Rachel Howard March Year 2019 Medium Ink on paper Dimensions 29.7 x 20.8 cm Top pick Charles Asprey, Arts Patron, co-editor of PICPUS and co-director of The London Fountain Company - 'I’ve a soft spot for artists who return to the same subject matter over and over. A view from the back of her house reminds me both of Paul Nash’s and Gillian Carnegie’s intense regard for the intimate space.' About the work A recurring image of the walkway at the back of my house Date and country of birth 1969, GB About the artist Born 1969 Easington, Rachel Howard lives and works in the UK. Graduated from BA Fine Art & History of Art, Goldsmiths College, London (1988-1991). Drawing for Howard is like a diary, a quotidian practise, what she can’t say in words she draws. Her work is held in public and private collections including Arts Council Collection; Imperial War Museum, London; Ackland Art Museum, North Carolina; Jerwood Collection; Hiscox, London; Tate Archive, London, The David Roberts Art Foundation; Pallant House Gallery, Sussex; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Selected solo exhibitions include Rachel Howard, Simon Lee Gallery, London (2021); Paintings of Violence (Why I am Not a mere Christian), MASS MoCA, Massachusetts (2018); Repetition is Truth – Via Dolorosa, Newport Street Gallery, London (2018); Der Kuss, Blain|Southern, London (2018); At Sea, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings (2015); Northern Echo, Blain | Southern, London (2014); Folie à Deux, Blain | Southern, London (2011); Still Life / Still Here, Rachel Howard, New Paintings, Sala Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca (2011); and Human Shrapnel– oil drawings on paper, Other Criteria, London (2010). Selected group exhibitions include Senoras! Curated by Sarah Lucas, London (2021); I WANT TO FEEL ALIVE AGAIN, Lyles and King, New York (2020); MOVING ENERGIES – 10 years, me Collectors Room, Berlin (2020); Received Wisdom, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, Arts Council Collection (2020); A Dreadful Day, Paul Stolper Gallery, London (2020); Galerie Simpson: Selection Box, Pallant House, Chichester (2019); Birth, T. J. Boulting, London (2019); Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London (2019); and Shifts in Time, Over the Influence, Los Angeles (2019). Awards include British Council Award, London (2004), and shortlisted for Jerwood Drawing Prize, London (2004).