Recent Projects (overview)
Public Realm
- PEOPLE (Plymouth) (participatory public artwork) (2022)
- SIGNS FOR / OF CHANGE (temporary public artwork) The Box, Plymouth (2020)
- PEOPLE (text); In Certain Places & The Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library, Preston (2019)
- Never Give Up (large scale site-responsive text work) initially produced for – Against All Odds at Exeter Phoenix (2013), later toured to Toynbee Studio, London (2014); The Royal Standard, Liverpool (2016)
- WOULD YOU LIKE THIS BADGE? (limited edition badges & performance) commissioned and developed as part of Come to Ours (to run parallel to British Art Show 7), Plymouth (2011)
Gallery
- Survival Shelf (group exhibition) Il était une fois… FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (FR) (2022)
- PEOPLE (film); (group exhibition) Beautiful and Brutal: 50 Years in the life of Preston Bus Station, The Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library, Preston (2019)
- Impromptu (solo exhibition) The Edge, Bath (2015); Plymouth Art Weekender (2016)
- Against All Odds (solo exhibition) Exeter Phoenix, Exeter (2013)
Artist-Led
- Jamboree (artists professional development) originally developed in partnership with a-n & Plymouth Art Centre (2015) with a-n & Plymouth College of Art (Summer 2018), forthcoming (2020)
- LOCAL (limited edition badge work) Plymouth Art Weekender (2017)
- Come to Ours (programme of activity & events that celebrated and showcased the work of both emerging and established artists and curators) (Sept-Dec 2011).
- PL:ay (a festival of live art) (project managers & programmers) 2-day public-facing festival in unusual venues in Plymouth city centre funded by Arts Council England & Plymouth City Council, Plymouth (2007)
Commissions
- SIGNS FOR / OF CHANGE (temporary public artwork) The Box (2020)
- PEOPLE (temporary public text-work & film); In Certain Places & The Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library, Preston (2019)
- For me, for her, for you (7 track audio artwork); The National Trust (2018)
- Picture In the Paper (participatory public art project and permanent display) The Edge, Bath (2014)
- Survival Shelf 2012, LOYAL & LOW PROFILE newspaper (installation, limited edition badges & publication) commissioned and developed for Hunt & Darton Cafe / Live Art Collective East, Cambridge, & Edinburgh Fringe (2012); and 8 city UK tour funded by ACE Strategic Tour Fund (2014-2015)
- YOU MADE IT (limited edition badges) Night Watch, Cambridge Junction (2014)
- Singing Bottles (Britain’s Top 20 Most Requested Karaoke Songs, Organised By Starting Note) (limited edition wine labels), Plymouth Arts Centre (2014)
- MAKING YOUR WAY IN THE WORLD TODAY TAKES EVERYTHING YOU’VE GOT (activities & performative actions commissioned for Inbetween Time 10), Arnolfini, Bristol (2010)
- Worth The Trip (publication & limited edition badge set) commissioned to mark the relaunch of the extended Newlyn Art Gallery and the opening of The Exchange Penzance, Cornwall (2007)
Archive 2003-2012 live work
- 3 Essays On The 3 Fictional Characters Americans Would Most Want By Their Side In A Situation Of Emergency (performances at: Artsadmin Showcase (2014); Miniature Essay: Happy Hypocrite, Spike Island, Bristol (2011) and Art Crush, The Junction, Cambridge (2013)
- A Lesson in Love (recent performances at: Peninsula Arts, Plymouth (2014); PW10/Lingua Franca, Arnolfini, Bristol (2010) and Dartington College of Arts, Totnes (2009)
- The Book of Survival (performances at: Exeter Phoenix (2014); Dartington College of Arts, Totnes (2010) and The Royal Standard, Liverpool (2008)
- MacGyver’thon (performances at: 91mQ Projectspace, Berlin as part of Nude as the News (2010) and Plymouth Arts Centre, as part of Proximity Effect, Plymouth (2008)
- Just In Case (performances at: diskurs05 festival, Gießen (DE) (2005); TENT, Rotterdam (NL) (2005) and OVADA, VENT live art residency, Oxford (2005)
Publications & writing
- Here’s To Another 10 (publication, book launch and performances) ICIA, Bath (2013)
- Worth The Trip (publication & limited edition badge set) commissioned to mark the relaunch of the extended Newlyn Art Gallery and the opening of The Exchange Penzance, Cornwall (2007)
- DIY (Do.It.Yourself) 2 (2015) Robert Daniels (ed) DIY (Do.It.Yourself) (2014) Robert Daniels (ed)
- How to… Work With Others (2013) Artquest
- Soon all your neighbours will be artists (2011) Extra Special People / Aid & Abet / Spike Associates / WARP
- OMSKBOOK: a testing ground for film, video, live art, sound and mayhem (2007) Clare Moloney (ed)
- Black Friday (2005) Christoph Keller (ed) Revolver Books
- Looking, Encountering, Staging (2005) Anke Bangma (ed)
Collections
- Survival Shelf (2013-18), FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, acquired 2019
- Never Give Up (2013- on-going), FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, acquired 2019
- PEOPLE (film) (2019), Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library, Preston, acquired 2019
- Would you like this badge? (2011), The Box, Plymouth, acquired 2012
Awards & Memberships
- Arts Council England – Project Grants (2023) Build It Together; (2021) PEOPLE – Plymouth; (2020) DRUMROLL
- Arts Council England – Grants for the Arts (2017) Jamboree; (2014) Picture In The Paper; (2011) Come To Ours; (2007) PL:ay
- Artsadmin Bursary Supported Artists (2012 – 2014)
- Arnolfini Associate Artists (2007 – 2013)
Education
- Rachel Dobbs – MA Contemporary Art Practice and Dissemination (AHRC funded) – Dartington College of Art / University College Falmouth (2008 – 10)
- Hannah Rose – MA Fine Art, Piet Zwart Institute, Hogeschool Rotterdam (2003-2005)