25th September 2025 - 29th September 2025
Kem Frances, Olivia Margaret Frances, Maya Howard, Molly Hooper, Saffa Khan,
Rebecca Laverty, Holly Marsden and Matilda Reid
Our third show in the space and first show as a group, ‘R.A.T. Opening!’ , by R.A.T. studio embers Kem Frances, Olivia Margaret Frances, Maya Howard, Molly Hooper, Saffa Khan, Rebecca Laverty, Holly Marsden and Matilda Reid and curated as a group.
Over the last year, we have been working alongside one another in our practices, slowly building meaningful connections through our proximity. This exhibition is our opportunity to show you what we’ve been working on and to welcome you into our space. With special thanks to Rhian Lloyd, Lucas Allan, Embla Graham, Maya Schønning Kjaerulff and Maya Howard, who have greatly contributed to our studio but could not be here.
Photography by Matilda Reid
11th July - 13th July, 2025
Rhian Llloyd
Our second show in the space, ‘Travels and Travels’, by R.A.T. studio member Rhian Lloyd.
‘[(Thomas) Thissen wrote over two thousand stories on vellum leaves as part of a volume named ‘Travels and Travels’. After his death, (I.W) Greville maintains, the collection was discovered by a monk on a pilgrimage who sought sanctuary on the island during a storm. The monk returned the book to his monastery and it was bound in the order that it was found] [The work’s contents have been the subject of some debate, as although there are over two thousand stories in the collection none ever appeared to be completed.]
[I I separate the pages from the binding. I shuffle them like an unwieldy pack of cards and lay them out on the floor of my flat. I begin in the corner of the kitchen under the window and continue through the hallway, across to the bathroom and into my bedroom…While I am brushing my teeth I look at the pages laid out beneath my feet. I shall reimagine the effect for you now:’]
^ Extracts from the exhibtion text, ‘The Map in Thomas Thissen’s Travels and Travels’ by Rhian Lloyd
Photography by Rhian Lloyd and Matilda Reid
‘Smile Because it Happened’
6th June 2025
Maya Schønning Kjærulff and Matilda Reid
Our first show ever in our space, ‘Smile because it happened’, by R.A.T. studio members Maya Schønning Kjærulff and Matilda Reid.
The laughs and smiles are collected from a variety of sources of entertainment, Danish and British TV, hollywood films and talkshows.
Photography by Maya Schønning Kjærulff