Rebecca Hope | Biography

Artist's statement

Exhibitions

My work finds connections between matter in all its forms: cells, neurons, mould, traces of plant growth, fabrics. Fantastical landscapes, both external and internal, appear on ceramic tiles, casts, collaged drawings and prints.

I seek to express the tension between lived human experience and objective "scientific" viewpoints. Stories, either recorded oral narratives or fragments of text, are often used alongside abstract images derived from the body or from the world around us.

I work with a variety of media, depending on my subject matter. I am fascinated by the physicality of materials, whether it be paper, paint, clay, cast objects or installations constructed around found objects. My films often use a constructed landscape, playing with notions of scale and travel through an imaginary body.

My work as an artist draws on my experiences as a nurse, and I have often sought projects that derive from collaborative working as inspiration for my work, for example, residencies at Tooting Market and St Joseph's Hospice in Hackney.

I have exhibited widely in group shows in galleries, hospitals, housing associations and stations, and often make work for site-specific installation. I also have experience in running community arts workshops and in teaching young people. I am based in London.

2011-15	Post Card shows, Art Hub gallery shows, London.
2014	Metamorphose, group show, Galerie Atelier, Porto, Portugal.
2013	Group shows at Faircharm, Paul McPherson, Made in Greenwich galleries, London.
2012	Four Play group show at the Art Hub gallery Deptford, London.
2011-12	Tooting Market residency and various POST artist group shows, London.
2010	Contaminazioni group show, Cosenza, Italy.
	HMV Curzon Film Screening event Wimbledon, London.
	MA Degree Show Wimbledon College of Art, London.
	Deustche Post Bank group show, Holborn, London.
	Dead Season Live Art film screening, Margate, UK.
	I Swore/I Sore, group show, the Nunnery gallery, Bow, London.
2009	Intersections, group show, the Nunnery gallery, Bow, London.
2008	Collaborative project work, Wimbledon College of Art, London.
	Fits Like a Glove, group show, Thomas A Becket Gallery, London.
	Breathe, group show, East Thames Housing Association, London.
	Dulwich Open House Festival, group show London.
2007	Freedom, anti-slavery exhibition, Morley Gallery, London.
	BA Degree Show, University of East London.
	Fragile Futures, UEL Showcase Gallery, London.
	Fragments, site-specific group show, UEL campus, London.
2006	Recovery, group show, Nolia's Gallery, Islington, London.
	Open Wide Say Art, group show, Trinity Buoy Wharf Open Studios, London.
	Re-member, group show, Ada Street Gallery, London.
	Secrets, group show at Old Hat, offices in Hackney, London.
2005-6	Trinity Buoy Wharf Group shows, London.
2004-6	End of year shows, University of East London.
2005	Joint show with Wimbledon BA students, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London.
2004	Vital Arts Group show at Royal London Hospital, London.
2003	Mary Ward End of Year Show London.
1998	Group drawing show, Minories Gallery, Colchester, UK.