Peres Projects

Rebecca ACKROYD (b. 1987 in Cheltenham, UK)

• Lives and works between London, UK and Berlin, DE

Education

2015

• Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, Royal Academy, London

  2010

• BA Fine Art Byam Shaw School of Art, London

  2006

• Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, University of Gloucestershire

Current Solo Exhibition

• Fertile Ground, Peres Projects, Seoul, KR

Upcomimg Solo Exhibitions

• Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, FR
• Period Drama, Kestner Gesellschaft, curated by Adam Budak, Hanover, DE

Upcoming Group Exhibition

• Dark Light, Realism in the Age of Post Truth, Aïshti Foundaton, Beirut, LB

Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2021

• 100mph, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE

2020

• Tonguing the fence, Lock Up International, London, UK
• Laid Bare, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, NO

2019

• Underfoot, curated by Cloé Perrone, Fondazione Pomodoro, Milan, IT
• Conducting Bodies, curated by Giulia Civardi, Exo Exo, Paris, FR

2018

• The Mulch, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE

2017

• Drain, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, NO
• The Root, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
• House Fire, Outpost Gallery, London, UK

2015

• Taken Care, Hunter / Whitfield, London, UK

2014

• Carburettor, Kinman Gallery, London, UK

2013

• Grass Weight, Marsden Woo Gallery, London, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022

• Masters and Servants, Ygrec Gallery, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy (ENSAPC), Paris, FR
• SPRING, Peres Projects, Seoul, KR
• cadavre exquis, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT
• Act 1: Body en Thrall, curated by Sarah Holdaway, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby, UK
• corpus murmur, Peles Empire, Berlin, DE
• A Glimpse of the Setting Remains, Clima Gallery, Milan, IT

2021

• Arcadia, Bold Tendencies, London, UK
• DEINE KUNST - Chapter 5, curated by Michael Müller, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, DE
• IRL (In Real Life), Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK

2020

• I like them, they're nice, curated by Ndayé Kouagou, Nir Altman, Munich, DE in collaboration with Sultana, Paris, FR and Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
• 4 x 1 = 30, Christine Koenig Gallerie, Vienna, AT

2019

• Where Water Comes Together With Other Water, 15th Lyon Biennale, organized by Jean de Loisy, the director of the Palais de Tokyo, along with the museum’s curatorial team, Lyon, FR

2018

• Mademoiselle, curated by Tara Londi, Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain Occitanie, Sète, FR
• The Same As Ever, But More So. curated by Miriam Bettin, Braunsfelder, Cologne, DE
• CITADEL, with Sebastian Jefford, Open Forum, Berlin, DE
• MANTEL, curated by Doug Bowen, Copperfield Gallery, London, UK

2017

• These Rotten Words, curated by George Vasey, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, UK
• Group Exhibtion, Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome, IT
• Lit, Union Pacific, London, UK

2016

• House of Voltaire, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
• Nomadic Vitrine - Recent Activity, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
• All Over, Studio Leigh, London, UK
• Modest Villa Immense Versailles, Kinman Gallery, London, UK
• Bloody Life, Herald Street, London, UK
• Is It Heavy or Is It Light, Assembly Point, London, UK
• With Institutions Like These, Averard Hotel, London, UK
• Opals, curated by Vincent Honore, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, NO
• At Home Salon: Double Acts, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Ascot, UK

2015

• Royal Academy Schools Degree Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
• Works in Residence, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
• The London Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
• Daytona, Caustic Coastal, Manchester, UK

2013

• Bloomberg New Contemporaries, ICA London, London; Spike Islands, Bristol, UK

2012

• Material Matters, Drawing Room, London, UK
• Magnitude - Real Gold Event, 19 - 23 Kingsland Road, London, UK
• Odds Against Tomorrow, Bearspace, London, UK

2011

• The Face of the Shape, La Scatola Gallery, London, UK
• Print Now, Bearspace and SW1 Gallery, London, UK
• Jealous Needs You, Jealous Gallery, London, UK

Publications

2022

• Dark Light, Realism in the Age of Post Truth, Beirut: Aïshti Foundaton, 2022

2019

• Bertolotti, Isabelle, Where Water Comes Together with Other Water - 15th edition of the Lyon Contemporary Art Biennale, Lyon: Fage éditions; MAC Lyon, 2019

2015

• Herrmann, Daniel F., The London Open 2015, London: Whitechapel Gallery, 2015

2013

• Joffe, Chantal, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2013, London: New Contemporaries, 2013

Selected Bibliography

2022

• Gee, Stephenie, Rebecca Ackroyd’s first Asia solo exhibition on the passage of time, #Legend, September 13, 2022
• Alarcón, David, Rebecca Ackroyd: Exploring the Infrastructure of the Subconscious, Metal Magazine, September 1, 2022
• Chow, Vivienne and Rea, Naomi, Here Are 7 Gallery Shows Not to Miss in Seoul This Week, From From Historical Korean Monochromes to Ethereal VR Environments, artnet News, August 29, 2022
• van Rosessel, Susanna, Rebecca Ackroyd, émergent magazine, Issue 8, Spring-Summer 2022

