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Rosie’s work is concerned with aspects of memory and journey, both her own experiences of living abroad in Russia, South America and the Indian Sub-Continent, and her family’s roots/routes in Russia and their experience as immigrants to this country (early 20th century). Themes such as outside/inside, belonging/stranger, making one’s mark/leaving no trace, memento and memorial continue to inform paintings, photo based work and installation.

Born and brought up in London.
Degree in English Literature and Language from University of Birmingham.
PGCE from Froebel Institute of Education, London.
Lived abroad for most of the years between 1977 and 1994 (Soviet Union/Russia, Pakistan, Brazil, Argentina, Portugal).
Foundation and Fine Art at the Escola de Artes Visuais, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Lived and worked near Kendal for the past ten years.
Closely involved with Green Door Studios in Kendal; as a studio holder, member of Steering Committee, and since 2005 as Administrator. Experience in the curating and installation of group and solo exhibitions, and of project managing events.
Part-time lecturer in art at (then) St.Martin’s College in Lancaster 1999-2004.

Solo shows:

Alexandra Gallery, Lancaster 2008
Sugar Store Gallery, Brewery, Kendal 2007
Warehouse Gallery, Brewery, Kendal 2005
Michael Naimski Gallery, London 2004

Or to put it another way………..

The flicker of frames of a celluloid film.
The flit-flit of images closely observed from a speeding train (or barely registered?).
The intense flash of a hand, a dusty door, a leer, the magenta of a passing dress, that face in that crowd on that day (or was it another day?).
Shards of memory.
Whirling in the mind.
A jumble of papers on the table.

The desire to bring a sense of order to the chaos of different places, people, times.

Colour.
Mark.
Image.
Paint - delicious and seductive. Creamy dreamy.
Light, that cunning old alchemist.
On the surface.

Beneath lurk journeys, histories, connections.
Memories. Mine. Yours. Theirs.

The desire, perhaps futile, to create some form of memorial to those “which have no memorial”.

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