Rosalind

Rosalind

ROSALIND DAVIS
London-based mixed media painter creating paintings of dystopian landscapes which incorporate paint embroidery and floral-print. Rosalind Davis is a graduate from the RCA and Chelsea College of Art and has exhibited nationally and internationally with work in private and public collections as well as having several solo shows in London. In 2010 she was selected for the UKYA, ING Discerning Eye and Lynn Painters Stainers Prize as well as having several solo shows in Central and East London. In 2011 Davis has been exhibited at the Delhi Art Summit, Vienna Biennale and Phoenix Brighton. Her work is currently exhibited at the Courtauld Institute East Wing X exhibition 2012- 13.

Between 2009-11 she co-founded, curated and managed Core Gallery a dynamic artist-led gallery space in Deptford London, working in collaboration with over 200 artists and curators.In addition she was exhibitions Manager for Matt Roberts Arts and co-curated the Salon Photo and Video.Prize 2011.
Davis also programmed and managed DIY Educate a dynamic artists professional development programme with Annabel Tilley. In 2012 they have gone on to set up a new artist led organisation ZeitgeistArtProjects, where future DIY Educate events and curated exhibitions will be housed.
She is a freelance lecturer for RCA, UAL, amongst others and creative practitioner delivering mixed media workshops at Phoenix Brighton, West Dean College and for schools and HE. As a writer she has contributed to The Guardian, a-n, Jotta and Artlicks. as well as an acclaimed blogger on a-n Artists talking.

Davis is a member of the AIR Council, a social and political advocacy organization with a 16 000-strong membership.

www.rosalinddavis.co.uk
Rosalind.davis@network.rca.ac.uk
 

Exhibitions

Education
MA, Mixed Media Textiles, Royal College of Arts, (2005)
BA ( Hons) Textiles, Chelsea College of Art, (2003)

Solo Exhibitions
2010 A Difference in Vision, Salon Projects, 4 Regents Place, Soho, W1B 5EA
Belong, South Bank Arts Centre, Bedford College, Bedford
2009 I am Yours, Julian Hartnoll Gallery, 37 Duke Street, St James, London
Projection, John Jones, 4 Morris Place, Finsbury Park, London
2008 Inheritance, Deptford X, The Stephen Lawrence Centre, Deptford, London
2007 We Were Here Once, The Residence Gallery, Hackney, London

Selected Group Exhibitions
2012

Collectible, ZeitgeistArtsProjects, Bond House Gallery, London
Material Matters, East Wing X Collection, Courtauld Institute, London
2011

Crash Open Salon, Charlie Dutton Gallery, London
Home, Curating and exhibiting, Core Gallery, London
Artworks Open 2011, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London.
Twisted, Phoenix Brighton Gallery, Waterloo Place, Brighton.
Deliverance, CoExist Arts, The Old Water Works, North road, Southend on Sea.
In the Current Climate, Core Gallery, Deptford, London
Brief Permanence, Art Gene, Bath Street , Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Bite the Hand That, Feeds You, MIMOCART Space, Jermyn Street, London
The Indian Contemporary Art Summit, Stark Projects, New Delhi, India
(Darling) You Send Me, b9 Galerie Bauernmarkt, Vienna Austria

2010

Relay, Core Gallery, Deptford, London SE8 3DX
The Ing Discerning Eye Exhibition , The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1Y 5BD
The Lynn Painters Stainers Prize Painters’ Hall, 9 Little Trinity Lane, London
Touring to W. H. Patterson Gallery, 19 Albemarle Street, London
UK Young Artists Event, Déda, Chapel St, Derby
Ludlow Summer Open, Ludlow College, Shropshire
Englands Glory, Gallery 27, Cork Street, London
Wilderness, Core Gallery, Deptford, London
London Art Fair, Long and Ryle Gallery, Islington, London
West Dean College Spring Exhibition, West Dean College Henry James Foundation, Chichester

2009

FloorPlan, Brighton Phoenix Gallery, Waterloo Place, Brighton
2021, The British Art Fair, Long and Ryle Gallery, RCA, Kensington, London
Remembered Landscapes, Long and Ryle Gallery, Pimlico , London
artWorksOpen, Barbican Arts Group Trust, artworks Project Space, London
From Light to Dust, The Roundhouse, London touring to Theatre Opt De Markt, Brussels.
Transience, Shunt, London Bridge, London
Start Your Collection, London Art Fair, Contemporary Art Projects, Islington, London
Rummage, Café Gallery Projects, Southwark Park, London

2008

Salon 08, Matt Roberts Arts VINESpace, Vyner Street, London
Start Your Collection, Contemporary Art Projects, Old Street,London
The Distance Between’ Signal Gallery, Hoxton, London
'00 Nature, Contemporary Art Projects, Hoxton , London
Dna, International Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia, Earls Court, London

2007 Café Gallery Annual Open, Café Gallery Projects, Southwark, London
Clare Morris Open,Various spaces, County Mayo, Ireland
Rare Finds, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
Grieve and Samaritans Art Prize, Houses of Parliament, London
[identity] Bath Fringe Festival, The Old Postal Museum, Bath
London Art Fair, Long and Ryle Gallery, Islington, London

2006 DiverseRCA, RCA, Kensington, London
Straordinary Lines, Somerset Maugham Gallery, Horsebridge Art Centre, Whitstable
His (and Her) Dark Materials, The Empire Gallery, Vyner Street London
Hidden Art, The Zetter, St Johns Square, Clerkenwell rd, London

2005 Hidden Art, Salt Gallery, 57 Fore St, Cornwall
Like Nowhere Else, RCA, Kensington, London
Urban Outfitters Pick of the Graduates Show, Urban Outfitters, Kensington London
Transit, RCA, London

2004 Inside Out, RCA, Kensington, London

2003 FutureMap, London Design Festival, Candid Arts, Islington, London
Chelsea Summer Degree Show, Chelsea College of Art, London

Awards:
2011: Select Artist for Rise Art
2010 : Choice blog of the Month, July 2010, Artists Talking, a-n
2009: Choice blog of the Year on Artists Talking, a-n
Choice blog of the month July selected by Matt Roberts of Matt Roberts Arts
2008: New Cross Art Prize, 2008, 2nd Place, the Arts House, Lewisham, London
2007: Grieve and Samaritans Art Prize runner up

Arts Employment History: Curating, Writing, Lecturing& Press
Overview
• Manager of arts led organisations ZeitgeistArtsProjects, DIY Educate and Core Gallery (2009-11) 
• Strong communication and marketing skills
• Contributor to the Guardian, Writer for arts led magazines a-n and Artlicks.
• Professional practicing mixed media artist exhibiting regularly and Internationally
• Educator & Lecturer: teaching all levels of education as a workshop lead, and lecturer
• AIR Council member: Advocacy group of 16,000 Members: created to empower and advocate for the role and representation of artists.