Artist’s CV
Rachael Owen
Visual Artist | Watercolour & Ink
Selected Exhibitions
September 2026 — The Open, Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Salford
September 2026 — The New Mill Open Exhibition, Milestone Studio & Gallery, New Mills
August 2026 — The Uncanny Feminine, Grosvenor Building Gallery, Manchester
July 2026 — Union Sound Link Up, Grafton Arms, Manchester
April 2026 — Surreal, The DBA, Manchester
February 2026 — Indelicate 5, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester
February 2026 — Escape to the Cat-eau, Cass Art, Manchester
January 2026 — Shenanigans at the Shed: A Rebel with a Cause, A4 Studios, Altrincham
December 2025 — Imitation, The DBA, Manchester
October 2025 — Immortal, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester
October 2025 — Ritual, The DBA, Manchester
August 2025 — Shenanigans at the Shed, A4 Studios, Altrincham
August 2025 — Constructed Reality, Online Exhibition
July 2025 — Summer of Love, The DBA, Manchester
May 2025 — A Strange Kind of Love, Chorlton Arts Festival, Chorlton
April 2025 — Awaken: Dreams and Nightmares, The DBA, Manchester
November 2024 — Make Your Mark, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester
April 2022 — Reset the System, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester
Selected Illustration & Commissions
SOLO BORG: Fight for Survival in a Doomed Fantasy World. 2026
Commissioned Illustrator, Beyond Cataclysm Games
Commissioned to create artwork for the monster collection accompanying SOLO BORG, a standalone solo-playing game and toolkit for the MÖRK BORG role-playing system.
Pipes! When Water Means War. 2025
Commissioned Artist & Layout Artist, Wotan Games
Commissioned to produce original artwork and undertake layout design for the strategy card game Pipes!
MÖRK ORG: Wretched Office Space in a Hopeless Place. 2025
Commissioned Illustrator, Beyond Cataclysm Games
Commissioned to create pen-and-ink creature illustrations for the surreal office-themed role-playing game based on the MÖRK BORG system.
Publications & Press
Fragments of an Unquiet Mind. 2025
Featured Artist
Artwork published in an anthology of visual art and poetry exploring mental health, identity and contrasting emotional states.
Adore Art Magazine, Issue 2: Her Bewitched Mind. 2025
Featured Artist
Artwork selected for publication in an independent art magazine exploring women's interior lives, emotional expression, mental health and themes surrounding femininity, madness and witchcraft.
Education & Training
University of Salford, BA (Hons) Visual Arts, 2010
Bury College, BTEC Art and Design, 2006
Bury College, NVQ Level 2 and 3, Creative Craft (Life Drawing), 2006
Artistic Practice
Primary media: Watercolour, ink, pen and ink
Areas of practice: Surreal portraiture, figurative art, illustration, commissioned artwork
Themes: Identity, emotion, psychology, perception, femininity, fantasy, horror and the uncanny

