Rosalind Davis

email: rosalind.davis@hpc-uk.org

for more examples of her work please go to:
http://www.hiddenartlondon.co.uk/rosalinddavis
http://www.axisweb.org/artist/rosalinddavis

Rosalind Davis graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design BA (Hons) Textile Design (2003) specialising in constructed textiles then completed a Postgraduate at the Royal College of Arts studying Mixed Media Textiles (2005).
Painting on a combination of fabrics; layering, appliquéing, embroidering fabrics or using printed backgrounds Davis enriches the surface and textures of her paintings. Davis mainly focuses on landscapes and often post-industrial sites as subject matter, interested in creating juxtaposition between manmade and organic, the natural and unnatural. The tactile qualities and surfaces are integral to the theme of each piece evoking a tantalisingly macabre and poetic territory, creating paintings for galleries and interior spaces.
In addition to creating gallery pieces Davis also creates hand-painted and embroidered 'art' skirts and sculptural accessories which are stocked in exclusive boutiques in London. Considering fashion as an important realm of expression and investigating the deeper and emotional meaning of clothes Davis feels that the underlying theme of her work is the representation of internal processes and of the desire to make that which can be viewed as ordinary into something more extraordinary and infused with pathos.
A graduate of Chelsea College of Art and the Royal College of Art Rosalind Davis has exhibited Nationally and Internationally.

'Rebelling against the traditional canvas, Rosalind Davis paints expressive and poetic landscapes. Her work reveals tactile surfaces and fragments of stories that explore placement and contrasting textures.'
Joyce Thornton, Generation Now Editor, World Global Style Network

'Textiles are usually associated with decoration, pattern and colour, a soft, warm, feminine material. They are also an undervalued, underappreciated and misunderstood medium. The work of Rosalind Davis challenges the preconceptions that accompany the word, Textiles. Davis subverts the medium and presents us with an ominous, threatening world exposing us to post apocalyptic landscapes. The only evidence of human existence is rendered through her use of embroidery. It's a dark and dirty tactile world that you will be glad not to inhabit. Textiles can be powerful stuff. '
Freddie Robins
Artist and Tutor in Constructed Textiles at the Royal College of Art, London

Education;

2003-2005 MA Constructed Textiles, Royal College of Art.

2000-2003 BA (Hons) Textile Design, Chelsea College of Art.

Exhibitions

2006;
DiverseRCA, RCA, Kensington Gore, London
Hothouse Open, Applied Arts. Hothouse, London Fields, London
Straordinary Lines. Rosalind Davis and Peter Davis, Somerset Maugham Gallery, Horsebridge Art Centre, Whitstable.
His (and Her) Dark Materials, Rosalind Davis and Paul Maffrett, The Empire Gallery, Wadeson St, London
Noise Festival, online and cross-media festival.
The Sefton Open, Atkinson Art Gallery, Lord St, Merseyside
Waterloo Summer Open, Baylis Rd, London
Charity Fashion Show, St George the Martyr, Bloomsbury, London
Open Arts Competition, Black Swan Arts, 2 Bridge St, Frome
Hidden Art at The Zetter, St Johns Square , 86-88 Clerkenwell rd, London.

2005:
The Art House, North st, Westbourne, Hants.
Hidden Art @SALT, 57 Fore St, Copperhouse, Hayle, Cornwall
Sefton Open, Atkinson Art Gallery, Lord St, Southport, Merseyside
Swansea Fringe Festival Exhibition, Exposure Gallery, 9 College st, Swansea.
Like Nowhere Else, Henry Moore Gallery, RCA, London
Urban Outfitters Graduate Show, Urban Outfitters, High St Kensington, London
Ambiente Arabia, Dubai
Transit, Henry Moore Gallery, RCA, London

2004:
Winter exhibition, The Media Village. London.
Inside Out, Hockney Gallery, RCA. London.
'The Truth is Where We Were' MBJ Gallery. London, Solo show
International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York.
Passione, Frankfurt.
Work In Progress, RCA. London.
Alternative Fashion Week, Spitalfields Market. London

2003:
FutureMap, ' An exhibition of exceptional design talent' in conjunction with the London Design Festival. Candid Arts, London.
New Designers, Business Design Centre. London
Chelsea Summer Degree Show, Chelsea College of Art, London