Rosie Lesso
My drawings explore the boundaries between realism and abstraction through experimental, deconstructive techniques. They fluctuate between considered, carefully drawn elements and expressive mark making and are suggestive of barren landscapes. I also make large format drawings on location which begin and end in the exhibition space but never fully reach a point of resolution, instead acting as open ended performances.
Education
2004 - MA in Contemporary Art and Art Theory, Edinburgh College of Art
2002 - 2:1 BA (hons) Drawing and Painting, Edinburgh College of Art
Solo exhibitions
2016 - Monoliths, St Fergus Gallery, Wick
2015 - Drawing on Nature (two person with Jana Emburey), House for an Art Lover, Glasgow
2011 - Black Matter, Totalkunst, Edinburgh
2004 - Voyages, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
Group Exhibitions
2020 - The Society of Scottish Artists/Visual Arts Scotland Annual, Edinburgh
2019 - 2020 - Utopia, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, travelling to Kirkcudbright Galleries
2019 - The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
2018 - The Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2017 - The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
2017 - The Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2016 - The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
2016 - The Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2015 - House for an Art Lover Christmas Exhibition, Glasgow
2015 - The Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2014 - The Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2013 - Book of Fate, Cupar Arts Festival, Cupar Library, Cupar
2013 - Borders, The Edinburgh Iranian Art Festival, Arts Complex, Edinburgh
2013 - Drawing a Line, North Light Arts Festival, McArthur's Store, Dunbar
2013 - The Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2012 - Evaluation of Space, Rochester Art Gallery, Kent
2012 - Outside In, The Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
2012 - River Crossings, Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington, East Lothian
2012 - Sky Bound, North Light Festival, Dunbar, East Lothian
2012 - Zones, Annuale Festival for Independent Practice, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2011 - Our Place, Streetland Festival, Glasgow
2011 - Salon Vert, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2011 - The Outsiders, Cupar Arts Festival, Cupar
2010 - Anonymous Drawings No 10, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin
2010 - Aspects of a City: The Streetwalker, Annuale Festival for Independent Practice, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2010 - Green View, Limousine Bull Artists' Collective, Aberdeen
2010 - The Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2009 - Juteopolis, The Vision Building, Dundee
2009 - Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2009 - Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, The Vision Building, Dundee
2009 - The Aspect Painting Prize Exhibition, Paisley Museums and Galleries, Glasgow
2009 - Visual Arts Scotland Members Exhibition, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
2008 - A Hunger for the Alternative Draws on the Past, Lloyd Gill Gallery, Weston-Super-Mare
2008 - Postcards, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
2008 - Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2008 - The Coma Lounge, Artprojx Space, London
2008 - The Scottish National Art Competition, Kinblethmont Gallery, Arbroath
2008 - Thinking Space, Bridge View Gallery, Aberdeen
2007 - Paisley Drawing Prize Exhibition, Paisley Museums and Galleries, Glasgow
2007 - Piracy, Limousine Bull Artists' Collective, Aberdeen
2007 - Textual Healing, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2007 - Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Awards
2008 - Shortlisted for the Scottish National Art Competition, Angus College, Scotland
2007 - Paisley Drawing Prize, Paisley Museums and Galleries, Glasgow
2005 - New Writing Scotland Award, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh