"I’ve always been creating art, but it wasn’t until I completed my A-Levels in 2019 that I began practicing professionally, taking on commissioned work and exhibiting locally."
Rosie has continued to build a body of work, involving projects from around the world and exhibitions around London and Norfolk. In 2022, she was a contestant on Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year, where her portrait of British rapper and television personality Big Zuu was shortlisted by the judges.
2023 was an equally exciting year involving the Society of British Artists’ Bicentennial Exhibition (March), Affordable Art Fair Hampstead and The Jackson’s Painting Prize exhibition at Bankside Gallery, London (July), as well as her first duo exhibition in collaboration with fellow figurative artist Karen Turner at Fairhurst Gallery, Norwich (October).
Throughout January, 2024, Rosie was artist-in-residence at The Crypt Gallery, Norwich Cathedral Close, in collaboration with Norwich School and curators Contemporary and Country, presenting her first ever solo show to the public at the gallery between the 10 - 15 February. Rosie primarily works with oil paint. In her studio practice she is continuously attempting to introduce something new; toying with texture, composition and colour, leaning into the creative potential of experiments and chance marks, finding ways to isolate specific details and work them further.
SOLO SHOWS
2024
"CLOSE" Contemporary and Country at The Crypt Gallery, Cathedral Close, Nortwich,.Following a residentcy at Norwich School in January 2024, this exhibition presented some of her work in progress as well as an opportunity to showcase her work in oils to date.
DUO SHOWS
2023
Reactions: Society, Surroundings and Self’, Fairhurst Gallery, Norwich, UK - In collaboration with Karen Turner https://www.karenturnerfineart.com
GROUP SHOWS
2024
Roal Society of British Artists 'Rising Stars' Exhibition at The Royal Overseas League, London
Heads and Tails Contemporary and Country at The Fermoy and Shakespeare Barn, King's Lynn, UK - https://www.contemporaryandcountry.com/exhibitions/26-heads-tails-picturing-people-and-other-animals/overview/
Jackson’s Painting Prize Annual Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, UK - https://www.jacksonsart.com/paintingprize/
‘The New Face Of Portraiture’, Cromer Artspace, Cromer, UK - https://cromer-artspace.uk/events/event/the-new-face-of-portraiture
Chelsea Art Society Summer Exhibition, Chelsea Town Hall, London, UK - https://chelseaartsociety.org.uk/cas-summer-exhibition/
Society of Women Artists 162nd Annual Exhibition , Mall Galleries, London, UK - https://www.society-women-artists.org.uk
Institute of East Anglian Artists Annual Open Exhibition, The Gallery Holt, Holt, UK - https://thegalleryholt.com/product-category/IEA-Institute-of-East-Anglian-artists/
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London, UK - https://affordableartfair.com
Royal Society of British Artists Bicentennial exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK - https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/royal-society-british-artists-bicentennial-exhibition
2022
John Dalton - Gently Does It Art Prize - First Grand Prize - https://www.kaleido.art/prize/John-Dalton-Fall2022
Portrait Artist of the Year Season 9 - Shortlisted Artist, Heat 5, Battersea Arts Centre, London, UK https://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tv (Portrait time-lapse - https://vimeo.com/731561512)
‘The Transience of Beauty’, The Gallery Holt, Holt, UK - http://thegalleryholt.com/product-category/the-transience-of-beauty/
2021
Holt Festival Art Prizes, St Andrews Meeting Hall/Adrian Hill Fine Art, Holt, UK
2021
‘Emerging Artists’, The Art House Cafe, Cromer, UK
2019
‘New Generation’, The Art House Cafe, Cromer, UK
AWARDS
2024
Rome Scholarship Shortlisted
Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery - Longlisted
2021
Sworders Art prize for Emerging Artists, Holt Festival Art Prizes, UK
Sir John Hurt Art Prize - Highly Commended, Holt Festival Art Prizes, UK http://www.holtfestival.org/artprizes/
Holt Festival Art Prizes, St Andrews Meeting Hall/Adrian Hill Fine Art, Holt, UK
PRESS
Making a Mark - https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2022/11/review-episode-5-of-portrait-artist-of-year-2022.html
North Norfolk News - https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/23037135.meet-21-year-old-painter-set-feature-sky-programme/
Norfolk Live livestream interview (Facebook) - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=191772686266212
Lady Cult/Retro Cult blog interview - https://ladycultblog.com/2021/04/29/artists-spotlight-rosiephillipsarts/