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

Selected Solo 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

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

• Carburetto, Kinman Gallery, London, UK

2013

• Grass Weight, Mardsen Woo Gallery, London, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021

• IRL (In Real Life), Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK

2020

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

2019

• Singed Lids, 15e Biennale de Lyon, 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
• Art Icon, Whitechapel Gallery, 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, Galeri 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; 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

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

Selected Bibliography

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

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

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