My current practice works with the flexible, elastic properties of Painting to reach into other means and situations. I am a socially engaged practitioner testing out a more material practice. My work is relational – both physically receptive to its site and as an agent socially. I co-opt objects, drawings, sewing, digital media and architecture into a sense of space and touch derived from Painting. My current research extends to horticulture, connecting with climate justice and growing practices. I am interested in work being temporary and relational to living structures and the more than human world.

I often work as half of the collaboration barbaresi and round (see www.rachelbarbaresi.co.uk). We explore the way urban landscapes have been experienced by those who live and work in places of change. We engage extensively with communities, using a range of strategies to involve audience actively as part of the work. We often work with marginalised groups and via their participation place them at the heart of the work.

Education has an important role to play in my practice, connecting with the participatory and collaborative nature of my work. I am an Associate Lecturer on BA Fine Art: Painting at Camberwell College of Art and on the UAL Foundation course.

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