Artist statement
Rebecca Spooner’s rich installations combine film, photography, projection and found objects. Her work explores the romanticism of nature, in particular the representation of women, wild animals and the British landscape.
Qualifications and training
- 2007 Bolex 16mm film course, NoWhere Labs, London
- 2004 MA Fine Art, University of Wales Institute Cardiff
- 2002 First Class BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Wales Institute Cardiff
- 1999 First Class Foundation in Art and Design, University of Wales College Newport
Solo exhibitions
- 2012 West Coast Collage, Mission Gallery - the [...] space, Swansea
- 2011 Hearth & Hill, Test Bed, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Powys
- 2008 The White Stag, g39, Cardiff
Group exhibitions
- 2013 Setsuko Hara, Oriel Sycharth Gallery, Wrexham
- 2012 Brzeska's Eagle, g39, Cardiff
- 2010 Do I Have to Paint You a Picture?, Morgan Arcade, Cardiff
- 2009 State of the Estate, Penpont manor house and grounds, Brecon, Powys
- 2009 Open Empty Spaces, Hole In The Wall, site-specific, Cardiff
- 2008 6&7, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
- 2007 Dark Victories, Tactile Bosch, Cardiff (more info)
- 2006 Lines and Strata, contemporary Welsh drawing, Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan
- 2005 Coagulation, Tactile Bosch, Cardiff
- 2005 In Absentia, lens based exhibition, House 5, Chapter, Cardiff
- 2005 One Night Stand - joint curator with Ricahard Bevan, G39, Cardiff
- 2004 MA final show, Howard Gradens, Cardiff
- 2004 Perfectly Normal, Tactile Bosch, Cardiff
- 2002 Super 8 film festival, Station, Bristol
- 2002 BA final show, Howard Gardens, Cardiff
Public commissions
- 2010 The birds, the grass, the trees, the lake., LOCWS International, Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Projects
- 2009 AA2A, Artists Access to Art Colleges, Hereford College of Arts, Hereford
- 2008 NAN New Collaboration Bursary, a-n The artists information company, Wales
- 2007 Artinnit - small art works responding to the theme of cinema, Artist's Network, Pontypridd
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2013 Creative Wales Award, Arts Council of Wales, based at artist's studio in Powys
- 2008 Awarded an Individual Production Grant to create a new body of work for exhibition in autumn 2008, Arts Council of Wales, Cardiff
- 2007 Awarded an Individual Project Grant to produce a new 16mm film installation, Arts Council of Wales, Cardiff
- 2007 Travel Award to attend Wales at the Venice Biennale 2007, Wales Arts International, Cardiff
- 2005 Awarded a 'Good Ideas' artist residency by Cywaith Cymru/Artworks Wales, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, South Wales
- 2003 Research Award plus payment of tuition fees by the AHRB, to complete a full time MA in Fine Art, UWIC, Cardiff
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