Rebecca Wild

Artist Statement

Rebecca Wild (b.1989)
Born in Timperley, UK

Rebecca Wild is a curator and graduate from Manchester Metropolitan University studying MA Contemporary curating (2013) and BA (Hons) Interactive arts (2012). She has exhibited previously in various locations around the U.K and has sold work to various art collectors. Rebecca is the director of AIR Gallery ()

Rebecca’s work is all about experimentation and spontaneity. Wild specializes in a technique called scanography, a photography technique that she approaches from a fine art perspective. She is interested in the unconventional means of taking a picture without the use of a digital camera and have been exploring new ways of creating an image.

Her work focuses around three central elements; colour, light and natural forms. The topic of choice is examining the flow and motion of fluids as they combine, collide or conform with other substances both man-made and natural. Her current series is an experiment into seeing what happens to her work when one of these three key elements is removed; in this instance ‘colour’. The focus of the work has dramatically shifted from something of aesthetic beauty to an inquisitive focus of the patterns and forms that are u...

Graduated from Ma Contemporary Curation 2013
BA *(Hons) Interactive arts [2:1] 2012
Foundation Art and Design [distinction] 2009

2017  Small World, PS Mirabel, Manchester
2017  GM Arts prize 2017, Manchester UK
2017  Artists of the Future, DegreeArt, London.
2016 Warrington Open 2016, Warrington.
2016 Stockport Open 2016, Stockport
2016 Spectrum, PS Mirabel, Manchester.
2016 Hidden Studios Altrincham, Altrincham.
2016 Transience, Local Creation, Altrincham.
2016 Waterside Open 2016, Sale, UK.
2015 Outside the Box, 6 George Street,
2015 Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival
2015 Shropshire Open 2015, Gallery 3
2015 Shelf Life, P.S Mirabel, Manchester, UK.
2015 Neo:art Prize 2015, neo:gallery27, Bolton
2015 Transformation, Art with a Heart
2015 Patchwork, Sale Waterside Arts Centre
2014 Waterside Open 2014, Sale Waterside
2014 Altrincham Open 2014, Art with a Heart
2014 How Many? Local Creation, Altrincham
2014 Best of Noise, Granada Studios
2014 SKIN, Penthouse NQ, Manchester, UK
2014 Free for arts Festival 2014
2013 Electric Open 2013, Electric Picture House
2013 We are Manc, Terrence Bar, Manchester
2013 Altrincham Arts Festival, Altrincham, UK.
2012 Local Creation launch, Local Creation
2012 Interactive Arts Degree Show
2012 SCAN.IT, Gallery40, Brighton, UK.
2012 New Mills Art Trail, New Mills, UK.
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