Rachel Owen

Dr Rachel Owen
Born Rachel Mary Owen
1968
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Spouse(s) Thom Yorke
Children 2

Rachel Mary Owen (1968 – 18 December 2016)[1] was a British photographer, printmaker and lecturer on medieval Italian literature.[2]

Life and career

Owen was born in Cardiff, Wales.[3] She received a B.A. (Hons) in Italian and Fine Art (Painting) specialising in Printmaking, from University of Exeter.[4] In the 1990s she lived in Poggetto with two students and studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Florence, where she fell in love with Dante's work.[5] She received an M.A. by Creative Practice with Merit.[4] In 2001, Owen received a PhD from the University of London, where her research was on the illustrations in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.[6]

Owen was a lecturer in Italian with a focus on medieval Italian literature, where she examined illustration and its reception in Dante's Divine Comedy.[2] She taught art history and Dante studies for visiting students at University of Oxford.[7] She was also a fine-art printmaker.[8] She mixed photography with printmaking[9] and her work explored ideas of transformation using photographic screenprints.[10] Her artwork was featured on the cover of the single for the 1993 Radiohead song "Pop Is Dead," included in the rerelease of the band's debut album Pablo Honey.[11] Owen was a member of the Oxford Printmakers Co-operative.[1][10]

She died of cancer on 18 December 2016 at the age of 48.[12]

Personal life

For 23 years Owen was in a relationship with Thom Yorke of the band Radiohead, whom she met while they were students at University of Exeter.[13][14][12] She and Yorke had two children, a son Noah, born in 2001, and a daughter Agnes, born in 2004.[15] According to the Times, Yorke and Owen married in a secret ceremony in May 2003 in Oxfordshire, which was not reported to the media.[16] In August 2015, the couple announced they had separated amicably "after 23 highly creative and happy years".[17] Several critics believed the separation influenced the lyrics of Radiohead's 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool.[18][19][20][21][22][23] Radiohead dedicated the 2017 OKNOTOK reissue of their 1997 album OK Computer to Owen's memory.[24]

Exhibition

Works

References

  1. 1 2 Ray, Emily (20 December 2016). "Dr. Rachel Owen: 1968–2016. Partner of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Was Accomplished Printmaker". Paste.
  2. 1 2 "Dr Rachel Owen (1968–2016)". Pembroke College, Oxford. 19 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rachel Owen". Ballon Rouge Art.
  4. 1 2 "Rachel Owen at Saatchi Art". Saatchi Art.
  5. ↑ Paloscia, Fulvio (23 September 2012). "Rachel, l'altra artista di casa Yorke "A Firenze mi innamorai di Dante"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Firenze.
  6. ↑ Owen, Rachel Mary (2001). Illuminated Manuscripts of Dante's Commedia (1330–1490) in Their Cultural and Artistic Context (Thesis (Ph. D.)). London: Royal Holloway, University of London. OCLC 556889838.
  7. ↑ Owen, Rachel; Calè, Luisa (2007). "The Image of Dante, Poet and Pilgrim". In Braida, Antonella. Dante on View: The Reception of Dante in the Visual and Performing Arts. London: Ashgate. pp. 83–94. ISBN 978-0-7546-5896-2. OCLC 83609616.
  8. ↑ "Rachel Owen: Biography". RachelOwen.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Slawson, Nicola (20 December 2016). "Thom Yorke's ex-partner Rachel Owen dies at 48". The Guardian.
  10. 1 2 Owen, Rachel. "Rachel Owen: Artist Statement". Oxford Printmakers Co-operative.
  11. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (15 January 2009). "Radiohead’s First Three Albums Reissued with Extras". SPIN.
  12. 1 2 Vincent, Alice (20 December 2016). "Thom Yorke's ex-partner, Rachel Owen, dies aged 48". The Telegraph.
  13. ↑ Randall, Mac (2012). Exit Music: The Radiohead Story (Updated 4th ed.). Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1-458-47147-5. OCLC 946707168.
  14. ↑ Binelli, Mark (7 February 2008). "The Future According to Radiohead: How they ditched the record business and still topped the charts". Rolling Stone.
  15. ↑ McLean, Craig (17 June 2006). "Thom Yorke: 'It's not my job to do business with politicians'". The Guardian.
  16. ↑ "Marriage secret of Radiohead star and the woman he lost to cancer". Retrieved 2016-12-27.
  17. ↑ NME News Desk (15 August 2015). "Thom Yorke and Rachel Owen announce separation". NME.
  18. ↑ Hughes, Tim (20 December 2016). "Tribute paid to Dr Rachel Owen, artist, academic and former partner of Radiohead's Thom Yorke, who has died". Oxford Mail.
  19. ↑ Leight, Elias (20 December 2016). "Dr. Rachel Owen, Former Partner of Thom Yorke, Dead at Age 48". Rolling Stone.
  20. ↑ Larson, Jeremy D. (9 May 2016). "Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool: The 5 Most Important Things To Know". Pitchfork. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  21. ↑ Pareles, Jon (8 May 2016). "In Radiohead's 'A Moon Shaped Pool', Patient Perfectionism". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  22. ↑ Joffe, Justin (9 May 2016). "Radiohead Swims in Gorgeous Despondency on 'A Moon Shaped Pool'". The New York Observer. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  23. ↑ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (10 May 2016). "Dancing in the Moonlight with Radiohead". MTV. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  24. ↑ Cook-Wilson, Winston (22 June 2017). "Radiohead’s OKNOTOK Dedicated to Thom Yorke’s Late Partner Rachel Owen". Spin. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  25. ↑ Ballon, Nick (5 November 2015). "Rachel Owen at Thame print art show". Ballon Rouge Art.
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