RACHEL DAGNALL
Born 1972, Liverpool UK. Lives in Oslo, NO
Education
1997 Bachelor of Art Glasgow School of Art
2005 Master of Fine Art KHIO
2008 Diploma in Graphic and Web Design Noroff Institute
2020 Master of Scenography Norwegian Theatre Academy
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 TRIGGERS with Greg Pope, Nesodden Kunstforening
2015 Archive Development, Kurt – Kurt, Berlin (Supported by OCA)
2012 LABOUR, Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo
2008 The Street, The Whitechapel Gallery, London (Supported by OCA)
2008 Fra Øst til Vest, Overlevelsesstrategene, IKM / Oslo Museum, Oslo
2007 The Returning Officer, Spike Island, Bristol (Supported by OCA)
2006 Henry VIII’s Wives, Rathus Litchenburg, Berlin (Supported by OCA)
2005 This is a beautiful land, We live in a…, Galleri Iris Kadel, Karlsruhe (Supported by OCA)
2003 Do You remember this House at all? Galleri Iris Kadel, Karlsruhe
2002 Light Without Shadow, Tramway, Glasgow (Supported by The Scottish Arts Council)
2001 The Fear of Death, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
2000 The Desert Beautiful, Galleri 54, Gothenburg (Supported by The Scottish Arts Council) 1999 Green Stick Fracture, CCA, Glasgow (Supported by The Scottish Arts Council)
1998 9 Reasons to be an Optimist, UKS, Oslo (Supported by Norsk Kulturråd)
1997 Henry VIII’s Wives, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow (Supported by SAC)
Selected Group Exhibitions and Performances
2024 Kartoffel Opera, Kunsthal 44, Møn
Kartoffel Opera, Schloss Møyland / Josef Beuys Archive, Dusseldorf
2023 Green Ear Salong, Kunsthal 44, Møn
Rock Concerts: Momentum 12, Moss (Supported by KORO/ Norsk Kulturråd)
The Art of Mirrors, Atelier Nord, Oslo
2022 ZAP CLUB, PDAS, Hårbølle
Record Release and Concert, Arts+Archives, Los Angeles USA (Supported by CNYK)
2021 Rock Concerts: Electric bicycle tour, HEKS, Halden (Supported by Norsk Kulturråd)
2020 Save the Nature, Use Fluxus, CLICK Festival, Helsingør (Supported by CNYK)
Sonic Scenography, Radio Tenthaus + Inter FM, Oslo
Bad Mexican Dog, Teaterhøgskolen i Oslo
2019 Rock Concert, Hvitsten Salong, Hvitsten
Woodland Skateboards, Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
Rock Concert, Parallell: Parallax, Joshua Treennial, Joshua Tree, USA
Black Block on White Coup, Biblioteca Andrade, Sao Paulo
2018 Travelling Gallery, City Arts Centre Edinburgh
2018 Exhuming Histories, LOCA, Livingstone (Supported by OCA)
2017 Performance for Video, PAO, Rom for Kunst og Arkitektur, Oslo
2017 Les Utopies, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2014 ..,- Live Sculpture Performance, Hospitalfield Arts, Arbroath (Supported by OCA/HMF)
2014 The Generation Exhibition, Cooper Gallery Dundee (Supported by OCA/SAC/HMF)
2014 Concept after Concept, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde (Supported by OCA/ The Danish Arts Council)
2012 The Social Forum, Folkets Hus, Oslo (Supported by Norsk Kulturråd)
2011 Rewriting Worlds, 4th Moscow Biennial, Tretyakov Museum, Moscow (Supported by OCA)
12 Hour Exhibition, Akershus Kunstnersenter, Lillestrøm
Summer Show-off : Mr .Mucho, Jonas Eggen and Rachel Dagnall, Fullblå, Veierland
A Future Pumphouse, The Pumphouse Gallery, London (Supported by OCA)
2010 Rude Britannia - British Comic Art, TATE Britain, London (Supported by OCA)
Reality Check, Trønderlag Senter for Samtidskunst(Supported by Norsk Kulturråd)
