Rebecca Chesney
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I am interested in how we perceive land: how we romanticise, translate and define urban and rural spaces. I look at how politics, ownership, management and commercial value all influence our surroundings and have made extensive investigations into the impact of human activities on nature and the environment. Exploring the blurred boundaries between science and folklore, my work is also concerned with how our understanding of species is fed by this confused mix of truth and fiction. My projects take the form of installations, interventions, drawings, maps and walks and are underpinned by research into the protection of the environment, conversations with scientists and a desire to make work specific to chosen locations.
2023
Conditions at Present British Textile Biennial 2023, Lancashire UK. Commission
A Fine Toothed Comb HOME, Manchester, UK. Commission, and group show curated by Lubaina Himid and Clarissa Corfe.
Landscapes of Progress? Hestercombe Gallery, Taunton Somerset. Commission, and group show curated by Tim Martin.
Storm Warning Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, UK. Group show
Storm Warning Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall, UK. Group show
Climate, Emergency, Hope Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, UK. Group show
Lost Cities, Found Objects Royal West Academy, Bristol, UK. Group show curated by Lubaina Himid.
Lost Cities, Found Objects Southampton City Art Gallery, UK. Group show curated by Lubaina Himid.
Pine an' Fret We Are Local, Stalybridge, UK. Posters and billboards commission, and solo exhibition at Astley Cheetham Gallery, Stalybridge, UK.
The Storm (Chapter 2) broadcast on Lithuanian National Radio.
The Brontës and the Wild Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth, UK. Work included in museum exhibition, and commission to make 4 new visitor books.
2022
Hidden from Light Astley Hall, Chorley, UK. Solo exhibition
Connected-Connectedness Gallery ONKAF, New Delhi, India. Group show curated by Anke Mellin.
Future Landscapes Leicester University, UK. Exhibition with Arts Council Collection.
Wee-weep TONSPUR Vienna, Austria. Residency and commission
This Place is Held Dear Super Slow Way, Lancashire UK. Commission to make permanently sited habitat creation.
2021
Visiting Artist at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield UK.
Invisible Narratives² Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix Gallery, London, UK. Group show curated by Lubaina Himid.
The Storm Tonspur, Micro Museum for Sound, MQ Vienna, Austria. Commission: 8 channel sound installation and series of posters
2020
El Balcon Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, El Paso Texas, USA. Group show curated by Ivan Buenader and Proyecto Changarrito.
Appointed artist in residence for Super Slow Way, Lancashire UK (2020 - 2025).
2019
Ruskin: Museum of the Near Future The Ruskin Library, Museum & Research Centre. Lancaster UK. Group show
Animals of Manchester Manchester International Festival with Theatre of Research & Live Arts Development Agency at Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester UK. Group show
Invisible Narratives Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall, UK. Group show curated by Lubaina Himid.
Land Acts Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen, Wales. Group show curated by Rebecca Spooner
Beautiful and Brutal Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK. Group show curated by Charles Quick
Astley Hall, Chorley Lancashire UK. Residency
2018
Pont-y-ddôl Peak Cymru and Canal and River Trust (2018 - 2021) Pontymoile, Wales. Commission to make permanently sited habitat creation.
Distance Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, Germany. Solo exhibition
Alla Breve Museo Casa Rurale di Carcente, Italy. Solo exhibition
Rustic Oracles Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library, Preston, UK. Solo exhibition
Climates of Change Halberstadt Biennale, Germany. Group show curated by Pippa Koszerek.
Internationaler Waldkunstpfad Darmstadt, Germany. Residency and commission.
Brownfield Research Centre, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. Residency.
Forewarning Full of Noises (Barrow), Soundcamp (London) and Cumbria Wildlife Trust, UK. Residency and commission
2017
66 Million Peter Scott Gallery Lancaster, UK. Solo exhibition
Creating the Countryside Compton Verney Art Gallery, UK. Group show curated by Dr Rosemary Shirley and Verity Elson
Regions of Light Hestercombe Gallery, Somerset, Uk. Group show curated by Tim Martin.
Ecovention Europe: Art to Transform Ecologies 1957-2017 Museum De Domijnen, Netherlands. Group show curated by Sue Spaid.
Landed (Cadastral Maps) Storey Gallery 2 research project with Layla Curtis and John Angus. Online
