Rosalind Davis
Rosalind Davis is an artist whose central concern is the transformation and reconfiguration of space through her paintings and wider multi-disciplinary work which includes installation, sculpture, photography and drawing. Beginning with the highly rational language of architecture as her primary source, Davis reassembles its geometries to create new, multifaceted spaces.
With a number of paintings in the series ‘This Unfolds’ (2014-20), Davis started with photographs of the undersides of two buildings, both of cultural significance; Caixa Foundation designed by Herzog de Meuron in Madrid and Quai Branly in Paris, Davis merged the two different spaces and forms; re-visualizing, re-constructing and reconfiguring architectural elements to create a third space of multi-dimensional environments. Various portal like openings allude to the boundaries between physical and psychological boundaries; connecting and disconnecting boundaries and pathway intimating a more personalised space and environment of one’s own creation.
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Rosalind DavisSuspend, 2014Oil and gloss paint, vinyl adhesive and embroidery on cotton duck90 x 120 cm
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Rosalind DavisAfter An Exhibit V2 - paper version, 2016mixed media on paper32 x 25 cm
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Rosalind DavisHousebound, 2020oil on canvas27.5 x 35 cm
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Rosalind DavisStrangeLands, 2017Oil and thread on linen100 x 100 cm
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Rosalind Davis is an artist, curator and a graduate of The Royal College of Art (2005) and Chelsea College of Art (2003). As an artist Davis works within painting and installation and has exhibited nationally and internationally in a wide range of galleries and has had a number of solo shows in London: the Bruce Castle Museum (2013); John Jones Project Space; Julian Hartnoll Gallery (2009); The Residence Gallery (2007) and The Stephen Lawrence Centre. Selected group exhibitions have been at the Courtauld Institute, the Foundry Gallery, JGM Gallery, Bo Lee Gallery, Thameside Gallery, Arthouse1 Gallery, Standpoint Gallery, Transition Gallery; The Roundhouse, APT Gallery; Koppel Projects, no format Gallery, the Lion and Lamb Gallery; The ING Discerning Eye; the Lynn Painters Stainers Prize (London) Phoenix Brighton, DOK (Edinburgh) and with the UK Young Artists (Derby). Her work is held in a number of private collections and public collections including Soho House.
Since 2018 Rosalind Davis has alongside her own practice has been working on collaborations with artist Justin Hibbs making site specific works for no format gallery, Seven Oaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, (London and Sevenoaks, 2018) Arthouse1 and My Cup of Coffee is your Cup of Tea and the Foundry Gallery (London, 2019). In 2020 they have works in ‘The Collectors Room’ at JGM Gallery curated by Karen David and ‘Substance Bundle’ at Koppel Projects curated by Alexander Stavrou which are currently closed due to Coronavirus but will re-open when Government policy allows.
Rosalind Davis is also a curator, art consultant, teacher and writer.
A passionate and a dedicated art professional Davis has been directing arts organisations and curatorial projects for over 10 years as well as teaching for even longer and carrying out consultancy work with arts organisations and collectors, as well as companies such as E4 and the Olympic Part on communications and strategy.
She was appointed the Curator at Collyer Bristow Gallery in Bedford Row 2016 -20. Curating generally 3 shows per year, and including a graduate award exhibition every 18 months to support new career artists working with top London Art Schools.
Her first exhibition; Complicity. Artifice and Illusion was reviewed by Art Top 10; ‘Cracking Show. Superb Artists. Brilliantly curated.’ They have also been included in The Times, City Magazine, The Londonist’s top 7 exhibitions in London, Paul Carey-Kent's Artworld and Dateagle Art blogs. Since her appointment at the gallery she has co-hosted a number of events; for the Fine Art Group, The Mall Galleries and Young Professionals in the Arts as well as tours for Barry Schwabsky, the Smithsonian, the Contemporary Art Society and the Government Art Collection. Previous curatorial projects have been at Standpoint Gallery, Arthouse1, Geddes Gallery and with Zeitgeist Arts Projects an arts organisation Davis co-directed 2012-15 at Bond House Gallery (ASC) as well as at Core Gallery 2010-12. Both based in South East London and which included artists education programmes, art tours as well as curatorial projects.
Davis lectures expansively at universities, galleries and arts organisations across the country including the Royal College of Art, ICA, Camden Arts Centre, UAL and many more, and has been a mentor for over ten years working for a-n, Artquest, Shape Arts, Plop, UKYA and independently.
Davis has also led art tours for the ICA (London and Boston), South London Art Map and the Whitechapel Gallery and contributed to BBC4’s Film ‘Tales of Winter. The Art of Snow and Ice.’ As a Consultant Davis has worked for arts organisations, charities and independants as well as corporations such as BBC4 and E4.
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CIRCLE AND LIGHT
Summer Exhibition 17 June - 18 September 2022The exhibition includes works by: Fabio Almeida Duncan Cheetham Rosalind Davis Drew Edwards Caroline List Bérénice Mayaux Simon Pike Cathy Rogers Geoffrey Raymond Reeve Karen Vost Julie Westbury James D....Read more -
the lives of others
a solo exhibition by Justin Hibbs 18 March - 24 April 2022Justin Hibbs solo exhibition presents a new collection of work for the Laurent Delaye Gallery. This diverse body of work is made up of paintings, prints, collages, photographs, and assembled...Read more -
Winter Salon 2021
IT'S A WRAP! 26 November - 24 December 2021It's a Wrap is the conclusion to a pretty turbulent year world-wide. Covid, the Climate, it has been an 'on and off' year out of self-isolation in which we tried...Read more -
Trans_Formations II
Summer exhibition 12 August - 26 September 2021The exhibition presents contemporary artists in a wide variety of media including embroidery (Jessica Voorsanger), flint sculpture (Drew Edwards), paintings and collage (Lucy Troubridge, Fabio Almeida, Rosalind Davis), ink monotypes...Read more -
Winter Salon
Ramsgate 22 February - 31 March 2021The Winter Salon in Ramsgate is an exhibition bringing painters, sculptors, ceramicists together. Conceived by Laurent Delaye it moves freely from abstraction to many different forms of representation and seeks to reflects the current trends of art today.Read more
Rosalind Davis is co-author of ‘What they didn’t teach you at art school’ commissioned by Octopus Books which is internationally available. Davis has also been an Ambassador and curatorial mentor for UK Young Artists and sat on many judging panels to select works for exhibitions and prizes including the Robert Walters / UKYA exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery.