Born 1981 in Manchester
Lives & Works in London
Education
2008 MFA Fine Art, Slade, London, UK
2001 - 2004 B.A. Hons Fine Art (First Class), Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield UK
2001 Fine Art Foundation, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Selected solo exhibitions
2013
Title TBC, Ceri Hand Gallery, London, UK
2012
Don’t Let It End This Way Tell Them I Said Something, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK
2010
We are Stuck Here Together, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2008
Since they got rid of time, Galerie Metro, Berlin, Germany
Selected group exhibitions, screenings and performances
2015
Immersive Frames, Nov 26- Jan 6, Celda Contemporanea, Mexico City
DA THIRST presents: Haters Gonna Fete, 24 Jan. ICA London
2014
Supernormal Festival, 8-10 Aug. Braziers Park, Oxfordshire
Escape Routes (curated by Benedict Drew) 2-24 Aug. Limbo, Margate
Foam (curated by Matt Jenner) Touring to Spike Island, Bristol Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, Banner Repeater, AND/OR Gallery, London
This Space We Are, 29 March – 2 May, The International 3, Manchester
Notes on an Autobiography, 16 Jan-8 March, ASC Gallery, London
Arte Mexico, 29 Jan. Ex Teresa Museum, Mexico City
2013
Show, Dec 22 - Jan 10. Parallel, Oaxaca, Mexico
DentalFlux, Dec 4. Southbank Centre, London
Transitio MX Festival, 20-29 Sept. Mexico City, Mexico
The Everything and Nothing Problem, June 25. Jerwood Arts Space, A collaboration between Jerwood and Ceri Hand Gallery, London
Fresh Trauma, 24 May-29 June, Ceri Hand Gallery, London
Cacotopia, Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester, 24 May - 14 June
Tourist Information Centre, Supercollider, Blackpool 29 March - 11 May
The Hand That Holds The Desert Down, 15 March, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
We Object (curated by Benedict Drew) AidandAbet, 14 March- 18 April, Cambridge
The History of the Zero (Performance) Art13, 3 March, London
Nite Flights, The Old Hairdressers, 6 Feb. Glasgow
2012
Move Forward, New Mexican European Media Art, Halle, Germany
Notes on an Autobiography, Limoncello Gallery (Punctuation), London, UK
Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Ten Chapters, Banner Repeater, London, UK
Seven Chapters, A Contents Page, Parenthesis & Footnotes, Banner Repeater, London, UK
2011
Re Read, Assembly Projects, London, UK
Memory of a Hope, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, UK
A Century Of Artists Film, Oriel Mwldan Bath House, Cardigan, Wales
2010
Salon Art Prize 10, Matt Roberts Arts, London, UK
Resonance FM at Frieze Art Fair, Curated by Benedict Drew, London, UK
Making Ships in Bottles, Café Gallery Projects, London, UK
Black Hole Hums B Flat, Ceri Hand Gallery pop up space, 80 Duke Street, London, UK
Spasticus Artisticus, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, UK
The Economy of the Gift, A Foundation, Liverpool, UK
2009
Interim Exhibition, MFA Fine Art, The Slade, London, UK
For Sale: Baby Shoes Never Worn, G39 Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
Screening, Next.Ex, St Gallen Switzerland & International 3 Manchester. Curated by Salford Restoration Office.
Open Ended Project, Curated by Maeve Rendle & Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
2008
Future50, Project Space Leeds, Leeds, UK
PureScreen #2 Hearsay, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
2007
Cover, Galerie Metro, Berlin, Germany
Outside of Parallel, Interval, The Holden Gallery, Manchester, UK
Fair Play 2007 Film & Video Award, Kino Babylon, Berlin
Inside The Machine, SEEN, FACT, Liverpool, UK
Sonar Film Festival, Florence, Italy
2006
Short Circuits Interrupted, The Forum, Sheffield, UK
2005
Fragments, The Green Room, Manchester, UK
Din Short Film Festival, Barcelona
No Original Artists, The Green Room, Manchester, UK
Interruption 1, 2 + 3, Manchester and Sheffield, UK
Halloween Short Film Festival, ICA, London, UK
Curatorial projects
2008
Film Festival Curator, FACT, Liverpool, UK
Open Eye Projects Curator, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2007
Urban Screens Conference, Visiting Curator, Screening Programme, Manchester, UK
ZUVIEL TV, Visiting Curator, Screening Programme, Berlin
Loughborough University, Visiting Curator, Screening Programme, Loughborough, UK
2006
37 Seconds Curator, BBC Big Screen, Public Space, Artists’ Film & Video Programme, Big Screen Liverpool, collaboration with Liverpool Biennial, FACT & BBC, Liverpool, UK
2005
Short Circuits Interrupted, Curator, Art, Film, Performance & Live Music event, The Forum, Sheffield, UK
Interruption, Curator, Art, Film & Live Music event, various venues, Manchester & Sheffield UK
Comissions residencies prizes
2013
Arts Council England residency in Mexico City, Mexico
2012
EMAN-EMARE Residency at CANTE (Centro de Arte y Nuevas Technologias) in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
2010
Afoundation Commission for The Economy of The Gift, Liverpool.
2009
Andor Scholarship & Pocock Award, London
2007/2008
ART PRIZE commission, Salford Restoration Office & Northern Edge.