½ Kubikk kunst, Norsk Billedhoggerforening, Oslo
The Returning Officer Artist’s Film and Video, BBC Scotland, UK
2008 Believing is Seeing, Galleri 21/24 Oslo
Mamadada- Fra Øst Til Vest, Overlevelsesstrategene, Oslo Museum, Gallery BOA (Supported by Norsk Kulturråd, Frittord and Oslo Kommune)
This is how history is written, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (Supported by OCA)
Et Dukkehus, Arendal Kunstforening
No More Reality, De Appel, Amsterdam
2007 Galleri Lyskassa - Østlands Utstilling (Supported by Norsk Kulturråd)
NADA Art Fair, Miami Beach, USA
Syntropia, NGBK and Art Forum Berlin (Supported by OCA)
Mr. Hysteria, screened at Interval (2) - Video Seminar, The Slade School of Art, London
Beauty is in the Streets, Mason Gross School of the Arts Gallery, NJ and Touring USA
Breaking Step- Compassion and Humor in Contemporary British Art, The National Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade (Supported by The British Council and OCA)
Hardcore Soft, Riksutstillinger
2006 Fantastic Politics, Samtidsmuseet, Oslo (Supported by Norsk Kulturråd)
Architecture of C20, The New National Museum, Tokyo
Wherever I Lay My Hat, IKM, Oslo
5 Days to the End of Art, Dokumenta Museum Friedericianum, Kassel
Fantom, Kunsthall Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK. (Supported by OCA)
VILLA JELEMINI, Kunsthalle Bern (Supported by OCA)
2005 Frieze Art Fair, London (Supported by OCA)
Populism, Frankfurter Kunstverien, Frankfurt am Main /Stadjelik Museum, Amsterdam/ Centre for Contemporary Art (CAC), Vilnius/ Samtidsmuseet Oslo
Colour Coaster, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo (Supported by Norsk Kulturråd.)
2004 Romantic Detachment, PS1MOMA, New York City (Supported by OCA/SAC)
2003 Liste Art Fair Basel (Supported by OCA)
The Roadshow – Flat pack 2001, Grizedale Arts/Chapter Arts, Cardiff (Supported by The Scottish Arts Counciland The Arts Council of England)
Mamadada, Hausmania Kulturhus, Oslo (Supported by Frifondet)
2000 Evolution isn’t Over Yet, Fabrico del Plover, Lisbon, PORTUGAL. (Supported by SAC)
1999 Evolution isn’t Over Yet, The Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh (Supported by SAC)
Newtons Cradle, screened on The Divine David Show, Channel 4, UK
Host, Tramway, Glasgow (Supported by The Scottish Arts Council)
Public Works, Commissions
2024 (forthcoming) Hvalstad Skole, Asker Kommune
2015 Pre-qualification Trondheim City Council
2010 The White Rabbit [with Anita Hillestad], BYBANEN, Bergen (Supported by KORO)
2006 Tatlinstowerandtheworld, Platform For Art, London Underground, UK
2006 Unite and Construct in Bits, Middlesborough Museum of Modern Art, UK
Purchases
2009 Tatlinstowerandtheworld, The Whitechapel Gallery Sculpture Collection, London UK
2009 Red Colour News Soldier, Private Collection Norway
2007 Tatlinstowerandtheworld, The City of Belgrade Collection (Supported by British Council)
2005 Iconic Moments of The Twentieth Century, Private Collections, USA/D/UK
Grants and Awards
3year Working Grant Arts Council Norway 2021
3year Working Grant BKV 2014,
1year Working Grant Vederlagsfondet 2024/2018/2013/2005,
Chr.Lorch Legat 2006,
Jock McFie Prize for Fine Art 1997,
International support from OCA (for 17 Exhibitions),
Project and Exhibition support from Fritt Ord, Norsk Kulturråd, KORO, URO, NBK, Frifondet, The Scottish Arts Council, The Henry Moore Foundation, CNYK
Member of NBK, NBF, UKS