Rebecca Jo Lesley

        

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• Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Galleries, London, 2025

• Arena Arts Fair, Arena Design Centre, London, 2025

• Autumn Salon, Candid Arts in London, 2025

• Summer Salon, Candid Arts in London, 2025

• Meet Me At The Interim, Essential School of Painting, London, 2025

• Sublimation, Corner New Cross in London, 2024

• Spring Salon, Candid Arts in London, 2024

• This Woman's Work, Dark Yellow Dot in London, 2024

• Print-it, group show at Aireplace Gallery in Leeds, 2024

• Tiny, group show at Aireplace Gallery in Leeds, 2023

• Winter Exhibition, group show at W3 Gallery in London, 2023

• Autumn Salon at Candid Arts Gallery, group exhibition, London, 2023

• Solo exhibition at Cass Art’s flagship store in London (given as support in kind), 2023 

• Open Studios Auction, Jamaica Street Studios in Bristol, 2021

• Winter Auction, Jamaica Street Studios in Bristol, 2020

• Solo exhibition at Cass Art Bristol (given as support in kind), 2020 

• The Old Truman Brewery ‘Modern Panic X’ in London, 2019.

• The Arts Mansion, solo exhibition, and residency (given as support in kind from ArtSpace LifeSpace), 2019.

• Liberty House ‘Christmas Show’ group exhibition in Bristol, 2018.

• The Station ‘The Symmetrical and Surreal- Studies of the Body’ group exhibition, 2018.

• The Royal West Academy of Arts ‘Annual Exhibition’ international group exhibition, 2018.

• Hamilton House ‘Open Studios’, 2018.

• Lavrak ‘She Who Dares’ group exhibition in Bristol, August 2018.

• The Station ‘Alumnight’ group exhibition in Bristol, May 2018.

• The Station ‘Belonging’ group exhibition in Bristol, April 2018. 

• Spark ‘A Festival of Art’ a group exhibition at The Tobacco Factory in Bristol, March 2018. 

• 'Playback’ at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, March 2018. 

• Creative Debuts’ ‘First Thursday Auction’ a group exhibition and auction in London, 2017. 

• Redbrick House ‘Transformations’ a group exhibition in Bristol, 2017. 

• The Station ‘Rebirth’ a solo exhibition in Bristol (given as support in kind from CYN) July 2017

• Interact Art Fair in Bristol, 2017. 

• The Curve ‘Creative Collective Showcase’ in Slough, 2017. 

• Leonardo da Vinci Grampus Heritage, Artist’s Showcase at a gallery in Sibiu (Romania), 2012. 

   

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        Achievements

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• Awarded the Advanced Painting Scholarship at the Essential School of Painting 2024-26

• UK Youth Artist Ambassador at the European Union’s Intellectual Property Youth Empowerment Workshops in Spain for 2017 and 2018. 

• Listed as one of the top 15 rising filmmakers outside of London by Levile TV for the art film ‘Rebirth’.

•  Commissioned to write and direct a short film called 'Rebirth' for Channel 4 television’s Random Acts (produced by Resource Productions),  inspired by a painting series. The film was published online by Channel 4 Random Acts in March 2018.

• Presented an Arts Council England-funded project for The Creative Collective at The Curve.

•  Funded by the Arts Council England for a small development project under Resource Production’s Creative Collective.

• Awarded the JP Milan Art Bursary

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         Artist Residencies 

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• Artist in residence for one month at the Arts Mansion in Ashton Court. The residency included an exhibition and workshops.

• Artist residence at The Station Gallery, creating work in the space, running workshops, and organising small events like a group art fair and a spoken word evening, while showing the ‘Rebirth’ painting series in a month-long exhibition.

• The Leonardo da Vinci GRAMPUS Heritage program in Romania, creating traditional folk masks and glass paintings for a group exhibition at the end of the four weeks

 

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         Artist Collectives 

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• Organiser for Mama Jinx Collective’s visual arts work, such as running the life drawing classes.

• Previously part of Jamaica Street Studios.

• Previously part of Bristol’s Hamilton House Studios. 

• Part of the  Creative Youth Network Alumni group.

• Life drawing teacher and visual artist in the Imaginati Collective. 

• Part of Resource Production’s Creative Collective

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        Art Workshops 

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• Life Drawing classes with Mama Jinx Collective

• Oil painting workshops as part of the artist residency at Ashton Court Mansion in February and March 

• Eye painting with oils, a week of workshops lead for NuSkin on Objan Island in Croatia

• Eye Painting workshop host at Tribe of Doris Summer School 

• Life drawing workshops at the ‘Rebirth’ exhibition in 

• Life Drawing tutor at Imaginati for Secret Garden Party