2021

• Ellmer, Thomas, Specific Ideas: A Conversation with Rebecca Ackroyd, Sculpture Magazine, November 4, 2021
• Abramenko, Maria, In a Manner of Speaking, Nasty Magazine,November 2021
• Chappet, Marie-Claire, Meet the rising art stars of Timothy Taylor’s summer exhibition, Harper’s Bazaar, July 29, 2021
• Galvan, Marco, Conversation with Rebecca Ackroyd, Figure Figure, no. 43, May 2021
• Abrams, Amah-Rose, As the U.K. Inches Towards Reopening, Will the Creatives Who Fled London During Lockdown Return to the Capital?, Artnet News, May 5, 2021
• Elderton Louisa, Rebecca Ackroyd, Artforum, vol. 59, no. 9, May 2021
• Bukuts, Carina, The Best Exhibitions to See in the EU this Spring, Frieze, February 26, 2021
• Stead, Chloe, Rebecca Ackroyd Takes Femininity to the Battlefield, Frieze, February 21, 2021
• Cranston, Molly, Rebecca Ackroyd’s 100 mph, The Editorial Magazine, February 24, 2021
• See Works by 5 Artists in the Artnet Gallery Network That We’re Watching This Month, Artnet News, February 1, 2021

2020

• Price, Lucy, Rebecaa Ackroyd, MARFA, #14, Winter 2020
• Neave, Kate, Apocalyptic Dreamscapes: A Studio Visit with Rebecca Ackroyd, OpenLab, November 17, 2020
• Schaefer, Tatjana, I Like Them, They’re Nice, KubaParis, September 11, 2020
• Mudu, Stefano, L’ostinata teatralità dell’installazione. Augustas Serapinas, Rebecca Ackroyd e Tomaso De Luca, Flash Art, no. 348, vol. 53, March-April 2020

2019

• Judah, Hettie, Has the Art World Had Enough of ‘Curators’?, Artnet News, November 15, 2016
• Westall, Mark, Seven Cool Artists to see at Frieze London 2019, October 4, 2019
• Kuhn, Nicola, Dystopien in der Waschmaschinenfabrik, Der Tagesspiegel, September 19, 2019
• Perrone, Cloé, Rebecca Ackroyd, Grrrl Power, CURA Magazine, Issue 31, Summer 2019
• Rebecca Ackroyd, Nomas Magazine, no 11, Spring/Summer 2019

2018

• Abrams, Amah-Rose, The Best of Frieze, Cultured Magazine, October 4, 2018
• Dos Santos, Charlotte, Artist to Watch: Rebecca Ackroyd, Contemporary Art Society, July 26, 2018
• Sargentone, Federico, Rebecca Ackroyd: Human Debris, KALEIDOSCOPE, Issue 32, Spring-Summer 2018
• Rafferty, Penny, Unknown Landscapes with Rebecca Ackroyd, Elephant Magazine, May 21, 2018
• Speed, Mitch, Berlin’s Gallery Weekend: Body Conscious, Ocula Magazine, May 4, 2018
• Nembhard, Candice, Here’s What Went Down at Berlin Gallery Weekend 2018, Highsnobiety, May 3, 2018
• Gallery Weekend in Berlin, Monopol Magazin, April 26, 2018
• Gallery Weekend in Berlin - Sorge um Standort, Westdeutsche Zeitung, April 26, 2018
• 8 Shows You Need to Catch at Berlin Gallery Weekend, Sleek Magazine, April 25, 2018
• Perlson, Hili, Ahead of Berlin Gallery Weekend, the Pick of the Shows to See, Frieze, April 24, 2018
• 10 Highlights: Gallery Weekend, Berlin Weltkunst, Spezial 02, April 2018
• Herriman, Kat, Snowed Under: Armory Week 2018, Ocula Magazine, March 16, 2018
• Wetzler, Rachel, Preview: Rebecca Ackroyd in her New York Debut at Independent, Independent, February 2018
• Regel, Hannah, Smith, Thea and Wahid, Jala, SALT. Magazine, Issue 9: The Furies, 2018

2017

• Rebecca Ackroyd produces installation that responds to the architecture of Zabludowicz Collection, artdaily, October 11, 2017
• Berlin Art Week: 10 Dinge, die man auf der Art Berlin nicht verpassen sollte, Monopol, September 15, 2017
• Roberts,Cleo, Rebecca Ackroyd: House Fire, this is tomorrow, April 14, 2017
• Joseph, Marcelle, Marcelle Joseph Interviews Rebecca Ackroyd, FAD Magazine, April 6, 2017

2016

• Ackroyd, Rebecca, Portfolio: Rebecca Ackroyd, Frieze, July 21, 2016
• Cerruti Quara, Matilde, In the studio with Rebecca Ackroyd, Vogue Italia, June 9, 2016
• Abrams, Amah-Rose, Gallery Hopping: A Unique Group Exhibition at an Old Hotel in London, Artnet News, March 31, 2016
• McLouhglin, Asha, Milmo, Kira et al, 10 inspirational women in the arts, Royal Academy of Arts, March 1, 2016
• Toolan, Sian, RA Graduate Rebecca Ackroyd and the ‘Poltics of Shine’, 1 Granary, February 26, 2016
• Thorp, Eric, Interview: XL Catlin Art Guide 2016 Artists Joseph Ball and Rebecca Ackroyd, FAD Magazine, January 22, 2016
• Wood, Brian Kuan, Is it Heavy or Is it Light?, e-flux journal, Issue 61, January 2015

2015

• Mclean, Matthew, Rebecca Ackroyd, Frieze, December 10, 2015
• 5 Questions with Rebecca Ackroyd, Elephant Magazine, November 17, 2015

2014

• Douglas, Caroline, Rebecca Ackroyd, CARBURETTOR, at Kinman, London, Contemporary Art Society, September 5, 2014