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Exhibitions
Rosie is an
honours graduate of Manchester Polytechnic,
Faculty of Art and Design and studied Fashion Illustration at St Martin's
School of Art, London
| 2008 |
 | Artzyard Gallery Portaferry, Easter
Group Exhibition |
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| 2007 |
| Milltown House Lisburn Winter Group
Exhibition |
| "6 Women" Group
Exhibition Yard Gallery, Holywood Co Down |
| Arts Society of Ulster Annual
Exhibition, Merville House |
| Macmillan Cancer Research Group
Exhibition Lorne House |
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| 2006 |
| Arts Society of Ulster Annual
Exhibition, Switch Gallery, Belfast. (Winner of the Bigger and Strachan
Award for Portraiture and Figure Drawing) |
| Hillsborough Castle with Arts
Society of Ulster |
| Exhibiting with Portstewart
Galleries, Manor Fine Arts, Banbridge and The Yard Gallery,
Holywood, Co Down, Milltown House Gallery, Christmas Exhibition |
| Teaching private groups in Belfast and Holywood, Co
Down |
| Until recently, lecturing in Armagh College of
Further and Higher Education; Newry and Kilkeel Institute of
Further and Higher Education |
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| 2005 |
| Arts Society of Ulster Annual
Exhibition |
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| 2004 |
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| 2003 |
| Group exhibition of Irish
Art at Belfast Harlequins |
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Davison
Gallery, Holywood
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Manor
Fine Arts, Banbridge
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Pastel Society of Ireland ,
Saint Patrick’s Trian, Armagh,
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Milltown
House Gallery, Christmas Exhibition |
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| 2002 |
| Pastel Society of Ireland, Down
Arts Centre, Downpatrick, |
| Group exhibition with my own art students,
Holywood, Co Down |
| Group exhibition with students from
my Art Club, Malone Road |
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| 2001 |
| Milltown House, Winter Exhibition, Derriaghy, Northern Ireland |
| Pastel Society of Ireland, Civic Centre,
Lisburn, Northern Ireland |
| Group Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast |
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| 2000 |
| Group Exhibition, Straid Gallery, Ballyclare, Co Antrim |
| Pastel Society of Ireland, Hillsborough, Northern Ireland |
| Maritime Museum, Donegal, Ireland |
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| 1999 |
| Solo exhibition, <Altes Rathaus>, Bad Nauheim, Germany - in
conjunction with International Club's <Seachtain na Gaelige>
Irish Week |
| Group Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast |
| Group Exhibition, Malone House, Belfast |
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| 1997 |
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Solo Exhibition, Haus Devrient, Bad
Homburg, Germany |
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Group Exhibition, Galerie BBK,
Frankfurt, <Kreuzweise> |
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Group Exhibition, <Horizonte> in
Friedberg, Germany |
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2nd Commission to design and
paint theatre backdrops for School of
Ballet, Bad Nauheim, Germany |
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Group Exhibition, <Youth
Initiatives>, Wellington Park, Belfast, |
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Group Exhibition, 5th Wetterau Culture
Week, Civic Hall, Karben, Germany - sponsored by Frankfurter Rundschau
(newspaper) |
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| 1996 |
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Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast,
N.Ireland |
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ARTIST'S
STATEMENT
I am intrigued
by the effect light and therefore colour has on the human spirit. The subject
matter in my paintings, whether still-life motifs, harbour scenes or the human
form, is a spring-board for the start of a journey. Each painting has a set of
problems to be resolved, not just the formal elements of composition, colour and
painting techniques etc. but my own personal response to the painting as it
evolves. Because of this I prefer to work in materials such as oils, acrylics
and pastels which give me the freedom to change things as I proceed. With a
background of fashion design and illustration it's not surprising that artists
such as Matisse and Bonnard have been an inspiration and also, living for 18
years in Germany, the German Expressionists. |
