Rachel Ara | |
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 Rachel Ara at the Courtauld Institute of Art (2018) | |
| Born | 1965 |
| Education | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| Known for | Conceptual art, Data art, Digital art, Contemporary art |
| Notable work | This Much I'm Worth [2] [3] |
| Awards | Burston award; [4] Lumen Prize artist; [5] Aesthetica Art Prize (2016) [6] |
| Website | www.2ra.co |
Rachel Ara (born 1965, Jersey) is a London-based contemporary British conceptual and data artist. [7]
Ara was originally a computer programmer. She then studied for a Fine Art BA degree at Goldsmiths, University of London. [3]
Ara is an elected Academician of the Royal West of England Academy. [8] She is also a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors. [9]
Rachel Ara has exhibited in the Barbican Centre, Whitechapel Gallery, Mall Galleries, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK. [1] Internationally, her works have been exhibited at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, South Korea, and the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. She has an interest in data protection with respect to her works. [10] In a 2019 interview with Vanessa Murrell from DATEAGLE ART, Ara quoted “you can’t make subtle artwork and survive”. [11] She gives talks on her work, [12] [13] including at the London Design Festival. [14]
Ara studied BA(Hons) Fine Art at Goldsmiths where she won the Neville Burston Award for the most outstanding student. [15]
Ara's work has featured at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, including mixed reality nuns as a V&A VARI Artist in Residence. [18] [19]
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