Untitled (mortuary table), 2011, mixed media, 110 x 42 x 50 mm
Miniature model making and drawing provide a stage for the exploration of mortal existence, where the fine line separating youth and age, birth and death highlights our vulnerable condition as human beings. The intimate juxtaposition of birth and mortality resides in familiar miniature objects; sentimental in relation to childbirth and juvenile times or with reference to debilitating age, illness, disease and death. They speak about our irreversible, inevitable journey from ‘the cradle to the grave’ and provide a platform for the projection of ones own authentic experience of true life. These objects nourish lived experience and are inseparable from the thoughts, feelings and associations anchored by them.
Rachael Allen was born in Derby in 1984, and currently lives and works in Newcastle. On achieving a first class honours degree in Fine Art at Cumbria Institute of the Arts in 2008, Allen has established her expertise in miniature model making and drawing, and has exhibited regularly since graduating. She began her artist career by being selected for the Northern Graduate 08 at The Curwen and New Academy Gallery in London, followed by several group shows around the UK and solo exhibitions, of which includes Bricks and Mortar at Bath University Gallery, DNA at The Vault in Lancaster and Breach Birth at Lime Street Gallery in Newcastle. Most recently in 2010, Allen was represented at the Newcastle and Gateshead Art Fair, achieving subsequent sales and further exhibitions nationwide. In addition to artwork sales, she is actively involved in miniature model commissions and various arts related community work, with her most recent project facilitated and funded by Newcastle Science City.
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