(1979 - )
Rachel Lancaster lives and works in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Working primarily in paint, she explores the intersections and distinctive languages of cinema, music and photography. Lancaster has exhibited widely in recent years and participated in numerous projects, performances and artist residencies both nationally and internationally. In 2015 she was invited to be Artist in Residence at Alewive Brook Road in New York, former residence and studio of Elaine De Kooning. She was shortlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize (2018); granted a CVAN Creative Spaces Residency (2020); and was awarded the BEEP Painting prize and the Ares Mosaic Art Award (both in 2022).
