About Rachel Lindsey Clark - Artist
“Rachel interprets the term ‘drawing’ to encapsulate the form of collage in any
material, including found objects and sculpture, believing that drawing existed as a means of communication before the spoken word. How else could early humans express the idea of ‘I was here’?
A city may inspire many different layers and levels in terms of drawing. The ceaseless movement of the city, from the river Thames to the human inhabitants; nothing is ever still here. It is this mercurial nature of the city that Rachel strives to capture.”
~ Review by Elinor Perry-Smith for SEENLONDON, 2016
I can’t remember not drawing and my earliest memories are almost all visual. My exploration of various media such as printmaking, collage, and more recently sculpture is well documented in my ‘Gallery’ pages. In whichever form, I believe the desire to describe our experience is endemic to us all, whether expressed through words, music, photography, film, or even in more conceptual forms. Although my own contribution focuses on observation and memory of people and places, I am hugely inspired by an artistic culture that strives to open our eyes, engender powerful feelings, and even pose questions about our world. Personally, whether I am trying to capture a flicker of an expression in a small wax portrait, perched with my sketchbook somewhere in the City, or making a giant ring of seaweed on the beach, the drive to create stems from this same desire.
During this last extraordinary year I, like everyone, have spent much time at home and, blessed with studio space, have been able to develop my ideas from both memory and imagination. I am excited to find this taking me in new directions resulting in a kind of diary of creative isolation that includes sculpture, collage, and drawing. I will be presenting these in an exhibition soon but in the meantime, I’m delighted to show my latest work here.
Rachel Lindsey Clark - April 2021
‘Everything is a subject; the subject is yourself. It is within yourself that you must look and not around you…The greatest happiness is to reveal it to others…’
Eugene Delacroix
C.V.
1956 Born near Caterham, Surrey
1979 B.A.Fine Art, London University, Goldsmiths College School of Art
1980 - 83 Printmaking at London Institute, London College of Printing.
1985 Became a member of Artichoke Print Workshop, Brixton.
2010 - 2013 Clay Portrait commissions and first cast in bronze.
2016 -18 Clay Modelling from the figure. Mary Ward Centre, Bloomsbury
2017-2019 Hesketh Hubbard Drawing Society, Mall Galleries, London
1983-2021 Warwick Leadlay Gallery, Greenwich
Working at Warwick Leadlay Gallery taught me many practical skills, such as paper repair, conservation, hand colouring, mounting and framing, whilst gaining an extensive knowledge of Original Prints and Antique Maps. Over many years, I have been blessed with work that I love, which both allowed me time to make my own Art and helped me to organise its presentation and exhibition.
Recently the Gallery finally closed its doors and now I am, finally, a full-time Artist. I profoundly believe in the expression - ‘As one door closes another opens’.
Selected Group Exhibitions;
1984 Spirit of London Exhibition, Royal Festival Hall, London
1986 South London Open, South London Gallery, Camberwell, London
1987 Woodlands Open, Greenwich, selected touring show to Reichendorf, Berlin.
1989 Bedford Hill Gallery, London
1991 Art for H.M.Prisons, Princes Trust, Touring exhibition
1992 Contemporary Lithographs, Smiths Gallery, Covent Garden, London
1995-7 National Print Exhibitions, Mall Galleries, London
1995 E.C.2 Gallery, Contemporary Prints at the Barbican, London
1995 Artists in print, Whiteleys, London
1996 London printmakers, National Theatre, South Bank, London
1998 Clifford Chance. Contemporary prints exhibition, Canary Wharf, London
2000 - 2018 Affordable Art Fairs, Battersea Park and Hampstead Heath.
2007 ‘20 years in Print -Artichoke Printmakers.’ Bankside Gallery, London
2010 Acme Studios, Deptford, with Vic Bateman
2010 - 2013 Clay Portrait commissions and first Casting in bronze.
2013. ‘Is it This’ with Vic Bateman, Paul McPherson Gallery, Greenwich
2014 - 2019 Gallery 17, Beckenham, Kent
2018 APT Open, Deptford, London
2019 Acme Studios, Deptford, London
2017- 2019 Hesketh Hubbard Drawing Society, Mall Galleries, London
Solo Exhibitions:
2011 The Works. Paul McPherson Gallery, Greenwich, London
2016 Breath and Shadow. Paul McPherson, Gallery, Greenwich, London
Upcoming July 2021 SOLO. Greenwich Gallery, London
Publications:
2009 Selection of images for ‘Practical Printmaking’ by Colin Gale.
2016 SEENLONDON Exhibition review by Elinor Perry-Smith.