Rebecca Coles - Catalogue 2020 - courtesy of TAG Fine Arts

Rebecca Coles

About the Artist

As a paper artist, Rebecca Coles work focuses on the reinvention of entomological cataloguing, display and the assemblage of shapes. She is fascinated with the process by which three-dimensional decorative forms materialise out of flat sheets of paper. By deconstructing various paper ephemera to create unique works of art.

Each shape is hand drawn and then intricately hand cut from carefully selected paper, focusing on recycling a medium that would otherwise be d iscarded and lost. Dissecting small details of colour, imagery and text into silhouettes that are then resculptured, pinned and encased. Coles' aim is to transform an everyday object into a piece of work that invites the viewer to see beyond its original source. Coles’ work has been placed in many international collections both private, corporate and hospital establishments.

Money 40 (detail), 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes using recycled international currency and entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Money 48 (Dandelion Style Commission), 2019 Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled currency with entomology pins White box frame 70 x 70 cm | 28 x 28”

Money 43, 2019

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes using recycled currency and entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Money 43 (detail), 2019

‘Money’ series currency (detail)

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes using recycled currency and entomology pins White box frame

Stamps 23, 2012

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled stamps with entomology pins Unique piece White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Stamps 92, 2014

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled stamps with entomology pins Unique piece White box frame 80 x 120 cm | 31 x 47”

Stamps 138, 2015

Hand cut butterfly and leaf/foliage silhouettes, recycled stamps with entomology pins Unique piece White box frame 70 x 70 cm | 28 x 28”

Stamps 203, 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled stamps with entomology pins Unique piece White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Stamps 203 (detail), 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled stamps with entomology pins Unique piece White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39

Stamps 204, 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled stamps with entomology pins White box frame 70 x 70 cm | 28 x 28”

Stamps 204 (detail), 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled stamps with entomology pins White box frame 70 x 70 cm | 28 x 28”

Stamps 218 (detail), 2019

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes using recycled stamps and entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Stamps 218, 2019

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes using recycled stamps and entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Gold 01, 2020

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, gold archival paper with entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Gold 01 (detail), 2020

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled money with entomology pins White box frame 104 x 104 cm | 41 x 41”

Hand cut bird silhouettes, using recycled book illustrations with entomology pins White box frame 70 x 70 cm | 28 x 28”

Flora 01 (detail), 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled botanical illustrations with entomology pins White box frame 70 x 70 cm | 28 x 28”

Flora 02 (detail), 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled botanical illustrations with entomology pins White box frame 70 x 70 cm | 28 x 28”

Flora

Flora 02, 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled botanical illustrations with entomology pins White box frame 70 x 70 cm | 28 x 28”

Flora 06, 2019

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes using recycled botanical illustrations and entomology pins White box frame 70 x 70 cm | 28 x 28”

Field Guide 06 (detail), 2019

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes using recycled art book illustrations from 'Field Guide to Butterflies & Moths' and entomology pins White box frame 70 x 70 cm | 28 x 28”

Field Guide 06 (detail), 2019

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes using recycled art book illustrations from 'Field Guide to Butterflies & Moths' and entomology pins White box frame 70 x 70 cm | 28 x 28”

Comics 26, Orbital with Crater, 2016 Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled comics with entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Comics 26, Orbital with Crater (detail), 2016 Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled comics with entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Comics 45, Orbital, 2017

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled comics with entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Comics 47, 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled comics with entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Detail for ‘Comics’ piece

Comics 47 (detail), 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled comics with entomology pins

White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Comics 51, 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled comics with entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Comics 51(detail), 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled comics with entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39”

Beano 03 (detail), 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, recycled Beano magazine with entomology pins White box frame 70 x 70 cm | 28 x 28”

British Masters 01 (detail), 2017

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes using recycled art book illustrations and entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100cm | 39 x 39”

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes using recycled vintage playboy magazines and entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100cm | 39 x 39”

Playboy 02 (detail), 2018

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes using recycled vintage playboy magazines and entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100cm | 39 x 39”

Pop Art 01 (detail), 2017

Hand

cut butterfly silhouettes using recycled art book illustrations and entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100cm | 39 x 39”

'Black-veined White' Aporia crataegi, 2010 Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, white archival paper on black board White box frame 52 x 52 cm | 20 x 20”

'Large White 02' Pieris brassicae, 2010 Hand cut butterfly silhouettes, white archival paper on black board White box frame 67 x 67 cm | 26 x 26”

