Rachel Lancaster lives and works in Newcastle Upon Tyne. She has exhibited widely and taken part in numerous projects, performances and artist residencies both nationally and internationally. In 2015 she was invited to be ‘Artist In Residence’ at Alewive Brook Road in New York, former residence and studio of Elaine De Kooning. Lancaster was shortlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2018 and the BEEP Painting Prize 2020. Lancaster is represented by Workplace gallery and in 2021 was invited to become a member of Contemporary British Painting. In 2022 Lancaster was the joint recipient of the BEEP Painting Prize and recipient of the Ares Mosaic Art Award.
RACHEL LANCASTER
b.1979 - Hartlepool, UK.
Represented by Workplace gallery
Education
2009-2011 MFA Fine Art, Newcastle University.
1998-2001 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Northumbria University.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
In The Wake, Workplace Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
2013
Rachel Lancaster, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK.
2012
Step Sequence, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
2009
Rachel Lancaster, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
'The Blue Hour', Workplace , London, UK.
'X - Contemporary British Painting', Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
'Decoy', Workplace, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
'Cadence - Laura Lancaster - Rachel Lancaster,' Workplace, London, UK.
2022
Paint Edgy, The Ropewalk, Barton on Humber, UK.
'Nothing Has Changed, Everything Has Changed' BEEP Painting Biennial 2022, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, UK.
Kaleidoscope, Workplace Gallery, London, UK.
Vitalistic Fantasies, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, UK.
Artist Support Pledge: A Generous Space 2, New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK.
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere: Painting In The North East Now, Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Paradoxes: 52 Painters, Contemporary British Painting, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight.
Still Life with Flowers, Rye Art Gallery, Kent, UK.
Without Borders, Art Spot Korin, Kyoto, Japan.
2021
Dark Matter, Workplace Foundation, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Supernature, curated by Paint Lounge, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, UK.
Without Borders, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales - touring to Japan, Norway, USA and Venice.
2020
BEEP (Biennial Exhibition of Painting), Swansea, Wales, UK.
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2020, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK.
2019
Everything Must Go, Workplace Foundation, Gateshead, UK.
Legacy: 50 Years of Painting In The Tees Valley, The Auxilliary, Middlesbrough, UK.
Supernature -curated by Paint Lounge, The Auxilliary, Middlesbrough, UK.
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2019, Jane and Louise Wilson curated room, Royal Academy,London, UK.
Article, The Conduit, London, UK.
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2018, Menier Gallery, London, UK.
2018
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2018, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, UK.
Let Me Dream Again/You Can Hope Forever, Room 113 gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. UK
2017
Figure Four: Glimpser, Baltic 39, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
2016
DOT DOT DOT DASH, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK.
2015
The Brain Eaters, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Beyond The Goldmine Standard, RPM Records, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
I’MTen, IMT Gallery, London, UK.
Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas, USA.
2014
Satellite Satellite, Workplace Gallery, London, UK.
Painting The Pixel, Gallery North, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne UK.
2013
Omnia Mea Mecum Porto, Kotti-Shop, Berlin, Germany.
2011
Double Double, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK.
MFA 2011, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
ROTATE, Contmeporary Arts Society & Shortlist Media, London, UK.
Graphite, Gallery North, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
2010
MFA 2010, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
2009
Morphic Resonance, PSL (Project Space Leeds), Leeds, UK.
Day After Day After Day, Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
2008
Lost & Found, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK.
All My Favourite Singers Couldn’t Sing, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK.
Sovereign Art Prize, Somerset House, London, UK.
TOMORROW THE FUTURE, Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton, UK.
Work shown with Workplace Gallery at art fairs in London, Japan, Germany and USA.
Selected Projects and Commissions
2018
MAW 2018 (Middlesbrough Art Weekender) Audio visual performance at Base Camp as part of FEED live program.
Drone Ensemble: Lyres of Lemniscate -co producer and member of selection panel with Workplace Foundation/Tusk festival
2017
Tusk and Workplace Present Club Ponderosa, co - curated two weeks of art and performance at Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK as part of TUSK Festival 2017.
A Thing Heard Four Ways of Listening, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, co- producer of an evening of live performance as part of a collaborative tour showcasing the work of four contemporary British sound artists.
La Monte Young Jeezys Dream Phone Party Incident, Old Police House, Gateshead, UK- a night of live performance in response to La Monte Young’s “Dream House’.
2016
Ruckberzauberung, commission- collaboration with musician Wolfgang Voigt (founder of Kompakt Records, Cologne, Germany) creating visuals for his live performance at Tusk Festival 2016, Sage Gateshead, UK.
2015
A Cut, A Score -field recordings and audio works included CIRCA Projects commissioned collection and online sound archive as part of BOOKSHOP, NGCA Sunderland, UK
2014
Space Time: The Future, performance with Silver Fox, women in music Wysing Festival, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, UK.
Arborescent, graphic score commission and live performance, Kielder Forest, Northumberland, UK.
2012
Step Sequence, public commission, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Residencies
2020
CVAN North East Creative Space Residency 2020, UK.
2015
Artist in Residence at Alewive Road, East Hampton, New York, USA - former studios and residence of artists Elaine De Kooning and later sculptor John Chamberlain. New York, U.S.A.
2011
Pixel Palace Artist In Residence, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
2009
Morphic Resonance Artist in Residence, PSL (Project Space Leeds) Leeds, UK.
Grants and Awards
2022
Recipient of BEEP Painting Prize 2022
Recipient of Ares - Mosaic Art Award 2022.
2021
Invited member of Contemporary British Painting
2020
BEEP Biennial Painting Prize 2020- shortlisted.
2019
Invited to become a member of Workplace Foundation Community of Artists
2018
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2018 - shortlisted.
2012
Arts Council England Artist Development Grant
2008
Sovereign European Art Prize - Shortlisted, 2008.
2001-2002
Graduate Fellow in Painting, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.