“She has an ability to draw from conditions that are ubiquitous, but layered with an emotional depth,” [Ken] Grant says. “It means pictures linger long after we’ve seen them. ”
Group Exhibitions;
2023
Holding Space, Holding Silence
MK College Atrium, September
2022
The Domestic Aviary
New commissioned image in response to Martin Parr
Centre Culturel Irlandais, November-January 9th
Abstract Negotiations of Intimacy
PhotoIreland, Dublin Castle, July
Coruscate
MK College Atrium, January
2019
Synthetic Restoration
Collective Strategies; Pic London; Lewisham Art House; October
Abstract Negotiations of Intimacy
Bodies in Movement; Loosen Art, Rome City, Feb
The Domestic Aviary
When Words Hurt, Let’s Talk About Loss, Nottingham
209 Women
Karen Bradley MP; Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, March
2018
Abstract Negotiations of Intimacy
Open Source, Open Eye Gallery; December
Open Eye Gallery Instagram Takeover #oegtakeover
Friends of Interpretable Spaces, Degree’s of Freedom; St. Augustine’s Tower Hackney, London; October
Royal Ulster Academy of Arts; Ulster Museum Belfast; October
PIP; The 18th China Pingyao International Photography Festival (UK tertiary student photography) September
RCA SHOW; Battersea, London; June
209 Women- Karen Bradley MP; Portcullis House, Westminster, Uk; December
2017
Work In Progress
OFFPRINT London (RCA Table) Tate Modern; May
Royal College of Art W.I.P Show; January
The Domestic Aviary
Format Festival 2017: Habitat 17’ ; March
2015
The Domestic Aviary
British Journal of Photography "One's to Watch" at Rencontres d'Arles (L'Experience Magazine) July
Carlisle Photo Festival 'Visualising the Animal' July
Jill Todd Photographic Award Exhibition Gracefields Art Centre, February
Framewerk Gallery March
Barcelona International Photography Awards Galeria Valid Foto 2015
Commissioned Work
Nine Lives' Curated by Emmett Scanlon; June 201 (Design Museum London, Kilkenny Arts Festival Ireland)
2014
The Domestic Aviary
Jill Todd Photographic Award Exhibition StreetLevel PhotoWorks; October
PIP; The 14th China Pingyao International Photography Festival (UK tertiary student photography) September
Open Minds University of Ulster Degree Show, Belfast June
Royal Ulster Academy of Arts January
RDS Student Art Awards Exhibition, Dublin, September
RDS Student Art Awards Travelling Exhibition, Limerick, October
Is Love Really like a Taylor Swift Song?
Backlight Photo Festival Tempere, Finland, November
2013
Safe Places
Belfast Photo Festival (T13 and Crescent Arts Centre) June
Letting Go
Belfast Photo Festival (The John Hewitt) June
Accolades;
Belfast Exposed ‘Future’s’ Artist 2019
After School - Collective Strategies (London College of Communication) 2019
British Journal of Photography Ones to Watch 2015
AnOther Magazine: 8 Emerging Photographer's you need to know about 2017
RDS Dublin Lens Based Art Award 2014
The Inaugural Jill Todd University of Ulster Photography Award (judged by Wendy McMurdo) 2014
Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Award for Outstanding Students 2014
Commendation from Jill Todd Photographic Award 2014
Barcelona International Photography Awards 2015 Finalist
Education;
Masters in Photography; Royal College of Art (2016-2018)
BA(HONS) Photography University of Ulster; 1st Class Honours (2011-2014)
Verified Certificate of Completion, Art History: Key Concepts through time, Sotheby’s Institute of Art (2022)
Level 3 Award in Education and Training, Milton Keynes College (2021)
Publications;
209 Women (Book)
Underexposed Magazine (https://underexposedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/184486386984/rachel-glass)
Source Photographic Review December 2018 (https://bit.ly/2X9kZ8S)
British Journal of Photography 'Look and Learn' 2018
Vogue Italia (https://www.vogue.it/fotografia/fotografi-emergenti/2018/07/11/rca-photography-2018/)
British Journal of Photography Ones to Watch 2015
Gooseflesh Zine in collaboration with the Jill Todd Photographic Award 2014
Online Profile;
The Irish Photo Network (https://www.irishphotonetwork.com/intimacy)
Wiki PhotoIreland (https://wiki.photoireland.org/individuals/artists/rachel-glass/)
Source Photographic Review
Open Eye Gallery Instagram Takeover #oegtakeover
Royal College of Art Showcase (https://www.rca.ac.uk/showcase/show-rca/rachel-glass/)
British Journal of Photography
Source Graduate 2018 MA
Feature Shoot
Irish Art's Review
Source Graduate 2014 BA
AnOther Magazine
AOI13 Facebook Page Cover Photo (1st-15th May)
Conferences;
Critical Academy Think Tanks, PhotoIreland & Ulster University, 2022
Photography: An Empathetic gesture
I am a Northern Irish photographic artist currently based in London
To Contact please email;
rachel.glass@network.rca.ac.uk
