Rachel Mcdonnell

Rachel McDonnell is an artist whose preoccupations include light, and our experiences of it, optical trickery, pattern and paying homage to the minutiae/neglected things of life through painting. Beyond that she has interests in philosophy, politics, feminism and the environment, amongst other things, all of which feed into her work. She tries to amalgamate thoughts and ideas about art and the world into something which draws the viewer in, and might lead them to appreciate the work as an object in itself, and also to think about both the work and its subject. She lives near Stroud in Gloucestershire with her partner and two children.

1996-7 City & Guilds of London Art School Foundation Course in Fine Art

1998-2001 St Anne’s College, Oxford, BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 2:1, and a scholarship for distinction in Preliminary Exams

Solo Exhibitions
2004 The Mill Gallery, Lyme Regis
2005 Bell Gallery, Belfast
2006 54 The Gallery, Shepherd Market, London
2008 54 The Gallery, Shepherd Market, London
2009 James Wray & Co, Belfast
2012 Menier Gallery, London
2013 Glenarm Castle Walled Garden

Group Exhibitions
2003 Society of Women Artists, London
2007 Prelude, Spitalfields Market
2007 Christmas Exhibition at The Cavehill Gallery, Belfast
2008 Christmas Group Show, James Wray & Co., Belfast
2008 Christmas Exhibition at The Cavehill Gallery, Belfast
2009 Exhibition of Important Irish and British Paintings and Sculpture, James Wray & Co., Belfast
2010 Ludlow Open, Ludlow
2014 Site Festival Open Studios, Stroud, Gloucestershire
2015 Royal West of England Academy Open, Bristol
Site Festival Open Studios, Stroud, Gloucestershire
2016 Royal West of England Academy Artist Network Exhibition, Bristol
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Stroud Valleys Open Studios Taster Exhibition
Site Festival Open Studios, Stroud, Gloucestershire
The Other Art Fair, Arnolfini, Bristol
National Open Art Competition, London - Winner Be Smart About Art Award
Royal West of England Academy Open, Bristol
Walking the Land Group Show at The Old Passage, Arl...