Rachel Blackwell

Education

• Certificate of Higher Education, University of Edinburgh (History of Art, 2016)
• BA Hons Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (First Class Honours) 2018-2021
  
  

Awards

•  Biscuit Factory Winter Artist Grant (2024)
• North East Emerging Artist Award (issued by National Trust, 2023)
• RSA Art Prize (issued by Royal Scottish Academy, 2023)
• Generator Award (issued by Generator Project, 2021)
• RSA New Contemporaries Selected Artist (2021)
• Visual Arts Scotland Graduate Award Shortlist (2021)
• Generator Projects “TH4Y” Shortlisted Artist (2021)

Exhibitions

Upcoming

• North East Emerging Artist Award Winners Exhibition, Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland, May 2024 
• Middlethorpe Sculpture Gardens, York, Spring 2024 
• “The Scottish New Wave”, Graystone Gallery, Edinburgh, 15th March - 17th April 2024 

2023

• RSA New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
• North East Open Call, Middlesbrough Art Week, Middlesbrough 
• North East Emerging Artist Award Shortlist Exhibition, Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland 

2021

• Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design Graduate Showcase, (online), Dundee  
• Generator Projects Members Show, Dundee
• Sculpture Now, Scottish Society of Artists, (online)
• 4th Year Takeover, Generator Projects, Dundee 

2020

• DJCAD Then & Now, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee
• Generator Projects Members Show, Dundee 

Industry Experience

• Metal Artworker: Fettler/Finisher, Hexham Studio Castings (Antony Gormley Studios) 2021-present 
• Invigilator, Cooper Gallery, Dundee, 2021 
• DJCAD Student Curatorial Team 2019-2021