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Instagram: @rushdrayton
Rush Drayton (b. 1998) — portrait: Holly Blanshard
Rush Drayton is a sculptor and mechanical design engineer whose practice explores the intersection of art, engineering, and ecology. Working across sculpture, robotics, and material experimentation, he develops works that investigate the shifting relationship between humans, technology, and the natural world.
Drayton holds a dual Master’s in Innovation Design Engineering from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London, where his work combined scientific research with speculative design to challenge conventional ways of thinking about more-than-human systems and environmental futures.
In 2025, he worked in the Berlin studio of Julius von Bismarck, contributing to a major Kunst am Bau commission for Frankfurt Airport. He now works as a Mechanical Engineer at RIVAN, designing hardware for synthetic methane production systems that generate carbon-neutral fuel from water, air, and renewable electricity.
Based between London and Sydney, Drayton continues to develop an interdisciplinary practice that brings together contemporary sculpture, engineering, and emerging technologies to explore new forms of coexistence between human and non-human worlds.
Education
Master of Art - Royal College of Art '26
Master of Science - Imperial College London '26
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Animal Selves, Comber Street Studios, Sydney
2024 Animal Selves, Victor Churchill, Sydney
Awards
2025 ArtEvol, Saatchi Gallery, London , Finalist
2025 Primitive Medium, Far South Film Festival, Finalist
2025 Good Mourning, AcrossRCA, Finalist
2023 Grandfather Hare, Sculpture on the Farm, Finalist
2023 Grandfather Hare, Sculptures in the Garden, Finalist
2023 Couch Potato, Hornsby Art Prize, Finalist
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Paris Design Week, Maison&Objet, Espace Commines
2026 Galleria Objects, London
2026 Art Club Collective, Kachette, London
2025 ArtEvol, Saatchi Gallery, London
2025 Art Club Collective, Old Waiting Room, Peckham Rye
2025 Good Mourning, Royal College of Art, London
2025 SuperGreen, Royal College of Art, London
2025 Adrenaline Junkie, Norman Rea Gallery, York
2024 Frontiers - Artclub, Comber Street Studios, Sydney
Selected Residencies
2025 Royal Designers for Industry - Summer Session, Dartington Hall, Devon
Selected Commissions
2023 Stock Horse, Inglis Bloodstock Consultant, Sydney
Media & Collaborations
2024 Primitive Medium, Apple TV
2024 Primitive Medium, SBS
Selected Press
2025 - objectsobjectsobjectsobjects
2025 - Chair of Virtue
2025 - Munchies Art Club Magazine
2025 - Iconoclast Magazine Issue 2
2024 - Monster Children: Rush Drayton’s Sculptures Make Us Wonder In The Best Way
2024 - Mr Simple: Rush Drayton Artist Feature
2024 - RUSSH Magazine: Meet the artists behind Artclub’s surreal new exhibition Frontiers
©2025 Rush Drayton