Rhiannon Kendall North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Rhiannon Kendall is a Contemporary Artist and experienced Prison Art Lecturer and Workshop Facilitator who lives and works in North Yorkshire, UK (b. 1996). Rhiannon holds a First Class BA & MA in Fine Art specializing in drawing, as well as a PGCE in Post‑Compulsory Arts Education. Her art practice incorporates drawing, painting, collage, and poetry.

Rhiannon Kendall is a contemporary Artist and experienced, dynamic Prison Art Lecturer based in North Yorkshire. Rhiannon holds a First Class BA and an MA in Fine Art specializing in drawing, as well as a PGCE in Post‑Compulsory Arts Education. Her art practice incorporates drawing, painting, collage, poetry, and spoken word, with a focus on exploring overlooked narratives connected to identity, working‑class heritage, memory, and the emotional landscapes of place.

Alongside her artistic practice, Rhiannon has extensive experience delivering arts education within custodial settings, working with both women and men across a range of creative and accredited art and art for wellbeing and mental health programmes. Her teaching approach is grounded in accessibility, trauma‑informed practice, and a commitment to fostering confidence, critical thinking, and personal agency through the arts.

Exhibitions & Projects: Rhiannon’s work has been exhibited nationally, and in 2022 she was awarded an AA2A residency at Loughborough University, later receiving the national Artist of the Year award for her research-led project Ghosts from a Small Town. Other group exhibitions include SelfScapes at Dalby Forest, Ilkley Manor House and the Leeds Playhouse Summer Show. She has been longlisted for the prestigious Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize previously, recognising the strength of her drawing practice within a national context. Most recently, she completed Know Your Neighbourhood — a year‑long, Arts Council England–funded project in Castleford that explored local heritage, place, and community identity through collaborative arts engagement.

Publications / writing / poetry

Performed Poetry at Scratch Night, Rural Arts Thirsk, UK. 2022.

Poetry and Artwork featured in Shoaler Zine, Crescent Arts Scarborough, UK. 2022.

Artist Bio featured in Selfscapes exhibition guide. Research project at Dalby Forest, early 2021.

‘Questions from a small town’ Poetry featured in Creeping Expansion anthology, UK. 2020.

‘Although I’ll never find you; maybe I’ll find me’ Poetry featured in Penny Thoughts, Manchester, UK. 2020

‘She is not the ocean’ poetry featured in Piano Micro-stories online publication. Edited by Ravinder Surah, Gemma Land and Fabrizio Paterlini. 2019.

Word power: Language as Medium. Drawings featured in Library X Publishing, London. 2019.

Solo Exhibitions:

Ghosts From A Small Town, Virtual Exhibition showing year long production of work from AA2A Artist Residency. 2022.

Drawing Series - Funded project for The Bowes Museum, County Durham. 2021.

Rhiannon Kendall: Solo show at The Malthouse, York. 2019.

Group Exhibitions:

Ilkley Arts Open Exhibition - Take Time, Ilkley Manor House, UK. 2023.

Leeds Summer Show. Leeds Playhouse. 2023.

Flora Flora Exhibition at Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, UK. 2022.

Place. Group Exhibition of selected Crescent Arts micro-commission artists at Brunswick Shopping Centre, Scarborough. 2021.

SelfScapes. Group exhibition and research project, Dalby Forest, early 2021.

Queer Art in the 21st Century. Flamingo’s, Leeds. 2020.

Queer in Exile. Online group exhibition. 2020.

The Confinement Chronicle. Online group exhibition. 2020.

The CO 19 Project. Online group exhibition. 2020.

New Emergence Art Prize. Online group exhibition. 2020.

Undergraduate Degree Show, York St John University, York. 2019.

York Open Studios, The Grand Hotel, York. 2019.

Print Stuff, De Grey Rooms, York. 2018.

Illuminating York, York St John University. 2017.

Supporting behind the mask mental health foundation, The Lowry, Manchester. 2016.

Experience: Freelance Artist ‘Know Your Neighbourhood’ National Lottery funded Community Arts project in Castleford, running a series of creative workshops in the local community, resulting in a final piece of art on display at Queens Mill, Castleford. 2024 - 2025.

Tutoring and Mentoring two selected Artists as part of ‘We Roar’ Prison Internationally touring Arts Exhibition. 2024.

Teacher of Art and IT. Novus, Prison Service UK. Experienced in assessing, invigilating, curriculum and course planning and development, research, trauma informed practice. 2022 - ongoing.

AA2A 1 year Artist Residency at Loughborough University, UK. Awarded National AA2A Artist of the year award 2022.

Advocate and fundraising, Queer Britain, 2020 - Present.

Printmaking workshop facilitator. Crescent Arts/Woodend Gallery, Scarborough. Upcoming early 2021.

Life-drawing class assistant, University of Leeds & York St John University. 2017 - 2018.

Research assistant for Dr. Lucy O’Donnell, Senior Lecturer, School of Art, Design and Computer Science, York St John University. 2019.

Research assistant for Helen Turner, Head of School of Art, Design and Computer Science at York St John University. 2018.

Education:

PGCE in Adult Education, York College accredited by University of Huddersfield. 2022.

Mentoring with Sara Cooper at The Bowes Museum/online, 2020.

Fine Art MA, York St John University, York UK, 2019 - 2020.

Fine Art BA (Hons) York St John University, York UK, 2016 - 2019.

Artwork

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