Dr Rebecca Key exhibited internationally, and worked as an art director in the film and television industry. Using object placement and mise-en-scène techniques, referred to as drawing with objects, Key examined the relationship between artist and gallery space, exploring mythologies that surround the creative process, within the institution and other specific sites.
Dr Rebecca Key exhibited internationally, and worked as an art director in the film and television industry. Using object placement and mise-en-scène techniques, referred to as drawing with objects, Key examined the relationship between artist and gallery space, exploring mythologies that surround the creative process, within the institution and other specific sites.
"This kind of trickery isn't just one-note high jinks, it's tough love. Once we're familiar with a place, we almost always tune it out. Key jolts us awake by making the familiar strange. For a moment, at least, we're aware of what surrounds us."
The Washington Post
“Key creates installations that examine social space. She has previously created an arts administrator’s office in a gallery space, a creative inversion that ought to have been too near the knuckle for many.”
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Rebecca Key / Sumnall retired in 2019, but can still be contacted through Axisweb.
Born: 1977
Lives: England, UK
Education:
2019 PhD (Practice-led), Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Coventry University
Supported by The BBC Grace Wyndham Goldie Trust & The Film and Television Charity
2008 M.Res (Art and Design History) Liverpool School of Art & Design, LJMU
2006 PGCE (Post Compulsory) University of Central Lancashire
2001 MFA (Sculpture) Edinburgh College Of Art
1999 B.A.Hons (Drawing and Painting) Edinburgh College of Art
Solo Exhibitions (retired 2019):
2018 Research Lanchester Research Gallery, Coventry University, Coventry
2017 Object Drawings: The Thief and her Lover Sala Giudice, Vittoria, Italy
2016 She Greater Vernon Museum & Archives, British Columbia, Canada
2014 Patronage U- Hang at Art Gene, Cumbria
2010 Counterfeit SIM Residency, Korpúlfsstaðir, Iceland
2010 Archetype Transformer Gallery, Washington DC, USA
2009 Rebecca Key: apexart Residency New York Cornerhouse, Manchester
2008 Changeover Liverpool John Moores University Gallery, Liverpool
2007 In Residence Liverpool Community College, Liverpool
2006 Bankley Studios Gallery Bankley Gallery Studios, Manchester
2005 Administration Arena Gallery, Arena House, Liverpool
2001 In Memoriam The Mounted Gallery, Edinburgh
Artist Books:
2013 Art Directed Existence limited edition of 65 signed, in individual wraps,
stickered and numbered. Printed Matter New York and MoMA collection.
2013 Messages limited edition of 65 artist books signed, in individual wraps,
stickered and numbered. Printed Matter New York and MoMA collection.
Group Exhibitions:
2017 Lexicon of Artists Gestures Documenta14, Athens
2017 Concurrent #3 Tate, Liverpool
2017 Oblivion L'Associazione culturale MPGArt, Teatro Naselli di Comiso, Comiso
2017 Oblivion L'Associazione culturale MPGArt, Sala Mazzone, Vittoria
2016 SIXTY Lubomirov / Angus-Hughes Centre for Contemporary Curation, London
2016 Utopia:Dystopia Walcot Chapel, Fringe Arts Bath, Bath
2016 Tiny Library Boom Festival, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
2016 A New Medicine Gallaudet Gallery, Wisconsin, USA
2016 The Great Unanswered Scaffold Gallery, Terrace, Manchester
2016 Spectrum PS Mirabel, Manchester
2016 SIXTY Platform Projects at Art Athina, Athens
2016 100 Under 100 3rd on 3rd Gallery, Reg Lenna Centre for the Arts & New York
State Council on the Arts, New York
2015 Bedroom Tax and other Political Art CMR Gallery, Redruth, Cornwall
2015 GARAGE Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh
2015 ArtVend Commision Oriel Wrecsam, Wrexsam, Wales
2014 GANG In The Park After Dark CCP, Liverpool Independents Biennial
2014 GARAGE Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh
2014 Pet Project Edinburgh Small Animal Club, Annuale 2014, Edinburgh
2014 Soul to Sole National Trust Croome Court, Worcestershire
2014 I Know You: You can Come With Me Oriel Wrecsam, Wales
2014 6X6 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, New York
2013 GARAGE Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh
2013 Here/There/Everywhere Oriel Wrecsam, Wrexham, Wales
2012 GARAGE (with Melodien), Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh
2012 Here/There/Everywhere Regeneration Through the Arts, Sheffield
2012 Here/There/Everywhere Contemporary Art Space Chester, Chester
2012 Curious Pursuits Porter & Jenkinson at Portico Library & Gallery, Manchester
2011 Island Eastern Michigan University Gallery and CAVE Gallery, Detroit, USA
2011 Distant Interiors Drake Music In Translation Online Commission, London
2010 The Superior Council of Higher Beings Presents.....SIM, Reykjavík, Iceland
