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Rebecca Ackroyd
Born1987
Cheltenham, UK
Alma mater
Known forSculpture, drawings
Website

Rebecca Ackroyd (born 1987) is a British artist best known for her painting and sculptural works. She lives and works between London and Berlin.

Early life, education, and commercial succes

Ackroyd was born in Cheltenham, UK and received degrees from both the Byam Shaw School of Art and Royal Academy of Arts in London.[1] Public showings of Rebecca's art are common, including a recent solo exhibition, Shutter Speed, at the Mac Lyon running from 22 September 2023 to 7 January 2024.[2]

Ackroyd's debut at Christie's Contemporary Art Sale 2023 was part of a record setting showing for women in the auction. Her painting “Garden Tender” sold for $56,700, twice its estimated price.[3]

Reviews

Ackroyd's art has received coverage from many notable publications.

  • Bettina Maria Brosowsky reviewed Ackroyd's 2023 exhibition at Kestner Gesellschaft in Hannover, Germany for Die Tageszeitung (The Daily Newspaper).[4]
  • Chloe Stead, assistant editor of frieze, reviewed her solo exhibition 100mph at Peres Projects in Berlin, Germany. The review focuses on the way Ackroyd depicts the female body, a focus of many of the artist's works. Chloe writes, "Ackroyd seems to suggest that it is the shapeshifting potential of femininity itself that can be wielded like a sword."[5]
  • Louisa Elderton, for Artform also reviewed 100mph. Elderton also focuses on how the show focuses on the female body and invites the viewer to challenge popular culture's traditional representations of women. Of the show, Elderton concludes, "'100mph' asked us to speed ahead, stay fluid, flow through, wonder what else bodies could look like, and accept the joy inherent in such indefinable shapes."[6]
  • Ellie Brown provides a retrospective of past exhibits as the introduction to her interview of Ackroyd for the publication NR. The article also serves as a preview of Ackroyd's 2022 show in Seoul.[7]
  • Thomas Elmer calls Ackroyd "one of the most exciting artists in the U.K" in an introduction to the 2022 interview for Sculpture magazine.[8]

Selected collections

Several notable museums include work from Rebecca in their collections. Some of the institutions are listed below.

References

  1. ^ "Rebecca Ackroyd CV" (PDF). Peres Projects. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Rebecca Ackroyd - Shutter Speed - Exhibition". Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon (macLYON). Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ^ "At Christie's '21st Century' Auction, the Sound of Records Breaking for Women". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  4. ^ Brosowsky, Bettina Maria (12 December 2023). "kritisch gesehen: rebecca ackroyds installationskunst in der kestner gesellschaft hannover". die tageszeitung. No. 4. 12. 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  5. ^ Chloe, Stead (18 February 2021). "Rebecca Ackroyd Takes Femininity to the Battlefield". frieze magazine. IMG. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  6. ^ lderton, Louisa (May 2021). "Rebecca Ackroyd". Artforum. No. Vol. 59, No. 7. Retrieved 31 December 2023. {{cite news}}: |issue= has extra text (help)
  7. ^ Brown, Ellie (2022). "From fragmented memories to ordinary encounters: Locating the subconscious in the work of Rebecca Ackroyd". NR. No. 16. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  8. ^ Ellmer, Thomas (4 November 2022). "Specific Ideas: A Conversation with Rebecca Ackroyd". Sculpture. International Sculpture Center. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  9. ^ "ARTISTS IN THIS EXHIBITION--Dark Light Realism in the Age of Post-Truths". Aïshti Foundation. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Rebecca Ackroyd". macLYON. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Art at Selfridges (Discover our permanent artworks at Selfridges London)". Selfridges. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  12. ^ "samlingen (collection)". Stahl Collection. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Rebecca Ackroyd". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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