About
Rachel Roberts
Rachel is an Australian artist-illustrator, who creates original drawings by hand. She explores different mediums, styles and effects, but often returns to her first loves; pencil drawing and portraiture.
Rachel's work is published in books and magazines, and she illustrated the award-winning children’s picture book, Books Don't Need Batteries. Her larger works on paper have been exhibited in Australia. She produces work on commission - as part of a collaborative team or independently.
While Rachel is mostly self-taught, she studied drawing techniques at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore. She holds a philosophy degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
To discuss your collaborative project or commission, please contact Rachel via email rachelrobertsdraws@gmail.com or Instagram
Select publications
Womanly magazine, Issue no. 7: S-E-X, Celebrating the Spectrum, online edition (illustrations, 'Eat me' and 'Look at me now').
The Art of Being Dangerous: Exploring Women and Danger through Creative Expression, paperback, published by Leuven University Press (illustration and supporting text).
South of the Sun - Australian Fairy Tales for the 21st Century, paperback, published by Serenity Press (illustration).
Womanly magazine, Issue no. 5: Stressed Out!, print and online editions (artwork, 'Lost').
Books Don't Need Batteries, print and online children's picturebook by Sonny Evans (illustration, layout and design).
Dangerous Women Project, online initiative of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh (illustration and supporting text).
Several Australian book titles, print and online, published by Odyssey Books (book cover art).
Exhibitions
2020
FACE Unframed open exhibition
Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT
2019
PULP ART group exhibition
The Front Gallery, Canberra, ACT
The Queanbeyan Hive, NSW
2019
METAMORPHOSIS Unframed open exhibition
Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT
Commissions - open
Rachel produces original artwork on commission, including illustration for editorial, marketing, products, picturebooks and special occasions. Her clients range from businesses to not-for-profit groups and individuals.
To discuss your collaborative project or commission, please get in touch via email rachelrobertsdraws@gmail.com or Instagram