Rachel Adams is a lecturer in Sculpture and Environmental Art (SEA) in the School of Fine Art. She was a visiting lecturer at several universities and art schools, including the Art Academy, DJCAD and ECA. In 2024, she gained her PhD from the University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) Print Studio. This project was a Creative Economies Studentship funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH). Selected exhibitions include Interference, (2026) Yoshimi Arts, Osaka, Damp, (2022) domobaal, London, Noon, David Dale Galleries and Studio, Glasgow, Lowlight, Right Twice a Day, Jerwood Project Space, (all 2018), How to Live in a Flat, The Tetley, Leeds (2014). In 2023, she was a recipient of the Henry Moore Artist Award, and in 2015-6, Adams was a Sainsbury Scholar in Painting and Sculpture at the British School at Rome.