Rebecca Ackroyd's works delve into subtle examinations of human bodies, memory of the subconscious, and dimensions of sexuality in space. She synthesizes elements of abstraction and figuration into a coherent but enigmatic language, often materialized in complex installations and body-like sculptures.

A solo exhibition of Ackroyd’s work, Mirror Stage, took place as a collateral event of the 60th Biennale Arte, Venice, in 2024.

Rebecca Ackroyd (b. 1987 in Cheltenham, UK) lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Education

She studied at Byam Shaw School of Art, London and the Royal Academy of Arts, London.

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions include Haus Schulz, Berlin (2024); 60th Biennale Arte, Venice (2024); Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover (2023); Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon (2023); Peres Projects, Seoul (2022); Peres Projects, Berlin (2021); Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger (2020); Fondazione Pomodoro, Milan (2019); and Zabludowicz Collection, London (2017).

Ackroyd's work has been included in group exhibitions at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds (2023); Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry (2023); CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux (2023); Aïshti Foundation, Beirut (2022); Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (2021); 15th Lyon Biennale (2019); Braunsfelder, Cologne (2018); Studio Voltaire, London (2016); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2015); and the ICA London, London (2013).

Collections

Rebecca Ackroyd's work is part of public collections worldwide. These include the Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon; Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing; Stahl Collection, Norrköping; The Bunker Art Collection, Palm Beach; The Emergent Art Foundation, Beirut; Tony and Elham Salamé Collection, Beirut; and the Zabludowicz Collection, London.

All the Images will Disappear. A Conversation with Rebecca Ackroyd
Flash Art, Kyla McDonald, 2024

Rebecca Ackroyd Takes Femininity to the Battlefield
FRIEZE, Chloe Stead, 2023

Rebecca Ackroyd explores anxieties over fertility, the body and the climate crisis
Wallpaper, Amah-Rose Abrams, 2023