Rachel Ara

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Rachel Ara
Notable workThis Much I'm Worth[2][3]
AwardsBurston award;[4] Lumen Prize artist;[5] Aesthetica Art Prize (2016)[6]
Websitewww.2ra.co

Rachel Ara (born 1965,

data artist.[7]

Overview

Ara was originally a

Ara is an elected Academician of the Royal West of England Academy.[8] She is also a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors.[9]

Rachel Ara has exhibited in the

data protection with respect to her works.[10] In a 2019 interview with Vanessa Murrell from DATEAGLE ART, Ara quoted “you can’t make subtle artwork and survive”.[11] She gives talks on her work,[12][13] including at the London Design Festival.[14]

Education

Ara studied BA(Hons) Fine Art at

Goldsmiths where she won the Neville Burston Award for the most outstanding student.[15]

Selected exhibitions

Works in collections

Ara's work has featured at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, including mixed reality nuns as a V&A VARI Artist in Residence.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rachel Ara – Cementing conceptual and physical layers into her practice". dateagle.art. Dateagle Art.
  2. ^ Pickford, James (17 June 2018). "Artist Rachel Ara poses unsettling questions for the art world". FT Wealth. Financial Times.
  3. ^ a b "Rachel Ara". anise.gallery. Anise Gallery.
  4. ^ "Rachel Ara". www.secondfloor.co.uk. UK: Second Floor Studios & Arts. 2018.
  5. ^ Rapoport, Carla (29 January 2019). "The Art of Brexit". Lumen Prize.
  6. ^ "Rachel Ara: Reactive Systems". Aesthetica Magazine. 15 August 2018.
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  8. ^ "Rachel Ara – Academician RAW MRBS". UK: Royal West of England Academy.
  9. ^ "Our Sculptors – Rachel Ara MRSS". UK: Royal Society of Sculptors.
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  11. ^ Murrell, Vanessa (25 March 2019). "Cementing conceptual and physical layers into her practice". DATEAGLE ART. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Thames-Side Studios Talks: Rachel Ara". www.thames-sidestudios.co.uk. UK: Thames-Side Studios. 7 November 2018.
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  14. ^ "The Transubstantiation of Knowledge: Behind the work with Rachel Ara". www.londondesignfestival.com. London Design Festival. 2019.
  15. ^ "The Neville Burston Award for Painting". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  16. ^ Chun, Wendy Hui Kyoung (2019). "Big Data as Drama". Vertiginous Data. Seoul: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. pp. 88–145.
  17. ^ "V&A · This Much I'm Worth". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  18. ^ Feldman, Rachel (15 August 2018). "VARI Artist Rachel Ara introduces mixed reality nuns to the V&A". VARI. UK: Victoria and Albert Museum.
  19. ^ Victoria and Albert Museum (15 April 2019). "Artist in Residence: Rachel Ara". YouTube.

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