Rebecca Meanley Curriculum Vitae 2022
E-mail: rebecca_meanleyeyre@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.rebeccameanley.com
PhD Fine Art - current Glasgow School of Art (commencing 2022)
Postgraduate Certificate: Teaching in HE University of the Arts, London (2008-2009)
MA in Fine Art Chelsea College of Art and Design (2002-2003)
BA (Honours) Fine Art Nottingham Trent University (1996-1999)
1st Year Fine Art: Painting Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (1995-1996)
Solo Exhibitions
2017 The Inexplicable Moments of Painting, Cadogan Contemporary, London, SW7
2016 When Paint Takes Over at ArtWorks Project Space, 114 Blackhorse Lane, London E17
2012 Dissembling, The Atrium, Barbican Arts Group Trust, 32A Hertford Road. London. N1
2011 Drawn In, The Hat Factory, Luton, Bedfordshire
2002 Recent Paintings, InsideSpace Gallery, Great Titchfield Street, London. W1
Current/Recent Exhibitions, Residencies and Events
2022 Aleph Contemporary, One in One Out Club, abstract painting show,, London. SW1 (current-forthcoming)
2020 Aleph Contemporary, online exhibition: alephcontemporary.com (during Pandemic)
2020 Brisons Veor Drawing Bursary Residency,: Brisons Veor, West Cornwall (exhibition forthcoming)
2019 The Fight: Figuration versus Abstraction curated by Cedric Christie and Pascal Roussen
Kunstgenerator, Geneva, Switzerland
2019 Miniscule curated by Vanya Balogh, Cross Lane Projects, Kendal, Cumbria, UK
2018/19 Rendition (four person painting show) curated by KB Stowe, The Concept Space, London
2018 Honourable Mention for Its Liquid International Contest 5th Edition 2017, Venice, Italy
2018 Nominated for Global Art Awards 2018, PAINTING category, Dubai
2018 Hardest Hue to Hold curated by Aindrea Emelife, Elsley House, London W1 (June-Aug)
2018 Shortlisted for Ashurst Emerging Art Prize 2018 by Conrad Carvalho and Aindrea Emelife
2018 Spring 2018, group show Cadogan Contemporary, 87 Old Brompton Road. London SW7
2018 Artist Residency at Brisons Veor, Cape Cornwall, West Cornwall (March 3rd-24th 2018)
Group Exhibitions 2017
2017 Paint Lounge fundraiser (works sold for charity) at Sluice Biennial, Hackney, London
2017 31 Celsius group show selected by Paul Carey-Kent at ASC Gallery, London
2017 Antennae curated group show at Lubomirov Angus-Hughes, London
2017 Final shortlist for Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Group Exhibitions 2016
2016 Winter Salon at Angus-Hughes Gallery curated by Iavor Lubomirov, London
2016 Open Studios, exhibition and Silent Auction, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London N1
2016 Summer 2016, Cadogan Contemporary, 87 Old Brompton Road. London SW7
2016 Rem-Brand Name project, group show at Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2016 Sixty group show at Lubomirov Angus-Hughes, London, touring to Art Athina Athens
2016 Small Is Beautiful, Flowers New York, Chelsea NY, USA
Group Exhibitions/Events 2015
2015 Winter Salon at Angus-Hughes Gallery curated by Lubomirov and A-H, London
2015 Open Studios, exhibition and silent auction, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London N1
2015 The Matchbox Project, exhibition/catalogue/auction at The Other Art Fair, London
2015 Arte Mexico, British Art Auction at Morton Casa de Subastas, Mexico City
2015 Summer Salon 2015 at Angus-Hughes Gallery curated by Lubomirov and A-H, London
2015 A5, Platform Projects@ Art Atina 2015, Athens, with Lubomirov-Easton
2015 Material Tension, curated by Day and Gluckman at Collyer Bristow Gallery, 4 Bedford Row, London WC1,
2015 Sunday in the Park with Ed, curated by Cedric Christie and Pascal Rousson at Display Gallery, London EC1A
2015 This Year’s Model, Studio 1.1, Redchurch Street, London , E2
2015 Small Is Beautiful, Flowers New York, Chelsea NY, USA
Group Exhibitions, Events, Residency 2014
2014 Christmas Parlour at A.P.T, 6 Creekside Deptford, London SE8
2014 BAG, co-curated this show at The Atrium Space, 32A Hertford Rd, London N1
2014 From Here& There: Drawings from Swansea to Colorado Elysium Gallery, Swansea Wales
2014 TIAF London 2014: The Independent Artist Fair 2014, The Rag Factory, Brick Lane E1
2014 From Here& There: Drawings from Swansea to Colorado Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado
2014 Small Is Beautiful, Flowers New York, Chelsea New York, USA
2014 Artist Residency/Exhibition in Slovakia in Hontianske Trstany near Levice. Slovakia
2014 Summer Salon touring to The Aldeburgh Beach South Lookout, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
2014 Summer Salon Show, Lion and Lamb gallery, London N1, opening 18th July 2014
