b. 1991, United Kingdom
Rebecca Kay (b.Bolton, 1991) lives in London and is currently at the Royal Academy Schools (graduating summer 2022). Rebecca obtained her BA from Manchester School of Art (2016), completed a short course on Feminism and Contemporary Art at Middlesex University (2016), and was the 2016 recipient of the 1yr Woon Foundation Fellowship with Baltic Gallery & Northumbria University and graduated from School of The Damned, an alternative self-organised MA, in 2018. Rebecca also received an Arts Council England grant to curate a 6 month arts programme and exhibitions ‘Beacons’ at Caustic Coastal in collaboration with Islington Mill, Salford, (2017-18).
"I create sculptural forms and documents that trace emotional responses to our lived experience. The work engages sculpture, photography, written word and curatorial practice. In previous works formal qualities reference the body, invoking a certain psychological state through dichotomous elements existing in harmony and conflict, binaries become fluid and interchangeable, objects attempt to embody feeling. My practice is influenced by the idea of non-linear time, existing at the centre of circles rather than points on a line, conversations across generations and messages from the universe hope to become tangible."