Education
1995 – 1998 The Royal Academy School of Arts London, M.A. in Painting 1991 – 1992 DeMontfort University, Leicester UK, Post Graduate Teaching Certificate 1987 – 1991 Trent University of Nottingham (Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art)
Up an Coming
June 2008 “Show Down” exex Visarte Ost, CH Sep. 2008 The Art of Memory, Berlin, Germany Sep. 2008 Fuenf Frauen fuer den Kaiser, Group Show,Berlin Sep 2008 Article “Ones to watch” TKartspace New York, september Edition Oct. 2008 Frankfurter Book Fair. Catalogue Presentation”Rachel Lumsden: Paintings 2008-1998 Publishing House Bucher Verlag, Austria ISBN 978-3-902612-90-8 Nov. 2008 “Bird Wars” Katarinen Gallery, St. Gallen CH Solo exhibition and Catalogue Presentation
Prizes
2008 Das Berlin Stipendium Swiss Residency Studio, La Fabrik, Berlin 2005 St. Galler Werkbeitrag für Bildende Kunst 2001 Pollock-Krasner prize, New York 1998 CrestCo Art Prize from The Bank of England, David Murray prize, Landseer prize. Werke in private Sammlungen in Asien, G.B. Schweiz , UK Forums
2007-09 Pressure Points Curator / organiser artists’-exchange Switzerland/UK 2008 Kunst am Bau Jury, Teufen, CH 2006 Kunst am Bau Jury, Vaduz FL 2005 Board member Visarte Ost St. Gallen: ExEx Project Organiser 2005 Comparative Art Education (UK, USA, Germany & Switzerland) University Basel. 1996 -1998 Red Square 2 Organisatorin Contemporary Art Forums at the Royal Academy of Arts
Exhibitions
2006 Silent Inhabitants Kunsthalle Arbon 2006 Dashboard Talisman Galerie Christian Röllin 2005 Dashboard Talisman Residenzatelier und Ausstellung, Remise Weinfelden 2004 Misplaced Vertigo Gallery London 2003 Lost Properties Rauscharts St. Gallen 2003 Innocent Objects Pease Gallery London 2002 Arc-light St.Gallen 2001 Arc-light Bridlesmith Gallery Nottingham 2001 Arc-light The Spitz Gallery London 1999 Foreign Body Rivington Gallery London Gruppen-Ausstellungen (Auswahl)
2007 Offene Boxen Museumsnacht 2006 Ost Diamante Ex Ex St. Gallen 2005 Berliner Liste Messe für aktuelle Kunst 2003 Reduced, Century Gallery, London 2002 House Work, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham 2000 Paint!, Vertigo Gallery, London 2000 DIY Variations on Wallpaper, London 1999 ESTATE, Osterley House, London sponsored by The National Trust 2000 Summer Show, The Rivington Gallery, London 1998 Degree Exhibition, The Royal Academy School of Arts, London 1998 The Premiums, The Royal Academy of Arts, London 1997 Interim, The Royal Academy Schools, London
Associate Lecturer
Ab 2007 Hochschule Luzern, Lecturer Painting Projekt Modul BA 2007 Hochschule Vaduz Kompakt Projekt 2004-2007 Kunstschule Liechtenstein Nendeln FL 1998-2001 South East Derbyshire College (0.5 associate lecturer, Foundation, Art and Design) 1992-1995 South East Derbyshire College ( 0.5 associate lecturer Foundation, Art and Design) 1993-1994 Rawlins Community College, Loughborough. (0.5 associate lecturer) 1992-1993 Trent University of Nottingham (guest lecturer)
Publications
“Rachel Lumsden, Paintings 1998 – 2008“ Publishing date: October 2008 Publishing House: Bucher Verlag Austria, Essays by Uwe Wieczorek, art historian/ (curator Hilti Art Stiftung FL), and Felicity Lunn, art critic and curator Kunstverein Freiburg, DE. ISBN 978-3-902612-90-8 „Housework: domestic spaces as sites for artists“ (publ 2002) Essay von Deborah Dean ISBN 0905 9985
Articles Saiten June 2008 Tagblatt 01.07.06, Schöne Schmarotzer, Christina Weder Tagblatt 06.06, Stille Zeitgenossen, Dorothea Kaufmann Tagblatt 17.01.06 Traumwelt im Auto, Ursula Badrutt Schoch Tagblatt 20.08.05 / 23.08.2005, Was da im Auto baumelt, Marcel Elsener Tagblatt 03.09.2005, Blick in Intimbereiche Tagblatt 08.06.2005, Von Ayer bis Vamvas Tagblatt 31.05.2005, Blick hinter die Windschutzscheibe Tagblatt, KulturJournal 19.08.2005, Fetische und Glücksbringer Evening Standard, Arts Review, 02.2004 Tagblatt 11.2003, Seltsam “Homeland Security” Marcel Elsener Independent, 04. 2003 Jay Merrick (Art and Architecture Correspondent) Tagblatt 08.2002, Eine Stube voller Quallen, M. Elsener Art Review ANMagazine, Guardian Guide, Life Magazine Housework Museum Catalogue 2002 Independent 09.2001, To the Lampshade and beyond, J. Merrick, ANMagazine Arc-Lights, 09.2001, J.Nichol Last Chance, Evening Standard, Guardian Guide, L. Elwes The Royal Academy Magazine 09.2001 Independent 07.1998, Dying of Hirst, J. Merrick |