Rachel Prince (they/she) is a curator and artist who graduated from The Ruskin School of Art in 2023 and now lives and works in Leeds.
They curate performance-heavy shows which are both exhibitions and events. Boundaries between individual works are not clear cut, with performers moving across installations. They are interested in bringing drag into art exhibition spaces, collaborating with drag artists to create performances that defy the conventions of being confined to a stage and having a clear stand and end, instead bringing drag into the exhibition space where it co-exists with other artworks.
Rachel embraces the admin and organisation involved in planning events and performances as a key part of their practice, at times enlisting the help of a character named Office Sue. Their artwork often touches on aspects of their queer identity (non-binary, ace-questioning, polyamorous) as well as their experiences of being objectified and harrassed, but can be playful and ironic. Their performances tend to be site-specific, not on stage, and unannounced, or at least not announced as performances. These performances can appear cryptic and understated but are careful and deliberate actions which challenge, protest and critique.
Collaboration is a regular feature within their performance practice, with multiple performers improvising within parameters that Rachel sets for the work, and the making and documenting of her performances gives rise to the creation of installation, text, sound and video works. They regularly collaborate with artist and friend Meg Erridge, who shares their passion for performance-based interventions.
Rachel also makes drawings, lino prints and jewellery which are available to buy via Instagram
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
• Cheque, Wharf Chambers, Leeds, 2025 (upcoming exhibition - curator)
• CLAYground, Centre for Live Art Yorkshire, Leeds, 2024 (collaborative peformance)
• Let Us See You, Aire Place Studios, Leeds, 2024
• Resonate Bodies, Fusion Arts, Oxford, 2023 (collaborative performance)
• Ruskin 2023 (degree show), Ruskin School of Art, 2023
• The Art of Noises VIII, Modern Art Oxford, 2023 (performance)
• Spilt Milk, Fusion Arts, Oxford, 2023 (curator)
• Another Night at St John’s College, The Dolphin Gallery, St John’s College, Oxford, 2022 (solo)
• Spilt Milk, St John’s College, Oxford, 2022 (co-curator)