in Fine-Art practice, Photography and Filming. Confident using Mac Software and Computing, Website Design, Sculpture STATEMENT Lifecasting, Body Casting, Mold-Making, Clay/Plaster Work, Prosthetics, VFX and Make-up Application. My practice explores the digital hybridity of sculpture following the affirmation of media, exploring the nuances of identity that pivot between hyper-visibility and invisibility, offering (re-)imagined collective perspective. My work chronicles the elevated reframing of black anatomy - unencumbered, in traction - the mediation between three-dimensional processes alongside the handmade aesthetic within an extended analysis of ‘Objecthood’; the resulting objects emerge contextually abstracted from traditional representational aesthetics - embedded in the everyday, collective experience through methods of display. Such ideological positioning shifts the normative function of figurative practices within this mode of self-referential questioning, which engenders a self-sustaining (non-) fiction EXHIBITION(S) rooted in authenticity and criticality that allows audiences to break free from reference 2020 - [Associate Artist] THIS GRIEF THING, Fevered Sleep, London, UK once and for all in a new form of hybrid realism. 2019 - DATEAGLE ‘MIX’ Project, London, UK REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST | PUBLISHED WORK AVAILABLE ON REQUEST 2019 [PANEL] Young Pioneers of Tomorrow, LCC (UAL), London, UK 2019 - Earwax X Guest Projects, London, UK 2019 - The State of Things, Copeland Gallery, London, UK 2019 - FUTURISM - Creative Debuts X Adidas Originals, London, UK WORK HISTORY 2019 - ArtQuest: Assist, [Artist-Assistant] - ArtQuest, London, UK 2019 - ‘DRAW Y(OUR)SELF - LETUSDRAWYOU, Feel Unique, UK ​ Artist-Assistant | ArtQuest | September – ongoing 2019 [Commission] - BODY+SOUL, Canary Wharf, Canada Square One, UK ​ ​ Artquest >Assist Programme 2019 (Artist-Assistant) working alongside Barby Asante. 2019 - The Unseen & Unspoken - Riot Soup - hARTslane, New Cross Pilot project that will connect artist-assistants from backgrounds under-represented in the 2019 [EVENT] UAL INSIGHTS SUMMER PROGRAMME, Chelsea College of Arts, arts with more experienced artists who need support at a key moment in their practice. UAL Hothouse ‘Maker’ Programme | Craft Council UK | February - September 2019 2019 [PANEL] MADE IN ARTS LONDON x FREE RANGE, The Old Truman Brewery Set up by the Crafts Council in 2011, Hothouse is a six month programme designed to 2019 - GradUAL Podcast with w. Ade Bamgbala - UAL Careers & Employability, London College of Communication (UAL), Elephant & Castle help makers cultivate their creativity and develop their business know-how with equal ​ ​ measure. Throughout the course, makers will travel across the UK completing a series of 2019 - [Panel] An Evening with Youcef Hadjazi, Hoxton 253 art project space, ​ ​ workshops including finance, self-presentation, marketing, business growth and London, UK creative thinking, with the added bonus of mentorship and 1:1 support 2019 - ABSINTHE §2, Spit and Sawdust, London, UK ​ ​ Head of Creative | AoCA | Dec. 2018 – ongoing 2019 - Guts Gallery Opening, Ugly Duck (Tower Bridge), London, UK ​ Arrange/Facilitated & Support the building of at least one creative project per year 2019* - All The Ways We Could Grown (Panel), Free Word, Farringdon ​ ​ (exhibition, showcase, industry collaboration) to benefit UAL Alumni, with the support of 2019* - #FridatLates2019 V&A Copy and Paste Workshop: ‘Draw Y(Our)Self the other committee members. 2019* - Black+White=GREY (SOLO SHOW), Picnic Gallery, Peckham Junior Editor + ToR Development Lead | Shades of Noir | Nov 2018 – ongoing ​ 2019 - Alternative Art School Weekender (Ugly Duck, ToMA)), London Assisting/liaising with lead to building ToR Zine, Social Sharing, Assisting with weekly 2019 - How Are You, Babe, Blank100, London deliverables, Reviewing weekly deliverables, Content Development, Organise/Upload 2019 - INTERSECT: LSE x UAL Exhibition 2019, LSE, London Content to site; Assisting/liaising with lead to generate monthly ToR Journal Publications ​ Promoted to ToR Development Lead as of September 2019 (ongoing) 2019 - Let’s Talk About