Approved: 10.08.2008

Rosie Lesso

Artist, Writer

Approved: 10.08.2008

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,

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Artist Statement

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. 

CV & Education

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