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Rachel Wright

Rachel Wright is a visual artist based in Norwich. She holds an MA in Arts & Ecology with Distinction from Dartington Arts School, University of Plymouth, and has exhibited her work widely throughout the UK and overseas. She has held an Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice grant for the project 'Developing a Sustainable Photography Practice', and taken part in artist residencies at GroundWork Gallery and Cromer Artspace in Norfolk, and Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives (BigCi) in Australia.

She has worked as a socially engaged arts facilitator since 2020, collaborating with and being commissioned by organisations including Artpocket, ArtatWork, Creative Arts East, Under Open Sky, The Garage, Norfolk & Waveney Mind, Pathmakers, Magic Acorns and Norfolk Coast Protected Landscape to design and deliver photography-based courses, walks and workshops, with a focus on creative expression, wellbeing and nature connection.

Artist Statement

I am a visual artist working primarily with photography, encompassing analogue and cameraless techniques, digital photography, moving image and live projection. I create multi-layered imagery which explores themes of place, time, ecology and interconnectedness. I have a particular interest in the interplay between humans and nature, and the complex and tangled webs of connection that make up our world.

Since the support of a recent Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) grant from Arts Council England, I now work predominantly with sustainable analogue photography processes, specialising in botanical cyanotype toning, bringing in an additional layer of connection between subject and image through the materiality of place.

Ultimately my work aims to foster a sense of connection between people and the world around us, and position us humans as a part of nature, not apart from it.

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