Rachael House

Rachael House is a British multi-disciplinary artist, based in London and Whitstable.[1][2][3]

Her work has been displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum[4] and she was guest artist at the "Feminism and Gender" exhibition at the New Hall Art Collection.[5]

Rachael House
Born1961
NationalityBritish
Known forArtist
MovementLGBTQIA+

She is a co-director, along with Jo David, of the artist-run space Space Station Sixty-Five in south east London, which opened in Dulwich in 2002, and moved to Kennington, London in 2012.[2][6][7]

She produced an autobiographical comic called Red Hanky Panky in the 1990s, which has been described as "part of the thriving queerzine scene".[8]

Her work often takes the form of events. At "Apathy's a Drag" in May 2012 people were invited to create and float model boats on the lake in Southwark Park in a commemoration of the Sex Pistols' river trip of 1977.[9][10] She has organised "Peckham Pet-Tastic": "a fancy dress picnic for dogs" which "is a celebration of our creativity, our relationships with our pets, with each other and with Peckham", and similar events have been held in Blackpool, Bexhill-on-Sea, Lewisham and Hå in Norway.[11] She has also organised numerous political zine making workshops including one held at the Tate Modern.[12] In 2010 she organised the "Peckham Peacocks", a festival for mobility scooter users.[13]

Early life and education

House has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Kent (1983), a BA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins School of Art (2004) and an MA in Fine Art from Camberwell School of Art (2011).[2]

References
  1. Drue, Inbal. "5 British LGBT Artists You Should Know". The Culture Trip. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. "CV". Rachael House. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  3. "Jo David & Rachael House: Gallerists". Inspiring Alumni. University of the Arts London.
  4. Hoskin, Dawn (6 March 2015). "Queer & Wow!". Blog. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  5. "NHAC Feminism and Gender: 01 March 2016 – 31 August 2016". New Hall Art Collection. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  6. "About Space Station Sixty-Five". Space Station Sixty-Five. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  7. "Space Station Sixty-Five—How To Get Here". www.spacestationsixtyfive.com. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  8. "Rachael House". Arnolfini. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  9. "27th May 2012 Southwark Park, London SE16 2TY: 'Apathy's a Drag'". 1001 Days in London. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  10. Palomar, P. K. "Dissent Popes and Swandown: a taste of Cafe Gallery projects". Studio International. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  11. "Peckham Pet-Tastic". Rachael House. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  12. The inking woman : 250 years of women cartoon and comic artists in Britain. Streeten, Nicola., Tate, Cath, 1951-, Cartoon Museum (London, England). Oxford: Myriad Editions. 2018. ISBN 0-9955900-8-7. OCLC 1007312174.CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. "Peckham Peacocks". Peckham Platform. Retrieved 13 June 2017.


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