2014 Future Flesh, curated by Jack Spencer Ashworth, Waterloo, London
2014 Art Converters at Studio 1.1, Redchurch Street, London E2
2014 Chinese Open, Q-Park China Town, London WC1, curated by Balogh and Christie
2014 This Year’s Model at Studio 1.1, Redchurch Street , London E2
2014 Vitis Vinifera, Alexsic and Mortimer, London, curated by Alexsic, Roussen and Christie
Group Exhibitions 2013
2013 First Come First Served, Lion and Lamb, 46 Fanshaw Street London, N1
2013 Small Is Beautiful, Flowers Kingsland Road, London E2
2013 Sluice Art Fair, with Lion and Lamb (works on paper), Bermondsey London SE1
2013 Big Deal no.5, Q-Park Cavendish Square, London W1 curated by Balogh and Christie
2013 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. RA London – painting selected for this year’s show
2013 Braziers Open, selected by Studio 1.1, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire
2013 Soul Meat curated by Lee Maelzer, Lion and Lamb, 46 Fanshaw St, London N1
2013 This Year’s Model, Studio 1.1, 57a Redchurch Street, London E2
2012-2013 First Come First Served, Lion and Lamb, 46 Fanshaw Street, London N1 (Dec-Jan)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 What is an Art Book? Modern Language Experiment at The Mews Project Space
2012 Artworks Open 2012, selected by Keira Bennett and Reece Jones, London E17
2011 Sexy100, group show curated by Vanya Balogh, Kentish Town, London
2011 Artworks Open 2011, selected by Graham Crowley and Keira Bennett
2010 Miniscule, curated by Vanya Balogh, Oblong, Southgate Rd, London N1
2009 ArtWorks Open 2009, ArtWorks Project Space, Blackhorse Lane, London E17
2007 Inertia, 5 painters, Second Space Gallery, London E2 (Curated by Rebecca Meanley)
2004 Shortlisted for Bloomberg New Contemporaries – work judged at The Barbican, London
Awards
2021 ACME Studio Practice Fund
2011 Associate Fellow membership of the Higher Education Academy
2001-2002 Arts and Humanities Research Board: postgraduate bursary
Lecturing/Artists Talks
2019 Rendition Panel Discussion with Paul Carey-Kent, KB Stowe, Rebecca Meanley, London
2018 Hardest Hue to Hold panel discussion, August 2018, led by curator Aindrea Emelife
2018 Artists Talk and Open Studio event at end of Residency, Brisons Veor, Cape Cornwall,
2015 Research Presentation, School of Art and Design, University of Bedfordshire
2014 Future Flesh Artist’s Talk/Critique March 2014, Waterloo, London
2013 Artist’s Talk/Lecture at the Bermondsey Art Project, London SE1 (June 2013)
2009 Artist’s Talk, University of Bedfordshire, Professional Practice Lecture, Art and Design
2008 Teaching Placement at Camberwell College of Arts on BA (Hons) Painting course
2008 Artist’s Talk (all years), tutorials with 2nd and 3rd year, Camberwell BA (Hons) Painting
Professional Activities
2020 Brisons Veor Drawing Bursary Residency: Brisons Veor, West Cornwall
2019 Discussion: Rendition exhibition with Paul Carey-Kent and K.B Stowe
2018 Artist Residency at Brisons Veor, Cape Cornwall, West Cornwall (March 3rd-24th 2018)
2014 Artist Residency/Exhibition in Slovakia in Hontianske Trstany near Levice (September)
2013-2019
Studio Visits: Vivienne Roberts/Aleph Contemporary, Dan Coombs, Caterina Lewis, Cadogan Contemporary, Paul Carey-Kent, Aindrea Emelife, K B Stowe, Christopher Burness, Matthew Flowers, Lucy Day and Eliza Gluckman, Cedric Christie, Michael Keenan and Keran James (Studio1.1), Joanna Bryant/Julian Page, Iavor Lubomirov, Anthony Daley
2013-2015 Membership Studio 1.1 – talks, critiques, studio visits, exhibitions and events
2010-2015 Initiated and led Group Critique at Barbican Arts Group Trust, Hertford Road Studios
2010-2013 Member of Peer Critique group led by Stephanie Moran (Marmite Prize for Painting)
Bibliography/Publications
Hardest Hue to Hold, 2018 exhibition catalogue with essay by Aindrea Emelife (my work on front, back and inside covers, 6 images and bio inside (published by Oaktree & Tiger, sponsored by HKS Architects)
Spring 2018, Cadogan Contemporary catalogue ( 6 pages of images and text by Rebecca Meanley)
Rebecca Meanley: The Inexplicable Moments of Painting, exhibition catalogue with twenty full colour images of my work and my text, for solo exhibition at Cadogan Contemporary, London, 2017
Arte Mexico, British Art Auction at Morton Casa de Subastas, Mexico City, catalogue October 2015
From Here& There: Drawings from Swansea to Colorado exhibition catalogue, Elysium Gallery, 2014
What is an Art Book? Modern Language Experiment publication 2013 (includes series of four drawings)
Marmite Painting Prize catalogue 2008 – two drawing published