also see Current and Recent shows for details
Victoria Rance graduated with a BA Honours in Fine Art from Newcastle University (1983) and an MA from Kingston University (2009). She was the 2003/4 winner of The Mark Tanner Award for Sculpture.
Solo/Two person Exhibitions
2022 Firebird with Cable Depot at Platforms Project Athens
Creek Dreams Seager Gallery Deptford London
2021 In Real Life Cable Depot Woolwich London
2020 Victoria Rance The Small House Gallery online
2019 Otherworld, The White Box Gallery, Blackheath London
2016 Fasnacht as part of Deptford X, APT Live and Art Licks
2015 I Wish with Lewisham Refugee & Migrant Network, Deptford X
2014 I Wish the film Deptford X Fringe (prize winner)
The Sleep of Reason Victoria Rance & Sylvia Lüdtke
BBK Kunst-Quartier, Osnabrück, Germany
2012 Medusa Stories with Ruken Aslan, Chalabi Gallery Istanbul
curated by Denizhan Özer
2010 Invisible with Clare Whistler The Lucy Bell Gallery
Hastings St Leonards
Hastings St Leonards
2004 The Mark Tanner Award Exhibition, Standpoint Gallery,
Hoxton, London
2002 The Office, Atrium Gallery PricewaterhouseCoopers
2001 The Holy Fool, St Mary Woolnoth London
2000 Spire, The Economist Plaza, St James, London
1998 Victoria Rance Sculpture, SmithKlein Beecham Harlow
1997 Annunciation Sculptures and Drawings, St John’s Waterloo
1988 The Lancaster Arts Centre Wycombe Abbey
1987 The Orangery Holland Park London
1986 Drawings of a Cellist, Wigmore Hall London
1986 London Zoo, Regent’s Park
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 If not now, when? Generations of Women in Sculpture in Britain, 1960 to 2020 The Hepworth Wakefield
Composition Space No Space Muze Gazhane Istanbul
2022 Nightwatch at APT Deptford
The London Group at Bankside
Space No Space ITU Istanbul Bienalle parallel project
APT Now APT Gallery Deptford
2021 Winter Salon, Glass Cloud Gallery, Camden Peoples Theatre,
Night Watch APT Yard, 6 Creekside Deptford London
Gift APT Gallery Deptford
Winter Show, The Lovely Gallery, Sydenham, London
The Cast of Things, APT Gallery, 6 Creekside Deptford London
In Plain Sight, Thelma Hubert Gallery, Honiton Devon
Can we ever know the meaning of these objects, Gallery 46
Hearten, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, London
2020 25 APTGallery Deptford, London
Wish You/We Were/Here/There online with The London Group
Isolation online with The London Group
Hearten, online with Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust
In the Dark 2020 Even Darker, The Cello Factory Swallowhead performance
2019 Capilliary Tissues performance APT Gallery Studio Deptford X
APT + One Connect APT Gallery Deptford London
The Lovely Gallery Winter Show
Sleepy Heads, The Blyth Gallery, Imperial College London
Archipelago The Engine Room, Walthamstow Wetlands, London
Drawing Distinctions Cello Factory London
2018 Gift APT Gallery Deptford London
The London Group Annual, The Cello Factory Waterloo London
Winter Show, The Lovely Gallery, Sydenham London
One Plus One, APT Gallery Deptford, London
Drawing Distinctions Furlong Gallery University of Wisconsin
The London Group at St Ives Penwith Gallery St Ives Cornwall
Down From London, Linden Hall Studio, Deal Kent
Good and Bad Government Thames-side Studios Gallery
2017 Touchstone APT Gallery Deptford
Shoreham Sculpture Trail
The Mesh Watermans Art Centre, London
Personal Relations Pulchri Studios, The Hague, Holland
Personal Relations, Mirror Gallery, Vicenza Italy
2016 Personal Relations, The Cello Factory Waterloo
A Threshold APT Gallery Deptford London
Metallic, Burghley House, Lincs
Works on Paper The Lovely Gallery London
Fe216 Morley Gallery London
2015 One Plus One Lubomirov Angus Hughes, London
Crossing Thresholds Gallery Tettix, Thessalonika, Greece
Need and Error Zsenne Art Lab Brussels
Hundreds and Thousands Lubimirov Angus Hughes, London
Twentieth APT Gallery Deptford London
Venice Pavilion in London, HartsLane, New Cross London
Side Effect, Galeri Ark, Istanbul
Magic Lantern, Fringe Arts Bath Festival
I Wish for Water Week, Herstmonceux Castle
