Rhys Coren

For his first Family Studio Rhys Coren invited children and families to create vibrant collages of local landmarks which were transformed into GIF animations! People were invited to draw into photocopies of the neighbourhood and bring them to life through this playful stop-motion process and project onto the Community studio walls!

Over the Spring Term, Rhys worked with two Year 5 classes from Phoenix Primary School considering the locality through playful animation process. Children were given free reign to work into printed photocopies of the local area adding colour, marks, motifs and narrative into otherwise black and white images. An animation was created from each frame being printed, drawn into, scanned and sequenced into a continuous 360 degree view. The film was projected in Gallery One as part of ROCK PAPER SCISSORS: A Snapshot – a trail of exhibits around Drawing Room – surrounded by a large collection of the original drawings.

We recently hosted a forum for the ROCK PAPER SCISSORS artists to come together and reflect on their projects whilst unpacking ideas through making and discussion. Rhys led a GIF making exercise for other artists to experiment and see their work move!

Rhys Coren is an artist who creates bright, colourful, fun, abstract works from the local vicinity. Rhys graduated with a Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art from the Royal Academy Schools, London. Selected exhibitions include We’re Outta Here, The Pit, LA, California, USA John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK 2023 and Everyone I’ve Ever Known, public artwork launch, Medici Courtyard, W1, London, UK 2022.