Rebecca Kay
Halliwell Sutton
b.1991 Bolton
Education
2018-2022 Royal Academy Schools, Post graduate course
2017-2018 School of The Damned
2016 Feminism and Contemporary Art Short Course,Middlesex University
2013-2016 BA Fine Art (1st Class Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University
Group Exhibitions
2022
Ancient Vessels, A.P.T Gallery, London
Photocopier II, Recent Activity, Birmingham
RA Schools Degree Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London
One by One, Fiumano Clase, London
2020
Premiums: Interim 2nd year show, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2019
Everything Must Go! Assembly Point, London
Sensitive Matter, Bridget Riley Studios, London
LANDGRAB, The Shop, Sadie Coles HQ, London
State of The Arts, Selfridges, Manchester
2018
i.o.u.a.e. x Shelf, Spanish City, Whitley Bay
Vision & Signs: School of The Damned Grad Show, Sluice Gallery, London
2017
Les Boites, Suede Gallery x Slugtown, Edinburgh
Cut Cloth, Portico Library, Manchester
In Dark Times…, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Slowing into Form, Vane, Newcastle
2016
Paint by Number, Studio 24, Leeds
Fools and Follies, Tatton Park, Knutsford
Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Prize, BALTIC39, Newcastle
Fine Art Degree Show, Manchester School of Art, Manchester
Heaven is a Place Where Nothing Ever Happens, Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester
Illegible Rage, Wonder Inn,Manchester
Oh! Tell… - Room554, Britannia Hotel, Manchester
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Floating on the surface of knowledge, duo show with Mollie Milton,
Islington Mill, Salford
Earth works, L22 Press, Crosby Library, Waterloo
2017
Field Studies of Touch, Gallery North, Newcastle
Relics of what could be, what could have been, Slugtown, Newcastle
Texts from the universe, STCFTHOTS, Leeds
Group Residencies
2017
Merz Barn residency, Cumbria, School of The Damned
Common Room, Guest projects London, School of The Damned
2015
Joya: arte + ecología, Andalucía, Spain
Curating
2017/18
Beacon Programme; Pharos, Flare & Signs, Caustic Coastal, Salford
With ; Maria Gondek, Rebecca Ackroyd, Jesse Darling, Mary Hurrell, Tai Shani, Jenkin Van Zyl, Liv Fontaine, Amshu Chukki, Verity Birt, Anna Hughes, Nicola Singh, Dominique White and Ayesha Tan Jones.
2017
Something Coquettish, Juliet Fleming solo, House of Bah Blah, Middlesbrough
Shared Space, with Holly Hendry, Kayt Hughes, Ramona Zoladek, Baltic39, Newcastle
2015
SoftMatter, Wonder Inn, Manchester
Prizes, Awards, Grants
2022
Gilbert Bayes Scholarship Award
Almacantar Prize, Art Source, RA
Patricia Turner Sculpture Prize, RA
Dissertation Distinction Award, RA
2017
Grants for the arts, Arts Council England
2016
Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture 1st Prize: Fellowship with Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art & Northumbria University
Leonard Little Prize, Manchester School of Art
New Creative Talents Shortlist by 5plus Architects, Manchester
Press & Publications
2022
RA Magazine Summer 2022
2017
Corridor8 Interview with Helena Kate Whittingham
#206: The week’s top exhibitions, Slugtown Solo Show, a-n
In Dark Times Review, Corridor8
Cut Cloth: Contemporary Textiles and Feminism, Publication.