In the Dark 2020 Even Darker, The Cello Factory Swallowhead performance
2019 Capilliary Tissues performance APT Gallery Studio Deptford X
APT + One Connect APT Gallery Deptford London
The Lovely Gallery Winter Show
Sleepy Heads, The Blyth Gallery, Imperial College London
Archipelago The Engine Room, Walthamstow Wetlands, London
Drawing Distinctions Cello Factory London
2018 Gift APT Gallery Deptford London
The London Group Annual, The Cello Factory Waterloo London
Winter Show, The Lovely Gallery, Sydenham London
One Plus One, APT Gallery Deptford, London
Drawing Distinctions Furlong Gallery University of Wisconsin
The London Group at St Ives Penwith Gallery St Ives Cornwall
Down From London, Linden Hall Studio, Deal Kent
Good and Bad Government Thames-side Studios Gallery
2017 Touchstone APT Gallery Deptford
Shoreham Sculpture Trail
The Mesh Watermans Art Centre, London
Personal Relations Pulchri Studios, The Hague, Holland
Personal Relations, Mirror Gallery, Vicenza Italy
2016 Personal Relations, The Cello Factory Waterloo
A Threshold APT Gallery Deptford London
Metallic, Burghley House, Lincs
Works on Paper The Lovely Gallery London
Fe216 Morley Gallery London
2015 One Plus One Lubomirov Angus Hughes, London
Crossing Thresholds Gallery Tettix, Thessalonika, Greece
Need and Error Zsenne Art Lab Brussels
Hundreds and Thousands Lubimirov Angus Hughes, London
Twentieth APT Gallery Deptford London
Venice Pavilion in London, HartsLane, New Cross London
Side Effect, Galeri Ark, Istanbul
Magic Lantern, Fringe Arts Bath Festival
I Wish for Water Week, Herstmonceux Castle
2014 From David Bomberg to Paula Rego Southampton
City Art Gallery as exhibiting artist and curator
Studio Screening of I Wish, Sound and Silence, APT Gallery
Between the Lines, Mine Sanat Gallery, Istanbul
Tipping the Line Occupy My Time Gallery, Deptford, London
The London Group on London, The Cello Factory, London
Switch Pulchri Den Haag Netherlands
+ 100 The London Group Today, The Cello Factory, London
A Decade of The Mark Tanner Sculpture Award
Standpoint Gallery Hoxton
The London Group at 100, Mottisfont, Romsey Hampshire
The London Group Centenary Exhibition Pitzhangar
Manor Gallery & House
Folklore with Teststrip APT Gallery, Deptford, London
London Group, The Cello Factory, Waterloo, London
Berlin Tee Party, The Wye, Berlin
Free Zone/Çanakkale, Erkan Yavuz Experimental Art Studio
On My Behalf, The Cumberland, Mayfair, London
Delineation, APT Gallery Deptford, London
Territory and Boundaries Kensington and Chelsea College
2011 Fast Forward>>NCL Globe Gallery, Newcastle
2011 Fast Forward>>NCL Globe Gallery, Newcastle
Design and Print Now Bearspace Gallery Deptford
London Group Open Cello Factory Waterloo
Contrary Voices / Changeable Realities,
Kare Sanat Gallery Istanbul
London's Lost Fishing Village Trinity Buoy Wharf London
Design and Print Now, Bearspace at SW1 Gallery
Invaluable APT Gallery Deptford (artist and co-curator)
Places Called, Pop Up Cinema, Westway, London
Bosphorus Art Fair 4 Istanbul Turkey
Project-ion APT Gallery Deptford
Crafty Animators Thelma Hulbert Gallery Honiton
2010 Meeting Point 20th Istanbul Art Fair
Mix APT Gallery Deptford, London
Commission, Wallspace, London Wall
Fictional Realities, Transformation
2. Canakkale Biennial Turkey
Bounty The Morley Gallery
Exteriority Summaria Lunn
Sculpture in Paradise Chichester Cathedral
London Group Annual Cello Factory London
Sculpture in Paradise Chichester Cathedral
London Group Annual Cello Factory London
Print Now Bear Space Gallery Deptford
Print Now, Bear Space Gallery, London Art Fair,
2009 South East APT Gallery, Deptford X
London Group Open, The Chocolate Factory
Art and Dis-grace, The Bargehouse, London
Drawing Act and Artefact, Morley Gallery,
Eastern Approaches, Hatfield House, Herts
Stand Alone, Cello Factory, London
2008 Concrete Dreams APT Gallery Deptford
London Group Menier Gallery London
2007 London Group Open, Menier Gallery London
Bounty, APT Gallery Deptford London
Deep Inspiration, Jerwood Space, London
ArtSway Open
2006 Steel, Canary Wharf, London
Heavenly Bodies, Burghley House, Lincs
