RECENT & UP-COMING

RECENT & UP-COMING

International Solo exhibition at La Duchaylatière, Lanneray, France

Spring, 2026

Scheduled for May-June 2026…

Solo Exhibition of Sculptures by Rachael Nicholson

La Duchaylatière, La Forêt, Saint Dennis, Lanneray 28200, FRANCE, near Châteaudun, between Beauce and Perche

Solo exhibition of artworks in the VIP lounge of Recycling Expo, with complimentary solo trade stall.

Promoting sustainable artworks and encouraging creative re-use of materials.

ExCeL London,
Royal Victoria Dock
1 Western Gateway
London
E16 1XL

Of Substance group sculpture exhibition

Gallery North, 70 High Street, Hailsham, BN27 1AX

Sat 6th September - Mon 1st November 2025, Tues-Wed 10am-1pm; Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm

6th-21st September 2025:LEWES ARTWAVE FESTIVAL

Anchored in Silence

Sculptural artworks curated by Rachael Nicholson and including several of her sculptural installations. Works in stone, metal, glass, wood, textile and papier mache. Indoor and outdoor.

St Anne’s Church, High Street, Lewes, BN7 1RJ

Thursday 18th - Sunday 21st September 2025, 11am - 5pm

Sussex Contemporary group show: The Land we Live Within

Barn & Green, Lodge Hill Ln, Ditchling, Hassocks BN6 8SP

6th-21st September 2025: LEWES ARTWAVE FESTIVAL

Clay Paper Shuttle

Outdoor sculptural artworks in the atmospheric cemetery, and glass works indoors. Group show with others, including textiles, painting and illustration.

Church House, 158 High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XU

11th-22nd April 2025

Spring Rising sculptural installation in the old tourist information office window in Lewes. Made from recycled materials including a mattress core, windscreen wipers, electrical cable and assorted springs.

8th December 2024

Power Lines sculptural installation at St Matthias Church, Brighton for their Christmas carol service. Then at St Anne’s Lewes later in the month.

St Matthias Church, 360c Ditchling Rd, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 6JG

30th November - 13th December 2024

I Am an Arktivist group art exhibition celebrating creativity, sustainability, and the power of art to inspire change.

Laura I. Art Gallery, 56 Icehouse Court, Abbey Road, Barking, London, IG11 7FR

11th September 2024

PUBLIC ART COMMISSION launch event

Brewing Heritage Trail in Alton have commissioned Rachael Nicholson to create a logo-based sculpture of the Harp brewery logo, using disused tools and reclaimed industrial artefacts. The sculpture trail is scheduled to open to the public in February 2025.

Launch at Allen Gallery, Alton, GU34 2BW, 17:30-19:30

7th-22nd September 2024

TRESPASSERS: an outdoor sculptural commentary upon the historical marginalisation of common land & the perceived authority of ‘private property’.

Lovebrook Farm, The Street,
Kingston near Lewes
BN7 3NT

7th-22nd September, 2024

STAR BREWERY GALLERY, LEWES

‘The Art of Life’ contemporary art exhibition

27th July - 8th September 2024

OPEN 24 Contemporary Art Show

Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, Leicestershire

15th-18th July, 2024

Strange Environments pop-up interactive scupture exhibition for REinsTate at the Tate Institute building in Silvertown.

Tate Institute, London E16 2DN

Join artists Rachael Nicholson, Melissa Pierce Murray and Jane Sarre at the Tate Institute as they playfully trespass in rooms and spaces currently under renovation. Get involved in the investigative process as they create experimental site-specific sculptures and reflect upon questions around private property, land use and perceived authority. 

July-September, 2024

Public Art piece for St Johns Waterloo churchyard. A tree-based sculpture made with repurposed saws, rope and chains, Ghost Monkeys references howler monkeys falling from trees in Mexico owing to extreme temperatures. It would be tragic to witness the permanent loss of their dynamic spirit and ghostly cries, owing to climate change and deforestation.

St John’s Church, Waterloo, London

16th June- 7thJuly 2024

FRESH AIR SCULPTURE BIENNIAL

The Old Rectory, Quenington, near Cirencester

27th April - 5th May 2024

‘FRACTION’

Fox Yard Studio Gallery, Stowmarket

FRACTION is an inquiry into the spatial questions posed by abstraction. This art exhibition aims to explore the enormous influence abstraction and semi-abstraction have had across media. 

7th-21st October, 2023

SUSSEX CONTEMPORARY

Brighton i360 Gallery

2nd-17th September, 2023

STAR BREWERY GALLERY, LEWES

‘The Art of Biodiversity’ group show

2nd-17th September, 2023

ARTWAVE, Lewes

Sculpture and wall art at The Weald, Church Lane, Laughton, BN8 6AH

May 2022 - November 2023 (2 seasons)

FARLEYS HOUSE AND GALLERY

Summer sculpture exhibition, Chiddingly; exhibiting alongside Royal Sculpture Society members

2nd-18th June, 2023

‘Pathways’ sculpture exibition at Hook Green in Lamberhurst on the Kent/Sussex border. I will be showing a selection of new, site-responsive sculptures alongside other Sussex artists.

The woods at Hook Green are a special site of mixed ancient woodland: chestnut coppice, oaks, beech, and birch form a multitude of habitats. Hare, badgers, rabbits, deer and foxes live in the woods, along with numerous species of birds and smaller mammals. This small woodland site shows signs of historic quarrying for nearby Bayham Abbey and would have contributed to the local iron industry. Bluebells fill the paths in spring; blackberries, fungi, elderberries, sloes and chestnuts flourish in the autumn. The woods are normally closed to the public so this is a rare chance to explore the area and see the range of sculptural works selected for this temporary exhibition.

September 3rd-18th, 2022

THE STAR BREWERY GALLERY, Lewes

“The River Show”

As part of Artwave Festival 2022, I am showing two wall-mounted sculptures at The Star Brewery, Lewes. My work in this show draws attention to river pollution and consumerism, as well as the mysterious beauty of city waterways in the evening.

September 3rd-18th, 2022

THE DEPOT, Lewes

“Water”

Mixed media exhibition for the Artwave Festival in Lewes, on the theme of water. Showing a sculpture created by slumping glass over a structure made of salvaged steel off-cuts, referencing our precious (sustainable?) water resources at a time of unprecedented heat.