2010 FRAFL The House of Ideas (Hugmyndahús Háskólanna) Reykjavík, Iceland
2010 GARAGE Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh
2008 Platform Liverpool John Moores University Gallery, Liverpool
2007 The Wrong Space Site Gallery, Liverpool
2005 The Thursday Show Static, Liverpool
2003 Ya Stof Ouvetnost Don Kultur, Breko, Bosnia
2003 Scottish Artists Screening Musikasa Tosko, Belgrade, Serbia
2003 Islington People Digital Art Exhibition Islington Museum, London
2002 From Ritual to Romance Catalyst Arts, Belfast
2002 Members Show Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
2001 Fourteen Square Mafuji Gallery, Hackney, London
2001 Burnt Out Festival Cottier Theatre, Glasgow
2001 Von Hier Bis Dahin Akademie Gallery, Munich
2001 Where Did You Learn To Whisper? Brass Monkey, Edinburgh
2001 E.I.C.C Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh
2001 Mounted 2 Howe Street Mounted Gallery, Edinburgh
2001 www.worldart.com Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh
2000 Underworld Electro Image La Belle Angele, Edinburgh
2000 If I Knew You Were Coming…. Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
1999 R.S.A Student Exhibition Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1999 Passing Time Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh
1999 Square Foot Mounted Gallery, Edinburgh
1998 Underwater V.J by the Phactory, The City Café, Edinburgh
1998 Happy Hybrid The Eskobar, Aberdeen
1997 Sale or Return The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Feature Films:
2005 O Jeruselem (UK Unit-Props Buyer), Liverpool
2005 Dead Mans Cards (Art Director), Liverpool
2004 Fated (Art Director), Liverpool
Television:
2004 Doctors (Standby Art Director) B.B.C Television
2004 Coronation Street (Standby Art Director) Granada TV
2004 Starhyke (Propmaker) Lightworx Media Ltd
2003 Hollyoaks (Standby Propmaster) Mersey Television
2003 I’m A Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me! (Scenic Artist) B.B.C
2003 Na Daione Beaga (Propmaker) B.B.C Scotland
Award Winning Short Films (a selection):
2004 Little Big Head (Model Maker) Excellence Award,Tokyo Video Festival
2004 The Return of Peg Leg Pete (Art Dept Assistant) Best Narrative Short,
Minneapolis/St Paul International Film Festival
2003 Duet For A Lifetime (Set Designer) Jury 1st Lomond Audi Filmmakers
Award, 9th Cinemas and Cultures D’Aise
Pop Promo:
April 06 Hard Times The Research, Good Times (Scenic Artist)
Mar 06 Love Sensation Eddie Thornieck and Kurd Maverick, Cr2 Records
AATW, Integral Productions (Art Director)
Feb 05 Snowdon Doves, EMI, Independent, (Art Dept Assistant)
Grants/Awards:
2016 Arts Council England GFA for Caetani Residency, Vernon, Canada
2015 The Snowdon Trust Award
2014 Arts Council England GFA for GANG CCP, Liverpool Independents Biennial
2014 Artist in Residence, National Trust, Croome Court, Worcestershire
2014 Spotlight Five2Watch Liverpool, Axisweb
2013 The BBC Grace Wyndham Goldie Trust Award (PhD Sponsorship)
2013 The Snowdon Trust Award
2012 Arts Council England GFA, Compeung Residency, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2012 Public Choice Award, AA2A Artists of the Year Awards 2012
2011/12 Artist in Residence, Chester University, AA2A, 2011/12
2010 SIM Residency, Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Korpúlfsstaðir, Iceland
2009 Art Council England GFA, apexart Inbound Residency, New York.
Residency supported in part by Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Carnegie Corporation of New York, & the
Edith C. Blum Foundation.
2006/7 Artist in Residence, Liverpool Community College, AA2A, 2006/7
2005 Arts Council England GFA, Administration, Arena House, Liverpool
Projects/Papers:
2016 She: Rebecca Key in Conversation with Susan Brandoli Vernon Museum &
Archives, British Columbia, Canada
2010 Salon Contra: Rebecca Key The Pink Line Project, Washington DC
2009 Ser·en·dip·i·ty (srn-dp-t) apexart lecture, New York
2008 Help Wolverhampton School of Art and Design Symposium,Wolverhampton
2008 Taking Positions LJMU M.Res Symposium, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
Posters:
2018 Doctoral Capability and Development Conference Coventry University, Coventry
2017 Arts & Humanities PGR Symposium Coventry University, Coventry
2016 Research Summer Conference Middlesex University, London
2015 Research Summer Conference Middlesex University, London
2014 Research Summer Conference Middlesex University, London
Publications/Press:
Art reveal magazine
Vernon Morning Star
Washington Post
Axisweb spotlight
Metro
Flux Magazine
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UCLan Journal of Pedagogic Research
Web:
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1633478/
Academia: https://coventry.academia.edu/RebeccaKey
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebecca_Key3
BBC Horizon: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4bs4ne
