Rachel collier-wilson - Creative With Line
I use drawing, print paint and textiles to explore my creativity
Rachel Collier-Wilson artist
Rachel Collier-Wilson is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is grounded in a love of drawing. Characterised by a bold, expressive line, their work spans painting, printmaking, and wire sculpture, navigating the intersections of gender identity, sexuality, and lived experience.
Holding a BA (Hons) from Central Saint Martins and an MA in Fine Art from Norwich University of the Arts, Rachel combines printmaking, drawing, painting, and sculptural media with contemporary, Queer ideologies. Their practice balances the raw authenticity of narrative portraiture with illustrative, symbolic depictions of wildlife and nature. By elevating marginalised subjects, whether the creatures of the urban landscape or the lives of the LGBTQ+ community, their work subverts traditional hierarchies of beauty, authority, and worth.
Unifying their work is an energetic, distinctive graphic line that creates visual spaces where vulnerability and defiance coexist. Their work has been exhibited widely across the UK and internationally, including in Boston and Auckland.of wildlife with narrative portraiture, Rachel’s art is unified by an energetic and distinctive line. They have exhibited widely across the UK and internationally, including in Boston and Auckland.
Rachel curates Queer Arts Festival, QueerFest , whichcoincides with LGBTQ+ History Month every February.
Rachel grew up in the Peak District and has lived in London, Boston, New Zealand and now Norwich. All of these experiences also feed into their creativity.
Exhibitions and events
Found: PRINT Cromer 20th June – 10th July
WIGHTON26: undercurrent Curator Chris Bailkoski 1 July-3 August 2026
Past Exhibitions
Tracing Mapping: A queer Genealogy 20 June - 3 july, shoe factory Norwich
Being woman, April Mandells
surface Tension, Queerfest exhibition, February 2026 St Margarets Gallery
Surface tension suggests both resilience and fragility: a force that holds, yet can be broken.
Under The Skin, Queerfest Exhibition February Anteros ,
Under the Skin celebrates four years of queer artistic practice shaped by the Queerfest community.
PostGraduate SHowcase september Norwich University of the Arts
‘SURFACE TENSION’ art exhibition will be a central element of Queerfest Norwich 2026.
Queer East Art Exhibition - Queer Fest Norwich 2023
ART FAIR EAST 2022
Art Fair East 2022 1st - 4th December at St Andrew's Hall, Norwich