A collaboration between Rachel Lowe and Gavin Wade explores the conversations of everyday archiving and the structural support that comes with it - architecture in the service of art.
Rachel Lowe (b. 1968, Newcastle upon Tyne. Lives and works in London). Her previous solo exhibitions include: Rachel Lowe, narrative projects, London (2015); Revolving Woman, Eastside Projects, Birmingham (2013); Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno (2002); The Showroom, London (2001); Southampton City Art Gallery (1999). Her work has also been included in Revolver: Part 3, Matt's Gallery, London (2012); Government Art Collection, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London and BMAG, Birmingham (2012); Wake, (curated by Anne Bean) Dilston Grove, London (2011); Act of Drawing, Vivid, Birmingham (2009); Strangers with Angelic Faces, Akbank, Istanbul (2006); Beck's Futures, ICA, London (2002); The British Art Show 5, Edinburgh etc, (2000); Olay Vision Award for Women Artists, Lux Gallery, London (1999) (Joint winner); Hello..clk..bzz..whrr..nice to meet you, Kunstbunker, Nuremberg (Curated by Kathrin Böhm & Gavin Wade) (1999); Speed, (Curated by Jeremy Millar) The Photographers' Gallery and Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1997); and Low Maintenance & High Precision, Hales Gallery/172 Deptford High St, London (1997). Her work is also included in a number of collections, such as the Arts Council, British Council, the Norton Collection, and the Tate.
Gavin Wade (b. 1971 Birmingham. Lives and works in Birmingham). His previous exhibitions and projects include: Gavin Wade: Z is for Zoo, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem (2016); Display Show, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland; Eastside Projects, Birmingham; Stroom den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands (2015-2016); Music for Museums (with Celine Condorelli), Whitechapel Gallery, London (2015); Painting Show (co-curated with Sophie von Hellerman), Eastside Projects, Birmingham (2011- 2012); Relationship Building (with Celine Condorelli), Kunstlerhaus, Vienna. (group show) (2011); Living as Form (with Celine Condorelli) in Creative Time’s survey of 20 years of socially engaged art, New York (2011); Curtain as Declaration of Desire for Function (with Celine Condorelli), in Nought to Sixty, ICA, London (curated by Richard Birkett & Mark Sladen) (2008); Folkestone Triennial: KIOSK5: Kitekiosk (mit Simon & Tom Bloor and Nils Norman) Folkestone, UK (2008); This Is The Gallery and The Gallery is Many Things, Eastside Projects, Birmingham (2008); Strategic Questions Venice: What is intellect/Comprehension? San Servolo, 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice (Gavin Wade mit Simon & Tom Bloor) (2007).