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Rosalind Davis

Date of birth 07.Oct.80
Place of birth UK
Country of residence United Kingdom
Contact rosalind.davis@network.rca.ac.uk

Davis primarily seeks out structures that may seem neglected but for the individuals who use these buildings they are a refuge and of vital importance. They are a means of survival in bleak urban cityscapes. Often, the buildings are community based in areas of widespread social deprivation that may seem hostile, threatening or full of pathos.

Davis’ work is influenced by the tradition of urban realism and the landscape art movement of George Shaw, Jock Mcfadyen and Edward Hopper as well as the materiality and experimental surfaces of Michael Raedecker and Peter Doig. In addition there are references to the Romantic movements and the melancholia of the Pre- Raphaelites.

Davis studied at Chelsea College of Art and the Royal College of Art and has exhibited widely securing exposure through exhibiting in many prestigious shows and galleries and has paintings in both public and private collections.

Most recently she has had a solo show at the Stephen Lawrence Centre for the Deptford X Arts festival and has been selected for Salon 08 at VINEspace and Matt Roberts Arts. She has also won second prize in the 2008 New Cross Art Prize.

Reccent and forthcoming Exhibitions:
•Salon 08, VINESpace, 4th- 21st December, 25a Vyner Street, London, E2 9DG
•Start Your Collection, , Contemporary Art Projects, London Art Fair, January 2009
•From Light to Dust, Camden Roundhouse, March 09
•Exeter Phoenix Gallery, title tba, Brighton,2009

Exhibitions
2008:

Solace in Dreams, Milletrè , 15 Victoria Grove, Kensington W8 5RW. Solo Show
Inheritance, Deptford X Arts Festival, The Stephen Lawrence Centre, Deptford, London. Solo Show
Start Your Collection, Contemporary Art Projects, 20 Rivington St, London
The Distance Between, Signal Gallery, Hoxton, London EC2A 3AA
'00 Nature, Contemporary Art Projects, 20 Rivington St London EC2A 3DU
dna at Form, International Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia, London

2007:
We Were Here Once, The Residence Gallery, Vergers Cottage, Hackney, London. Solo Show
Clare Morris Open,Various spaces, County Mayo, Ireland.
Grieve and Samaritans Art Prize, London.
[identity] Bath Fringe Festival, The Old Postal Museum, Bath
London Art Fair, Long and Ryle Gallery, London

2006:
DiverseRCA, RCA, Kensington Gore, 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, London

Exhibitions Salon 08, 04.Dec - 21.Dec.08, GOODEN GALLERY, Start Your Collection 2008!, 01.Aug - 20.Sep.08, Contemporary Art Projects, The Distance Between, 12.Jun - 12.Jul.08, Signal Gallery, '00 Nature Part 1, 10.Apr - 15.May.08, Contemporary Art Projects

(w) www.rosalinddavis.co.uk