Porn, London, UK 2019 - Hot Local Artists Presents: P.O.V, Camberwell, London Workshop Facilitator | Creative Mindsets | 2018 2019* - Guest Curator -’ The Socio-Parasitology Manifesto Exhibition’, Nunnery Gallery, London A OfS funded project focused on reducing barriers to success in higher education. Creative Mindsets workshops - led by a team of ex/current students - aims to build a 2018 - ABSTRACT : REALITY - Saatchi Gallery, London (Exhb. + Auct.) - SOLD growth mindset; underpinned by one of the world’s leading researchers in the fields of 2018 - BAME Freedom Fest, The Africa Centre, London motivation and mindsets at Stanford University, psychologist Professor Carol Dweck. ​ ​ 2018 - Kingston University: Black Arts Fair, Kingston, London Associate Artist | Fevered Sleep | Sep 2018 – July 2019 2018 - Common Thread: The Talk - Protein Studios, Shoreditch, London Year Long Research project exploring creativity and creative thinking in primary 2018 - *Speaking Statues: Decoding the Arts - The Fields, New Cross, London schools.; in collaboration with Clifton Green Primary School over the course of a year in 2018 - BHM (Black History Month) Exhibition - Copeland Gallery, Peckham a series of visits & an intensive project in order to introduce fresh ways of thinking, unexpected creative approaches and introduce new artistic processes into schools. 2018 - The Anti-Art Fair - Unit 8, Copeland Road, Peckham, London Content Developer | Shades of Noir | Feb 2018 - ongoing 2018 – MA Summer Show – Chelsea College of Arts, UK, London ​ Producing website and editorial content, writing copy, attending conferences, 2018 – Coloured – Willesden Gallery, UK, London conducting interviews, filming & editing, conducting interviews, liaise with PR and Web 2018 – BetterShared Summer Show, Bath Place, Shoreditch, London Management Team, Managing Press Cuttings 2018 – Reconstructing Practice: Towards an Antiracist Art + Design Field – Pasadena, USA 2018 – Neoprotofeminism – Shoreditch, London 2018 – Decolonise the Arts Curriculum // Perspectives on Higher Education – CSM, London Social Media Manager/Contributor | HorrorFilmUK/ShowFilmFirst/Close-Up Film | 2018 – Decolonise Festival – 198 Contemporary Arts & Learning, Herne Hill, March–Dec. 2018 London Contribute to site content, managing social media platforms and posting for website 2018 – POINT9 – International Student house, London, UK and other HF-UK mediums, uploading editorial content, uploading editorial content, film reviews, generating and editing content, build a mailing list, writing copy and *2018 – The Affordable Art Fair 2018 – Hampstead, London posting live content. 2018 – Nasty Women Portugal, Anjos 70, Portugal, Lisbon Social Media Manager/Reviews & Feature Write | Close-Up Film / ShowFilmFirst | 2018 – INTERIM PART 1+ 2 – Chelsea College of Arts, UK, London October 2014 – July 2016 2018 – Xhibit 2018 – Art Bermondsey Project Space, London Feature & Reviews Writer for Home Entertainment/Cinema Releases, Attending Press Screenings, Junkets, and writing copy, Interviews: by-phone/in-person, Re-writing press 2018 – Normaltodissent – Lethaby/Window Gallery, CSM, London releases & production notes, Sourcing news stories, generating self-titled news stories *2018 – On the Cusp Of… - Take Courage Gallery, New Cross, London and reports, compiling ‘Top 10’ lists & ‘Spotlight On’ weekly reports, 2018 – Empowerment, Creative Debuts, Black & White Building, London *2018 – Open Dialogues: Artists+Designers of Afro-Caribbean Descent – CSM, London EDUCATION 2018 – Nasty Women: ‘Empowerment’, Creative Debuts, Black & White PgCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication Jan 2021|UAL Building, London ​ Master of the Arts | September 2018 | Chelsea College of Arts 2018 – Limbo – Crypt Gallery, London ​ ​ Bachelor of the Arts | July 2017 | Chelsea College of Arts 2018 – Bad Art Presents: ‘Touch Me Baby II’ – Bones and Pearl Art Studio, London Foundation Diploma | July 2013 | Central Saint Martins 2018 – OhWell? – Old Police Station, New Cross, London A-Levels | August 2013 | Carshalton High School for Girls 2017 – The Long Count – Mayfair, London 5 A-Levels, Graded A*-B in Fine Art, History, Psychology, Film