Rachael Campbell-Palmer’s practice addresses seriality and architecture. She works with concrete, plaster and resin; materials that in production and exhibition, she situates between the industrial and the hand-crafted.
ARTIST BIO
Rachael graduated from the University of Ulster with an MFA in 2007 and is based in Belfast. In 2014 she completed a two-year directorship with Platform Arts (Belfast). Rachael is a studio member of Flax Art Studios. Recent exhibitions include Irish Modernisms CCA Derry/L'derry, (2021); Edgelands Framewerk Belfast, (2017); TULCA 2016 (Galway), Methods for Egress QSS Gallery Belfast, (2016); Periodical Review #5 NCAD Gallery Dublin, (2015), Reassemble for Purpose Platform Arts Belfast, (2015). Rachael is Director of The Black Box and co-curates NEO NEO; a project that commissions electronic musicians and visual artists to present live collaborative works / works-in-progress to audiences.
Debris 006, 2021, Rachael Campbell-Palmer, 65 x 55 x 50mm, Jesmonite AC730 acrylic modified cementitious composite in Silver Grey Granite. Acid-etched surface finish, combined with Polyester casting resin.
Installation shot of Terra Firma , Irish Modernisms, Centre of Contemporary Art, Derry, Rachael Campbell- Palmer, 2021
Curbed Comfort. at TULCA International Galway 2016; The Headless City Curated by Dan Dewsbury, Rachael Campbell-Palmer, Concrete and polyester casting resin. Documentation by Jonathan Sammon
Using traditional casting processes the work explores the slippages of material surface, considering associations between physical space and cognitive experience, drawing connections between materiality, weight, the urban landscape, environmental and structural design.
Debris 010, 2021, Rachael Campbell-Palmer, 170 x 90 x 70 mm, Jesmonite AC730 acrylic modified cementitious composite in White Marble and grey pigmented White Marble combination.
Installation shot of Edgelands, 2017, Rachael Campbell-Palmer, Framework Gallery, Belfast, Buffalo board, polyester casting resin, concrete, Malaysian ply, Buddleia. Limited edition digital print.
Installation shot of Methods For Egress, 2016, Rachael Campbell-Palmer, QSS Gallery. Belfast. Concrete, plaster, polyester crystal clear casting resin, plaster board, timber, 12" fluorescent tube lights.
