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Rachel Amy Rochford
Born on December 30, 1978 in Trinidad, W.I.
Education
2001 – 2005 BA Art (First Class Honours)
The University of Reading
Whiteknights, Reading, UK.
1990 – 1997 Bishop Anstey High School
145 Abercromby St
Port of Spain, Trinidad, W.I.
Award
2004 Selected as the young achiever in the visual arts for 2004 by the National Youth Action Committee (NYAC) and the National Organisation of Rededicated Students (NORS). Top 20 Stars of Tomorrow, Trinidad and Tobago’s 20 Most Outstanding Young Achievers, in twenty different spheres of activity.
Solo Exhibitions
2007 The Labourer
March 5 – April 5, 2007
United Nations House
Port of Spain, Trinidad.
2006 Life in T&T: Exhibition of Paintings at UNDP
December 8, 2005 – March 7, 2006
United Nations House, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
2005 Atelier
October 27 – November 19, 2005
Caribbean Contemporary Arts (CCA7)
Fernandes Industrial Estate, Laventille, Trinidad.
2004 Wedged In Water
August 22-28, 2004
The Upper Room Art Gallery
St. Augustine, Trinidad.
2003 Another Year
August 12-16, 2003
Gallery 1.2.3.4, St. Anns, Trinidad.
2002 Cultures: An Exhibition For One Day
September 22, 2002
Gallery 1.2.3.4, St. Anns, Trinidad.
2001 A Page From The Story Of The Earth
August 14-17, 2001
Gallery 1.2.3.4, St. Anns, Trinidad.
Group Exhibitions
2006 Studio Exhibition: A Rare Collection of Contemporary Works
December 16 – 21, 2006
The Studio Annexe
25 Sydenham Avenue, St. Anns, Trinidad.
2006 Fabrica: Les Yeux Ouverts
October 6 – November 6, 2006
Centre Pompidou
Paris, France.
2006 Carifesta IX - Youth Exhibition
September 23 – October 2, 2006
National Museum Gallery at Fort Andres
South Quay, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
2005 Degree Show
June 17-24, 2005
The University of Reading
Reading, England, UK.
2005 Animated Spaces
January 10-25, 2005
New Greenham Arts
Newbury, England, UK.
2003 The Lost Sheep:
A Multimedia Installation
May 6-9, 2003
The University of Reading,
Reading, England, UK.
2002 Exhibition To Commemorate The
40th Anniversary Of The Independence Of
Trinidad and Tobago
September 2002
Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Exhibition Curated
2005 Animated Spaces
Co-curated with Jo Derczynska
January 10-25, 2005
New Greenham Arts
Newbury, England, UK.
Commission
2000 – 2001
The 14 Stations of the Cross, at present installed in the Holy Trinity Cathedral,
Port of Spain, Trinidad was commissioned by the Dean of the Cathedral.
These were painted in conjunction with Dr. Patricia Bishop, TC.
Collections
Office of the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago.
The High Commission of Trinidad and Tobago, London, UK.
The University of Reading, Music Department. (on loan 2002-2005)
Private collections in:
Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados, USA, Greece, Australia and Britain.
Multimedia Projects
February 2006 – August 2006
Commissioned by the Carnival Institute of Trinidad and Tobago (CITT), to film and photograph aspects of Trinidad and Tobago’s culture.
List of DVDs filmed and edited for CITT:
- Birdsong Pan Academy - Music Literacy Programme
August 2006; MiniDv; Colour; Sound; 10 minutes
- A Day In The Life Of The Track
July 2006; MiniDv; Colour; Sound; 60 minutes
- From Maquette To Monarch
May 2006; MiniDv; Colour; Sound; 20 minutes
- St. Augustine Senior Secondary Comprehensive School - Junior Panorama Champs 2006
May 2006; MiniDv; Colour; Sound; 33 minutes
- Big Noise! Big Trucks!! Big Bucks!!!
May 2006; MiniDv; Colour; Sound; 10 minutes
- I remember when...
May 2006; MiniDv; Colour; Sound; 15 minutes
- Blue Village
May 2006; MiniDv; Colour; Sound; 15 minutes
The five films completed in May 2006 were screened at CITT Reflections from 18 - 20 May, 2006
at Boy Scouts Headquarters, St. Anns, Trinidad.
Community Project
January 2006
On the invitation of Studio 66, alongside eight other artists, I painted part of a mural on a forty-foot wall in the yard of Pamberi Steelband, San Juan, Trinidad.
Artist Lectures
2005 Malick Secondary Senior Comprehensive School; O' and 'A' Level students
November 2005
Morvant, Trinidad.
2005 Caribbean Contemporary Arts (CCA7); Talk moderated by Dr. Pat Bishop,T.C.
November 8, 2005
Fernandes Industrial Estate
Laventille, Trinidad.
Studio Visits
During my exhibition ATELIER in 2005,
I opened my studio to visits from groups of Secondary School students.
Allowing them the opportunity to interact in a Professional Artist's studio.
ASJA Girls' College, Vessigny Secondary Government and Woodbrook Secondary Government.
I have also opened my studio to the members of the American Women's Club of Trinidad and Tobago.
Bibliography
Anne Hilton, “Rachel Rochford exhibits”, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday (Good Living Section), March 11, 2007, 4
Sonja Sinaswee, "Rachel's one-day private viewing", The Trinidad Guardian, February 20, 2006, 32-33
Sonja Sinaswee, “ New Art is here”, The Trinidad Guardian, October 29, 2005, 32-33
Roy Martin, “Animated Spaces”, Reading Evening Post, Reading ALIVE, January 14, 2005, 7
“Twenty exemplars to be honoured”, The Trinidad Guardian, November 20, 2004, 18
Sonja Sinaswee, “Wedged In Water at Mount St. Benedict”, The Trinidad Guardian, August 24, 2004, 28-29
Gavin Pierre, “ Experiments of two talented female artists”, Catholic News (Weekly Newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocease POS, Trinidad), August 31, 2003, 18
Anne Hilton, “Rachel Rochford at 1.2.3.4”, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, August 15, 2003, 23
Andre Alexander, “Consultant’s daughter holds art exhibition”, The Trinidad Guardian, August 14, 2003, 32-33
Anne Hilton, “Rachel Rochford’s Cultures at 1.2.3.4”, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, September 26, 2002, 43-44
“Masters and modern art at Central Bank”, The Wire Newspaper, September 19, 2002, 24
Anne Hilton, “Rachel Rochford’s Story of the Earth at 1.2.3.4”, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, August 21, 2001, 40
Andre Alexander, “A page from Rachel’s story”, The Trinidad Guardian, August 16, 2001, 16-17