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Qualifications

Master of Fine Art West Dean College of Art & Conservation (due to complete in July 2026)

2024 to present

Graduate Diploma Fine Art West Dean College of Art & Conservation

2024

Post Graduate Certificate in Education + Qualified Teacher Status University of Brighton

2008

BA Hons Social Anthropology with African & Asian Studies University of Sussex

2003

Work & Exhibitions

Upcoming…

3 - 10 July 2026

West Dean Summer Show

West Dean College of Art & Conservation The Sussex Barn, West Dean, Chichester PO18 0QZ

MFA Graduate Summer Show. Co-curated and includes, Things Reappear, installation in glass & sound (2026)

16 - 19 July 2026

WD Bloomsbury Summer Show

MFA Graduate Summer Show

Dilke House, 1 Malet Street, London, WC1E 7JN

Previous;

13 - 16 May 2026

Where Craft Lives

Group show featuring, It Was All in Her Head, terracotta sculpture (2024)

London Craft Week 2026, West Dean Showcase Dilke House, 1 Malet Street, London, WC1E 7JN

16 - 20 July 2025

Soft Ground

Copeland Gallery, Peckham, London, SE15 3SN

MFA Interim group show featuring, I Thought I’d Know You in These Pages, animated film (2025)

4 - 11 July 2025

Soft Ground

West Dean College of Art & Conservation Summer Show, Chichester, PO18 0QZ

MFA Interim Summer Show

2 July 2025

Crafts, Camera, Culture Film Festival, Rajasthan International Centre, Jaipur, India.

Selected as part of the Centre of Integrative Studies Film Sessions at Michigan State University in December 2025

Documentary film project showcase, in collaboration with Michigan State University & The Indian Institute of Craft & Design

5 Feb 2025

The Old Dining Room at West Dean College of Art & Conservation, Chichester, PO18 0QZ

Animated film, projection and sound installation, based on the Edward James novel, The Gardener Who Saw God (1937), part of the MFA pop-up exhibition Fragments & Echoes

17 - 21 July 2024

Hot Border

Copeland Gallery, Peckham, London, SE15 3SN

3 - 5 July 2024

West Dean Summer Show

West Dean College of Art & Conservation Summer Show, Chichester, PO18 0QZ

Graduate Diploma Fine Art group show

5 February 2024

The Glasshouse; Materials of the Artist

The Old Dairy, West Dean College of Art & Conservation, Chichester, PO18 0QZ

Co-curated group show for the Graduate Diploma pop-up exhibition, featuring Prohibeo Hominis (Ethelochoric: nonnative species) Cat. No: J338966-170140 (2024) Sculpture and light projection installation

Employment

Since 2008

Teacher

Fully qualified with QTS, Rekha has designed and delivered high quality curriculums and taught across EYFS, KS1, KS2 & KS3, in both state and independent schools. Engaging pupils with creative learning experiences, instilling curiosity, independence, resilience, compassion and a love of life-long learning, she achieved an ‘Outstanding’ OFSTED lesson grading and consistently maintains high professional standards.

She has led teams in coordinating and resourcing Music. Modern Foreign Languages and English curriculums across whole-school settings, conducted lesson observations and participated in assessment and moderation exercises. She is passionate about developing and sharing strategies for effective pedagogy.

Rekha has worked with vulnerable children, young people and adults in therapeutic settings, children with behavioural and emotional needs, those with neurodiversity and complex learning needs and holds up-to-date Safeguarding training and DBS check.

Since 2021

Community Project Worker & Volunteer

Rekha has worked as a volunteer and project worker in various community-based projects in her hometown. Working in a Community Arts Project, she assisted and facilitated art, music and drama groups for people with complex learning and health needs, enabling artistic expression and social engagement. In addition, she has worked as a voluntary art project facilitator for children and young people and their families experiencing bereavement and grief.

Other Qualifications & Accreditations

Yoga Alliance Accredited Yoga 200 Hours Teacher Training

Ongoing…

TES Safeguarding: Keeping Children Safe in Education Part. 1 & Annex B & TES Safeguarding: Child Protection Refresher

Sept 2025

Social Science Research as Documentary Filmmaking, Jaipur, India (Michigan State University & Indian Institute of Craft & Design)

July 2025

Certified Hypnotherapist: Rapid Transformational Therapy

July 2023

Counselling Skills Level 2, First Aid for Mental Health Levels 2 & 3

July 2022

British Gymnastics UKCC Level 1 Trampolining Coaching

Oct 2014