Triptych, Stamps, each work 70x70cm |28 x 28’ Private Collection, NYC

Stamps 158, 100x100cm | 39 x 39’ Private Collection, London

Flora 07, 2019

Hand cut butterfly silhouettes using recycled botanical illustrations and entomology pins White box frame 100 x 100 cm |39 x 39’

Pink, Yellow, White Drumlins Coloured paper, each 100x100cm | 39 x 39’ Go Modern, Kings Road, London

Rebecca Coles

Lives and works in Somerset, UK

Education

1997 – 2002

MA Constructed Textiles, The Royal College of Art, London BA (Hons) Woven Textiles, Winchester School of Art National Diploma in Art & Design, Winchester School of Art

Exhibitions

2020 AAF Battersea , TAG Fine Arts, London

2020 The London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts

2019 Paper Show , Long View Gallery, Washington DC

2019 AAF Battersea , AAF Hong Kong , AAF Hampstead, AAF New York, AAF Singapore, TAG Fine Arts, London

2019 The London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts

2018 Solo Show, ‘Iteration’, Long View Gallery, Washington DC

2018 AAF Battersea , AAF Hong Kong , AAF Hampstead, AAF New York, AAF Singapore, TAG Fine Arts, London

2018 The London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts

2017 AAF Battersea , AAF Hong Kong , AAF Hampstead, AAF New York, AAF Singapore, TAG Fine Arts, London

2017 The London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts

2016 Solo Show , Long View Gallery, Washington DC

2016 AAF Battersea , AAF Hong Kong , AAF Hampstead, AAF New York, AAF Singapore, TAG Fine Arts, London

2016 The London Art Fair, Mark Jason Gallery

2015 AAF Battersea , AAF Hong Kong , AAF Hampstead, AAF New York, AAF Singapore, Mark Jason Gallery, London

2015 The London Art Fair, Mark Jason Gallery, London

2014 Springtime Sonata , Fusion Fine Arts, Perth, Australia

2014 Winter Wonderland, Rostra & Rooksmoor Galleries, Bath

2014 AAF Battersea , AAF Hong Kong , AAF Hampstead, AAF New York, AAF Singapore, Mark Jason Gallery, London

2014 The London Art Fair, Mark Jason Gallery, London

2013 Taking Flight, Inhouse Gallery, Walton Buildings, Mere

2013 Fearful Sym metry , Solo Show, Rostra & Rooksmoor Galleries, Bath

2013 AAF Battersea , AAF Hong Kong , AAF Hampstead, AAF New York, AAF Singapore, Mark Jason Gallery, London

2013 The London Art Fair, Mark Jason Gallery, London

2012 AAF Singapore , Mark Jason Gallery

2012 AAF Hampstead , Mark Jason Gallery, London

2012 Surface ICA , Katie & Jo. London

2012 AAF New York, Mark Jason Gallery

2012 Sweet Dreams, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham

2012 AAF Battersea , Mark Jason Gallery, London

2012 Breath of Fresh Air, Byard Art, Cambridge

2012 Small, Black Swan Arts, Frome

2012 20/21 International Art Fair, Mark Jason Gallery

2012 Effervescence, West Dean Gallery, Chichester

2012 Age of Elegance, Guildhall Art Gallery, London

2012 The London Art Fair, Islington, Mark Jason Gallery

2011 AAF Hampstead , Mark Jason Gallery, London

2011 Objects of Desire, Chapel Gallery, Lancashire

2011 Smiths Row Gallery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

2011 Origin 2011, Old Spitalfields Market, London

2011 Artists Showcase, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield

2011 Summer Showcase , Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire

2011 Summer Exhibition, Sarah Wiseman, Gallery, Oxford

2011 Modified Expressions, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland

2011 Contemporary Craft Open , Black Swan Arts, Frome

2011 106th Summer Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath

2011 Open Studios, Bungeroosh Gallery, Brighton

2011 Circles, Gloss Art Gallery, Exter

2011 ‘First Anniversary Paper’ Exhibition, Unit Twelve, Tixall, Stafford

2011 Any Toucan Fall in Love , Rostra & Rooksmoor Galleries, Bath

2010 MADE10, Corn Exchange, Brighton

2010 Origin 2010, Old Spitalfields Market, London

2010 105th Summer Exhibition , Victoria Art Gallery, Bath

2010 Papercuts, Rostra & Rooksmoor Galleries, Bath

2009 Book Art & Christmas Tales, Black Swan Arts, Frome

2009 104th Summer Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath

Selected Awards

2011 People’s Choice Award, Black Swan Arts, Frome

Collections

2015 Montefiore Fine Art Program and Collection, NYC

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