Femicides 2022 – 23
Femicides Year: 2024 Medium: Installation of 69 tiles made of plaster and broken china Dimensions: Variable size, approx. 2m x 2.4m Exhibition: Hysterical: Radical Creativity with the Hysterical Collective, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK Femicides addresses the gender-based murder of women or girls by men. This wall piece consists of 69 tiles made from […]
Caressing the river Mersey
Caressing the river Mersey Year: 2023 Medium: Installation. Mix of rocks and other cement aggregates collected along the River Mersey (Manchester), and jesmonite Dimensions: 90cm x 90cm Exhibition: Cura. Smolensky Gallery, Manchester
The Paleozoic Forest of Jewels
The Paleozoic forest of Jewels Year: 2023 Medium: Installation. Wheelbarrows, coal, gold plated silver, gold plated copper on a fabric rose Dimensions: Variable size, 2m x 3m approx Exhibition: Royal College of Art, June 2023 Installation made with two rusty wheelbarrows, filled with traditional house coal. One features a lifesize golden rose and the other […]
Knife Murders 275/275. England & Wales
Knife Murders 275/275. England & Wales Year: 2021 Medium: Set of 275 rings made of metal from police confiscated knives and other artefacts. Dimensions: variable Exhibition: Blunt Blades, November 2021 – November 2022. The Higgins Bedford. Bedford. UK. This exhibition is realised with the support of The Higgins Bedford, Bedford Borough Council and Arts Council England. Knife Murders […]
In the Toilet #204
In the toilet #204 Year: 2000 – 2020 Medium: Photography. Projection Dimensions: Variable Exhibition: In my house 4. Virtual exhibition. The AntiMA. May 2020. Curator: Abigail Miller “With Arabel’s piece, I was aware that using a toilet in art can become quite Duchamp-y. I wanted to avoid any relation to the readymade object, as I […]
Freehold
Freehold Year: 2015 (created under the pseudonym Arabel Rosillo de Blas) Medium: Site-specific installation. Soap tiles, carbolic soap, brick dust on paper and wood, salvaged furniture, hair drawings, mirror, photo transfer, reclaimed doll’s house. Size: Variable Location: Freehold Exhibition (solo). St Albans Museum, St. Albans, UK. July – September 2015. Commissioned by UH Galleries, with support […]
Laced Words
Laced Words Year: 2013 Medium: Video & Audio Dimensions: Variable Location: No1 St Paul’s Square, Alamanac Festival, Bedford, 2013. Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts Arabel Rosillo de Blas & Kathy Hinde. Laced Words elegantly laced the side of a derelict with light and sound. The work celebrates the craftsmanship of lacemakers and site history in […]
Large Lace – Fabric
Large Lace – Fabric Year: 2012 Medium: Sculpture. Woven fabric, polyester, cardboard rolls From the performance “Large Lace”. Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts. Performed at Bunyan Hall, April 2012. Dimensions: 200cm x 150cm x 20cm Large Lace: A Choreography of People and Pattern is a performance to explore the challenging leap in physical scale of […]
Lace in Place
Lace in Place Year: 2012 Medium: Site-specific Installation. Nylon rope. Dimensions: Variable Location: 1St Paul’s Square. Bedford. UK. From May 2012 – February 2013. Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts. Photo Credit: Richard Davies Deborah Dean’s text about this work HERE See the making of Lace in Place HERE Lace in Place is a set of […]
Large Lace: A Choreography of People and Pattern
Large Lace: A Choreography of People and Pattern Year: 2012 Medium: Collaborative performance at Bunyan Hall. Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts, with the production of a large piece of woven fabric. Dimensions: 200cm x 150cm x 20cm Location: Performed at Bunyan Hall, April 2012. Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts. Large Lace: A Choreography of People […]