Fe2O5, APT Gallery Deptford
1993-05 New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury
2005 Creek, Henley River and Rowing Museum
FeO5, Darlington Arts Centre
Me You Our Art, Spitalfields, London
2004 Outdoor Habitats, Museum of Domestic Architecture
Fantastic Plastics, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
2003 Yokohama International Art Exhibition, Japan (Residency)
Creek, APT and Frameworks Galleries, Deptford, London
2002 Art in the Garden, at The Chelsea Physic Garden
Deptford X APT Gallery
2001 Contemporary Sculpture, New Ashgate Gallery Farnham
Dead Happy, Artist/Curator St John’s Waterloo London
2000 Sculpture at Goodwood,
Noordbrabandt Museum, Hertogenbosch, Holland
Noordbrabandt Museum, Hertogenbosch, Holland
1999 Labour of Love, Kunsthalle. Mannheim, Germany
Vessel, Portsmouth Cathedral (Hampshire Sculpture Trust)
1998 Twentieth Century Sculpture, Millfield Arts Project
1998 Art Futures, Contemporary Art Society, Royal Festival Hall
Labour of Love, Drawings from Sculpture at Goodwood
Pallant House Chichester
1997 Art at 100 Park Lane
London School of Economics
1996 Sculpture Garden Mount Ephraim Kent
Hampshire Sculpture Trust’s ‘Fabulous Beasts’
The Spirit in Art, Beatrice Royal Art Gallery
1995 Visual Arts Year Sculpture
Commission Exhibition Newcastle Cathedral
Commission Exhibition Newcastle Cathedral
1993 The London Group's 80th Open Exhibition Barbican Centre
Open Door, Barnard's Inn Holborn
1990 Steel by Design, Scunthorpe Museum and Art Gallery
1990-1 Gallery Shurini Piccadilly
Awards
2014 Deptford X Award
2011 European Cultural Foundation for residency at 5533 Istanbul
2014 Deptford X Award
2011 European Cultural Foundation for residency at 5533 Istanbul
2003-4 The Mark Tanner Award for Sculpture
2001 Japan 2001 for ‘Dead Happy’
2001 London Arts for ‘Dead Happy’
Commissions
2008 'Bridge' Warneford Hospital Oxford
2008 'Comforter' St Laurence Church Catford
2006 'Font' St Andrew’s Waterloo
2005-6 'Boat' and five stained glass windows for St Andrews, Waterloo
2004 Wheat Spire, for CYZ Mumford Mill, Deptford
2003 Seed, corporate commission for Anderssonhall.com
2002 Housing 21 / Creative Lewisham Agency
2000 Spire, enabled by The Economist
1998 'Child' for Ron Spinney, Hammerson plc
'Faircross Arches' Faircross Community Complex Barking
1997 'Incarnation' Church of the Holy Family RAF Halton Bucks
1987 'Hawk' for Diana Payne Myers
Bibliography
Books
Gifts, Clare Whistler, Elephant Press, 2016
Thinking is Making Presence and Absence in Contemporary Sculpture. Books
Gifts, Clare Whistler, Elephant Press, 2016
Martin Herbert, Miranda Strang, Fiona MacDonald 2013
Sculpture at Canary Wharf, A Decade of Exhibitions ed. Ann Elliott 2012
Contemporary Art in British Churches edited by Laura Moffatt ACE 2010
A Vision for Twenty-First Century British Sculpture, Goodwood 2002
A Vision for Twenty-First Century British Sculpture, Goodwood 2002
Knitware in Fashion, Sandy Black, Thames and Hudson 2002
Chichester Spire 2001 Paul Foster (Spire)
Sculpture at Goodwood, British Contemporary Sculpture 99/00
Sculpture at Goodwood, British Contemporary Sculpture 98/99
Sci-Art Partnerships in Science and Art, The Wellcome Trust 1998
The International Women's Art Diary 1993
British Contemporary Art 1993
The Women Artists Diary 1991
Catalogues
Otherworld 2019
The Night Horse and The Holy Baboon 2017
Metallic, Michael Shaw, Burghley House 2016
From David Bomberg to Paula Rego The London Group in Southampton Southampton City Art Gallery (editor & co-author) 2014
Tipping the Line, Occupy My Time Gallery, Sue Cohen, 1014
The Sleep of Reason-derschlaf der vernunft Germany 2013 Jens Raddatz ISBN 978-3-9814997-5-9
The London Group Centenary Pitzhangar Manor Nicholas Usherwood 2013
Medusa Hikayeleri/Medusa Stories, Chalabi Gallery, Denizhan Ozer Istanbul 2012
Contrary Voices Changeable Realitites, Kare Art Gallery, Istanbul 2011
Invaluable APT Gallery 2011
Concrete Dreams 2008 (online catalogue)
Otherworld 2019
The Night Horse and The Holy Baboon 2017
Metallic, Michael Shaw, Burghley House 2016
