Rachel Derum is a visual artist, working primarily in the medium of analogue paper collage. Rachel explores themes of identity, perception and consciousness through her surreal, figurative compositions.
'I am always looking; seeking to discover a lonely or forgotten figure that I can trace with my blade and resurrect. For me, making collage echoes a kind of metamorphosis, enabling the emergence of a new order of things. Through a cyclical process of gleaning images, hand cutting, layering and rearranging, my work is bound to a process of evolution. The act of creating collage inspires me to form worlds, realities and relationships illusory, evocative and at times surreal. I hope that within these images people may find their own meaning, recognise or resonate with something uniquely personal. This is the intangible space I hope to explore without seeking to control or define - the beautiful, abstract space between artwork and viewer.'
Rachel has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne and has been included in group exhibitions nationally and in New York, Barcelona, Moscow, Slovenia, Norway, Madrid, Edinburgh and London.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 ‘Sleeping in the Forest’ Off the Kerb Gallery, Melbourne
2017 ‘Recasting the Shadow’ Jacob Hoerner Galleries, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & COMMISSIONS
2023 ‘Locals’ Outré Gallery, Melbourne
‘Whereabouts’ Print Exchange , Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria
2022 ‘For the DECKADE’, Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne
‘Mujeres Que Cortan e Pegan’ Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Stendhall Room, Madrid
‘KAOS’ International Collage Festival, Kranj, Slovenia
‘Feminisms 1975 - 2022’, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne
‘Traces VI’, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra
‘Joy Seekers’, Off the Kerb Gallery
‘Spring Days’, Off the Kerb Gallery
2021 ‘Aia’s Meadow’ Memorial sculpture and garden for Aiia Massarwe, Bundoora Park,
Designed/ procured by SBLA Landscape Design + Rachel Derum for Darebin City Council
‘Brave Blooms’, NGV Design Week, Glasshouse Studios, Melbourne
‘Choose to Challenge’ International Women’s Day Exhibition, Off the Kerb Gallery
‘Holding Ground’ Silver Leaf Art Box, Victoria
‘Winter Days’, Off the Kerb Gallery
2020 ‘Art is on our Nature’ Silver Leaf Art Box, Merricks, Victoria
‘El Latido Inconsciente’, Vapor Ros Castle, Barcelona
‘Entrancing Others’ Print Exchange , Gippsland Regional Gallery, Victoria
‘Locals’ Outré Gallery, Melbourne
Artwork commission for Australian Standfirst Financial Advisory
2019 ‘Amongst Us’ The Art Vault, Mildura, Victoria
‘Splendacious’ Neospace, Melbourne
‘Amongst Us’ The Art Vault, Mildura, Victoria
‘The Journey of Violets’ Printmaker Gallery, Melbourne
‘The Easel Project’ Den Fair Design Expo, Melbourne
‘Animalia’ Off the Kerb Gallery, Melbourne
‘Maralinga Pieces Forever on Country’ ACE Nuclear Free Collective
2018 ‘Summer Salon Art Prize’ Collins Place, Melbourne
‘Terra Oztralis’ Outre Gallery, Melbourne
‘Vinylism’ Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
‘Collage Garden’ Nekrasov Central Library, Moscow
‘Mujeres que Cortan e Pegan’ Ifema Fiera de Madrid, Spain
‘The Exquisite Palette’, Tacit Galleries, Melbourne
‘Paper Garden’ 6BC Botanical Garden, New York
‘Through a glass, darkly’ Collins Place Gallery, Melbourne
‘Imaginings’, Neospace, Melbourne
‘Linden Postcard Show’, Linden New Art, Melbourne
2017 ‘Artobotic’, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland U.K
‘El Fiambre Fabuloso’, El Salto de Mendieta, Barcelona, Spain
‘The Collage Club’ Scandinavian Collage Museum, Norway
‘Bustin’ out on a Dream’, Copeland Gallery, London, U.K
2016 ‘40 x 40 Art Prize’ Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
‘Linden Postcard Show’, Linden New Art, Melbourne
2013 ‘The Exquisite Palette’ St Luke Artist Colourmen, Melbourne
2011 ‘The Exquisite Palette’ St Luke Artist Colourmen, Melbourne
2007 ‘Anthology’ Gallery 101, Collins Street, Melbourne
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 ‘L’Ephemere Review’ Issue VII
‘Annual 2016’ Collage Collective Co
‘Dwell Collective Magazine’ Debut Publication
‘Gli Informali International Collage Collective’ Issues One and Two
2016 ‘Australian Avant Garde Magazine’ Debut Issue
‘Catahoula’ Magazine, Issue Four
‘Green’, Collage Collective Co
‘Section 8 Magazine’ Issue 20
2015 ‘Annual 2015’ Collage Collective Co