Rachel Howard

Infobox Artist


name = Rachel Howard
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birthdate = 1969
location = Easington, Co. Durham, England
nationality = British
field = Painting
movement = Contemporary Art

Rachel Howard (born 1969) was raised in a Quaker household and is a contemporary artist, who lives and works in London.Jones, Laura, k. [http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/jones/jones2-20-08.asp" "London Dispatch"] , "Art Net", 2008-02-20. Retrieved on 2008-07-06.] She was an assistant for Damien Hirst who credited her with painting his best spot paintings.

Life and work

Rachel Howard graduated from Goldsmith's College in 1992 and became a studio assistant for Damien Hirst, who said, "I only ever made five spot paintings myself ... And my spots I painted are shite. They're shit compared to ... The best person who ever painted spots for me was Rachel. She's brilliant. Absolutely fucking brilliant. The best spot painting you can have by me is one painted by Rachel."Hirst, Damien and Burn, Gordon. "On the Way to Work", p.90. Faber, 2001.]

Her own work mainly addresses the subject of suicide after the loss of a friend, and sources her subject matter from forensic websites. She pours household paint to make a shiny surface, on which she paints figures in black.Hubbard, Sue. [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/reviews/rachel-howard-how-to-disappear-completely-haunch-of-venison-london-771900.html "A voyage to the dark side"] , "The Independent", 2008-01-21. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.] Sue Hubbard wrote in "The Independent" of her work :

She is married to Hugh Allan.

Exhibitions

Howard has been in group exhibitions including "The Choice", Exit Art, New York (1998), "Shimmering Substance", The Cornerhouse, Manchester and Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (2002), "Intuition/(imprecision)" curated by Thomas Krens, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Saltzburg, Austria (2004) and "In the Darkest Hour There May Be Light: works from Damien Hirst's murderme collection", Serpentine Gallery, London (2006). Recent solo exhibitions are "Can't Breathe Without You", Anne Faggionato Fine Art, London (2003), "Guilty" (2003-04) and "Fiction/Fear/Fact" (2007), The Bohen Foundation, New York, and "Rachel Howard", Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles (2007). [ [http://www.haunchofvenison.com/en/#page=london.current.rachel_howard "Rachel Howard biography"] . Haunch of Venison. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.]

External links

* [http://www.haunchofvenison.com/en/#page=home.artists.rachel_howard Howard featured on Haunch of Venison]
* [http://www.rachelhoward.co.uk/Rachel_Howard/Home.html Official Rachel Howard Website]
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/reviews/rachel-howard-how-to-disappear-completely-haunch-of-venison-london-771900.html Independent arts feature on Howard]
* [http://www.gagosian.com/artists/rachel-howard Howard at Gagosian Gallery]

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