Rio Darwin

     Education

      2021 - 2025  BA Fine Art, Manchester School of Art

       Exhibitions

      2026 HOME  Open 2026, Manchester      
      2026 Peripheries, Mill 2 Gallery, 1853 Studios, Manchester
      2026 Waterside Gallery, Manchester
      2026 Ones To Watch, Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds
      2025 Humanos, Saan1, Manchester
       2025 Manchester Contemporary  
       2025 Design for Impact, The British  University in Egypt, Cairo        
      2025 Bound Art Book Fair, The Whitworth, Manchester
      2025 Found in Castelo Branco, Fábrica da Criatividade, Portugal    
      2025 Manchester School of Art Degree Show  
       2025 What If ?, The Holden Gallery, Manchester
       2025 It’s Paradise Up North, Paradise Works, Manchester
       2025 A route of evanescence, The Slide Gallery, Manchester
       2025 His, Her, Their stories III, Sink Gallery, Manchester
       2024 Under mercy of moon and tide, Seesaw, Manchester
       2024 The Yellow Day of Beltane, Mill 1 Gallery, 1853 Studios, Manchester
       2024 Terrain Unravelled Tales, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
       2024 Traces Unveiled, Manchester School of Art
       2023 Whiteknights Studio Trail, Reading  
       2023 Intarsia Relics, Brickhouse, Manchester
       2022 Hothouse, Crescent Arts, Woodend Gallery, Scarborough
    
     Curation

     2025 Found in Castelo Branco, Fábrica da Criatividade, Portugal
     2025 A route of evanescence, The Slide Gallery, Manchester
      2024 Under mercy of moon and tide, Seesaw, Manchester
      2024 The Yellow Day of Beltane, 1853 Studios, Manchester
      2024 Terrain Unravelled Tales, Bankley Gallery, Manchester

      Awards/Residencies

     2026 Haworth Trust Scholarship 26/27:  Paradise Works Studio Grant    
     2026 HOME Open 2026 Castlefield Gallery Artist Development Award (Supported by the Baker Family Charitable Trust)
     2025 Mentorship with Zoe Watson (Awarded by Paradise Works)
     2025 Castelo Branco Residency Award
     2025 Art School Commissions, The Holden Gallery

    Talks

    2026  Our Art Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4n0A63fuyddkgyfAYII6qw?si=Ebqth5hNQt2xufdNcT6KHw
   2024 The Stone Circle, Dvrk Arts Research Kollective x The Stones Project, O! Peste Destroyed, Manchester

    Press

   2026 https://www.homemcr.org/meet-the-winners-of-manchester-open-2026-qyrt
   2026 https://peshkar.co.uk/ydf26-artist-11
   2026 https://www.1853studios.com/blog/peripheries-8-23-may-2026-mill-2-gallery
   2025 https://watersidearts.org/events/great-northern-graduates
   2025 https://www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/gallery/ones-to-watch-2026/the-artists
   2025 https://degreeshow.mmu.ac.uk/2025/profiles/rio-darwin