Rahima Kenner is a painter, printmaker and etcher. She is based in Oxford, UK. Rahima studied Fine Art at the University of Reading and Central St. Martins School of Art, London, UK. Much of her work is inspired by her experience of travels in Europe and Asia Minor. She teaches Etching and Printmaking courses in Oxford, UK. Rahima co-ordinates Oxford Artweeks and is a longstanding member of Oxford Printmakers Co-operative. She can be contacted for individual commissions. An experienced tutor, she also has her own portable press, offers demonstrations and participates in artist residencies. She runs private courses and workshops for adults and children. Her work is exhibited in private collections worldwide. Please contact the artist to commission and order prints and to book classes using the form below.
‘I create colourful works on paper, drawings and prints, for which I use the intaglio press. I sometimes combine this with collagraph. For a more painterly, free approach, I create layers of painting, passed through the press to make unique monotypes.
My inspiration is drawn from the 13th Century love poems of Ibn ‘Arabi, landscapes of longing and the wild birds and animals of wide open spaces. Images are encountered, observed or imagined. My drawings, on the other hand, are usually based on the human figure, in mixed media of ink and charcoal and conté crayon.’
RAHIMA KENNER EXHIBITIONS 2019
Gallery Zikit, Birds, Rehovot, Israel, One-person exhibition of etchings, February-March 2019
Oxfordshire County Museum Woodstock, Oxford Art Society Members’ Exhibition, 6-28 April 2019
New Hinksey Arts, SOCA Lake Street, OX1 4RP, Site 139 Oxfordshire Visual Arts Festival, 4-6 May & 11-12 May 2019
Rahima Kenner, Rose Bradford, Sue Wheeler ~ 3 Professional Printmakers, 11-19 May 2019, Hours: 11am-6pm Venue: 115 Lower Radley, Abingdon, OX13 3BA
Lower Radley Studios Oxfordshire Artweeks Site 219
University Museum of Natural History Oxford, The First Animals, Oxford Printmakers, 11 July 2019
North Wall Gallery, Early Life of the Cambrian Explosion, Etchings, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford Printmakers, July 2019
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UPCOMING COURSES 2019
50% ADVANCE DEPOSIT SECURES A PLACE ON EACH COURSE
INTRODUCTION TO ETCHING with Rahima Kenner
5 June – 11 July
6 Wednesday evenings, 6.30-9.30pm
Oxford Printmakers’ Studio, Tyndale Road, Oxford
£160 including all materials and refreshments
This class introduces to the basics of intaglio etching and is very popular therefore early booking advisable
PRINTMAKING TASTER COURSE
Handmade Oxford International Contemporary Arts Festival ~ http://www.craftcourses.com Waterperry Gardens,
27, 28, 29, 30 June
Waterperry, Oxon
2 hour course ~ Book: kate@craftcourses.com
4 July EXPLORING PRINT DAY
Day workshop with Intaglio press, Drypoint and Monoprint techniques
£65 All necessary materials and refreshments included, No prior experience required
Private central Oxford Studio Booking: 01865 723410
Workshops, Outreach & Inset days please see Workshops
COMMISSIONS
Private commissions are welcomed. If you wish to commission a unique handmade print, painting or drawing, as a gift, to commemorate an event or place, or for your home, please contact the artist to discuss: Enquiry
Other galleries from which Rahima’s prints can be purchased:
Sanders of Oxford: Sanders, selling Rahima Kenner prints
The Oxford Arts Society: OAS Paintings OAS Prints
Art Jericho: Art Jericho
Past exhibitions:
SOCA Gallery, Lake Street, Hinskey Park Oxford
St Edmund Hall College, University of Oxford, Queen’s Lane OX1 4AR
Oxford Printmaker’s Co-Operative, Christadelphian Church Hall, Tyndale Road OX4 1JL
Fusion Arts, Princes Street OX1 1DD 4RP
Copyright Rahima Kenner 2019 all rights asserted by Rahima Kenner