Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones (b.1991 in London) completed her BA Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art and an MA Fine Art at Royal Academy of Arts. Her work has been exhibited in the UK at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, The Sunday Painter and institutions such as the Royal Scottish Academy. She was artist in residence at The Chinati Foundation (2019) and Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art in (2016). 

Jones is interested in exploring the complexities surrounding society’s reading of the black body – how it is understood, how it is culturally reproduced, and the potential role of these representations in dismantling existing power structures. She is interested in using colour in a way that enables her to form a visual language as a substitute for words. She uses symbols and motifs to create images that explore the Black Interior, the depth of her own interiority, and how as a black woman, it consists of an autonomous, imaginary and multiplicitous experience.