Rosie Mortimer MRSS was raised in London, where she studied at Chelsea College of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art, graduating in 1990. In 1996 she completed her MFA at the Edinburgh College of Art. She has been a practising artist for over 25 years.
Her early work was largely concerned with the relationship of objects to their surroundings/architecture, and was often installation-based. She has created work on all scales, from the almost monumental to the hand-held. Her more recent work explores the physical qualities of materials, both traditional and everyday. She uses a wide variety of processes, giving import to objects by transforming them with subtle interferences.
She currently teaches at Northbrook College, Worthing.
Born
Newlyn, Cornwall, UK, 1967
Education
1996 MFA, Edinburgh College of Art, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
1990 B.A. Honours, First Class , Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
1986 Foundation, Chelsea College of Art, London
Resides
Lives and works in West Sussex, UK
Exhibitions
2024 Duality The Sussex Contemporary, Group Exhibition, Marine Workshops, Newhaven
2022 The Luminous and the Grey, Group Exhibition, Colonnade House, Worthing
November 2021 - April 2022, A Generous Space, Group Exhibition, Hastings Contemporary, Hastings
2016 Group Exhibition, Worthing Museum, Worthing
2011 Group Exhibition Alexandra Palace, London
2007 Group Exhibition Alexandra Palace, London
2006 Group Exhibition Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester
2004 Group Exhibition Alexandra Palace, London
2002 Group Exhibition Muswell Hill Studios, London
1999 Group Exhibition Muswell Hill Studios, London
1996 Group Exhibition Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
1995 Group Exhibition Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
1993 Solo Exhibition Drawings for Sculpture, Brixton Studios, London
1990 Group Exhibition, UCL, London
1988 Group Exhibition Swiss Cottage, London
1986 Group Exhibition Bagley’s Lane Studios, Chelsea, London
Awards
2024 The Artefact Prize (Sussex Contemporary/Artelium)
1995 Scott Fine Art Award for Sculpture
1988 Camden Art Schools ‘New Talent’ Award
Works held in private collections in the UK, Canada, France and Italy.