2007
Arts Council England Award, North West
2006
Inspiral Artists’ award, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Arts Council England Award, North West
2005
Future Everything Award, Future Everything Festival, Manchester
Rebecca Lennon
Born 1981 in Manchester Lives & Works in London Education 2008 MFA Fine Art, Slade, London, UK 2001 - 2004 B.A. Hons Fine Art (First Class), Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield UK 2001 Fine Art Foundation, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK Selected solo exhibitions 2013 Title TBC, Ceri Hand Gallery, London, UK 2012 Don’t Let It End This Way Tell Them I Said Something, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK 2010 We are Stuck Here Together, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, UK 2008 Since they got rid of time, Galerie Metro, Berlin, Germany Selected group exhibitions, screenings and performances 2015 Immersive Frames, Nov 26- Jan 6, Celda Contemporanea, Mexico City DA THIRST presents: Haters Gonna Fete, 24 Jan. ICA London 2014 Supernormal Festival, 8-10 Aug. Braziers Park, Oxfordshire Escape Routes (curated by Benedict Drew) 2-24 Aug. Limbo, Margate Foam (curated by Matt Jenner) Touring to Spike Island, Bristol Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, Banner Repeater, AND/OR Gallery, London This Space We Are, 29 March – 2 May, The International 3, Manchester Notes on an Autobiography, 16 Jan-8 March, ASC Gallery, London Arte Mexico, 29 Jan. Ex Teresa Museum, Mexico City 2013 Show, Dec 22 - Jan 10. Parallel, Oaxaca, Mexico DentalFlux, Dec 4. Southbank Centre, London Transitio MX Festival, 20-29 Sept. Mexico City, Mexico The Everything and Nothing Problem, June 25. Jerwood Arts Space, A collaboration between Jerwood and Ceri Hand Gallery, London Fresh Trauma, 24 May-29 June, Ceri Hand Gallery, London Cacotopia, Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester, 24 May - 14 June Tourist Information Centre, Supercollider, Blackpool 29 March - 11 May The Hand That Holds The Desert Down, 15 March, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop We Object (curated by Benedict Drew) AidandAbet, 14 March- 18 April, Cambridge The History of the Zero (Performance) Art13, 3 March, London Nite Flights, The Old Hairdressers, 6 Feb. Glasgow 2012 Move Forward, New Mexican European Media Art, Halle, Germany Notes on an Autobiography, Limoncello Gallery (Punctuation), London, UK Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK Ten Chapters, Banner Repeater, London, UK Seven Chapters, A Contents Page, Parenthesis & Footnotes, Banner Repeater, London, UK 2011 Re Read, Assembly Projects, London, UK Memory of a Hope, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, UK A Century Of Artists Film, Oriel Mwldan Bath House, Cardigan, Wales 2010 Salon Art Prize 10, Matt Roberts Arts, London, UK Resonance FM at Frieze Art Fair, Curated by Benedict Drew, London, UK Making Ships in Bottles, Café Gallery Projects, London, UK Black Hole Hums B Flat, Ceri Hand Gallery pop up space, 80 Duke Street, London, UK Spasticus Artisticus, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, UK The Economy of the Gift, A Foundation, Liverpool, UK 2009 Interim Exhibition, MFA Fine Art, The Slade, London, UK For Sale: Baby Shoes Never Worn, G39 Gallery, Cardiff, Wales Screening, Next.Ex, St Gallen Switzerland & International 3 Manchester. Curated by Salford Restoration Office. Open Ended Project, Curated by Maeve Rendle & Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. 2008 Future50, Project Space Leeds, Leeds, UKPureScreen #2 Hearsay, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK 2007 Cover, Galerie Metro, Berlin, Germany Outside of Parallel, Interval, The Holden Gallery, Manchester, UK Fair Play 2007 Film & Video Award, Kino Babylon, Berlin Inside The Machine, SEEN, FACT, Liverpool, UK Sonar Film Festival, Florence, Italy 2006 Short Circuits Interrupted, The Forum, Sheffield, UK 2005 Fragments, The Green Room, Manchester, UK Din Short Film Festival, Barcelona No Original Artists, The Green Room, Manchester, UK Interruption 1, 2 + 3, Manchester and Sheffield, UK Halloween Short Film Festival, ICA, London, UK Curatorial projects 2008 Film Festival Curator, FACT, Liverpool, UK Open Eye Projects Curator, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK 2007 Urban Screens Conference, Visiting Curator, Screening Programme, Manchester, UK ZUVIEL TV, Visiting Curator, Screening Programme, Berlin Loughborough University, Visiting Curator, Screening Programme, Loughborough, UK 2006 37 Seconds Curator, BBC Big Screen, Public Space, Artists’ Film & Video Programme, Big Screen Liverpool, collaboration with Liverpool Biennial, FACT & BBC, Liverpool, UK 2005 Short Circuits Interrupted, Curator, Art, Film, Performance & Live Music event, The Forum, Sheffield, UK Interruption, Curator, Art, Film & Live Music event, various venues, Manchester & Sheffield UK Comissions residencies prizes 2013 Arts Council England residency in Mexico City, Mexico 2012 EMAN-EMARE Residency at CANTE (Centro de Arte y Nuevas Technologias) in San Luis Potosi, Mexico 2010 Afoundation Commission for The Economy of The Gift, Liverpool. 2009 Andor Scholarship & Pocock Award, London 2007/2008 ART PRIZE commission, Salford Restoration Office & Northern Edge. 2007 Arts Council England Award, North West 2006 Inspiral Artists’ award, Sheffield, Yorkshire Arts Council England Award, North West 2005 Future Everything Award, Future Everything Festival, Manchester