From David Bomberg to Paula Rego The London Group in Southampton Southampton City Art Gallery (editor & co-author) 2014
Tipping the Line, Occupy My Time Gallery, Sue Cohen, 1014
The Sleep of Reason-derschlaf der vernunft Germany 2013 Jens Raddatz ISBN 978-3-9814997-5-9
The London Group Centenary Pitzhangar Manor Nicholas Usherwood 2013
Medusa Hikayeleri/Medusa Stories, Chalabi Gallery, Denizhan Ozer Istanbul 2012
Contrary Voices Changeable Realitites, Kare Art Gallery, Istanbul 2011
Invaluable APT Gallery 2011
Concrete Dreams 2008 (online catalogue)
Coal Notebook, Clare Whistler, Alex MacIniss 2007
Bounty, APT Gallery 2007
Deep Inspiration, Jerwood Space London 2007
Heavenly Bodies, Burghley Sculpture Park 2006
Fe2O5, Ann Elliott 2005
Passage in the Forest, Yokohama, Japan 2003
Dead Happy, Sacha Craddock 2001
Identity, Chisenhale Gallery 1988
Northern Open Catalogue 1983
Press & Journals
Of Monsters and Demons Osnabrücker
Zeitung 6 September 2013 by Tom BillmanMedusa Hikayeleri Interview by Hulya Küpçüoğlu, Habertürk Newspaper, June 10 2012
Author of Mary Kelly Projects 1973 to 2010 n.paradoxa journal July 2011
Paying Attention: The Sculpture of Victoria Rance, Charles Pickstone,
Paying Attention: The Sculpture of Victoria Rance, Charles Pickstone,
Image Journal USA 2006
Evening Standard November 1st 2001 Preview (Dead Happy)
Time Out Review November 2001 (Dead Happy)
AN Magazine April 2000 Art Work (Spire)
www.londonart.co.uk/magazine Jan 2000 Gavin Street (Spire)
www.anweb.co.uk (Spire)
Libraries/Archive
Cass Foundation
British Royal Society of Sculptors
Women Artists Library, Goldsmiths
Women Artists Library, Goldsmiths
TV
Medusa Hikayeleri/Medusa Stories Ekavart TV Channel 2012 link
Istanbul Biennial and Parallel Projects Turk CNN 2011
Medusa Hikayeleri/Medusa Stories Ekavart TV Channel 2012 link
Istanbul Biennial and Parallel Projects Turk CNN 2011
The Politics of Experience, Channel 4 Documentary 1990
Radio
Divine Art, Sunday Programme Radio 4 January 2007
Curated Selections on web
saatchigallery.co.uk/yourgallery top 10 curated by Shumon Basar 2006
saatchigallery.co.uk/yourgallery top 10 curated by Rebecca Geldard 2008
axisweb.org Feminist Art Practices curated by Katy Deepwell 2009
Collections
London School of Economics
Banque AIG, Curzon Street
Institute of Child Health Great Ormond St
John E. Young, New York, USA
Hammerson plc
Faircross Community Complex
St John’s Waterloo
Housing 21
St George's Hospital Tooting
Collaborations
2015 I Wish with Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network
2015 I Wish with Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network
2010 Embodied Emotions, with Clare Whistler, Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions
2008 Wild dreams, Recollected Dreams, Glyndebourne East Sussex
2007 The Coal Notebooks, with Clare Whistler (UK), Sophia Campeau (Netherlands), Alex MacInnis (USA) at Ashburnham East Sussex.
2008 Wild dreams, Recollected Dreams, Glyndebourne East Sussex
2007 The Coal Notebooks, with Clare Whistler (UK), Sophia Campeau (Netherlands), Alex MacInnis (USA) at Ashburnham East Sussex.
2007 Wild Dreams, Glyndebourne Youth Opera, Utrecht, Holland
2005 In Spitalfields, Community Cantata Spitalfields Festival
2003-4 Elemental, Glyndebourne Youth Opera
2002-3 Ancestor in the Chalk, Glyndebourne Youth Opera
2001 Sea Change, with Clare Whistler, Jonathan Dove, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
2000 Beaminster Festival ‘Bucolic’ and ‘Magdalena’
2000 And Ladders, with Clare Whistler dancer/choreographer; St John’s Waterloo,
2000 Bucolic, collaboration with Clare Whistler for U3A De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
Mary Potter Main author of Mary Potter wikipedia page
Roxy Walsh review of Two Tongues Tied at Leyden Gallery a-n Interface 2014
Fran Cottell : Back to Front a review of Fran Cottell's House Project on a-n Interface 2011
Victoria Rance, Mary Kelly: Projects, 1973-2010 an article about Mary Kelly's show at The Whitworth Art Gallery Manchester in n.paradoxa, international feminist art journal, volume 28, July 2011 (Bio-politics)
