Black and white photo-etching of a young, white girl with her eyes closed, aged around 5 years-old, with long blonde hair.Black and white photo-etching of a young, white boy with his eyes closed, aged around 5 years-old, with mid-length, dark hair. Black and white photo-etching of a young, white boy with his eyes closed, aged around 10 years-old, with short, dark hair.Black and white photo-etching of a young, white girl with her eyes closed, aged around 10 years-old, with long blonde hair.Black and white pencil drawing of a young, white girl with her eyes closed, aged around 5 years-old, with long blonde hair.Black and white pencil drawing of a young, black girl with her eyes closed, aged around10 years-old, with long black hair.Black and white pencil drawing of a young, white girl with her eyes closed, aged around 10 years-old, with long fair hair.Black and white pencil drawing of a young, white boy with his eyes closed, aged around 5 years-old, with mid-length black hair.Black and white pencil drawing of a young, white boy with his eyes closed, aged around 10 years-old, with short fair hair.Black and white pencil drawing of a young, white boy with his eyes closed, aged around 10 years-old, with long blonde hair.Colour painting of a young, white boy, aged 5, with short brown hair and brown eyes.Colour painting of a young, white boy, aged 5, with short brown hair and blue eyes.Colour painting of a young, white boy, aged 10, with mid-length red hair and blue eyes.Colour painting of a young, black boy, aged 10, with mid-length braided brown hair and brown eyes.
Blind. Photo etchings, 9 x 12 cm. 2008

Rebecca Fortnum

Rebecca Fortnum is currently Reader in Fine Art at the University of the Arts, London (Camberwell) and Research Fellow at the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts at Lancaster University. She was instrumental in founding the artist-run spaces Cubitt Gallery and Gasworks Gallery in London. In 2007 she published a book of interviews, Contemporary British Women Artists, in their own words and this year she was lead international artist on the TRADE project in Roscommon & Leitrim, Ireland. She has received several awards including the British Council, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Arts Council of England, the British School at Rome and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Her solo shows include the Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Spacex Gallery, Exeter, Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, The Drawing Gallery, London and Gallery 33, Berlin.