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ARTIST STATEMENT
With painting and sculpture, you cannot deny that you are in a relationship with a predominantly white male art history and it's a tightrope walk between recognizing that history whilst aiming for free and strong expression as an independent artist and a woman. With that in mind, I am interested in the notion of a non-hierarchical aesthetic - in other words challenging what is traditionally viewed as kitsch, tasteless or taboo with regard to colour and subject matter. This relates directly to social class as well as gender stereotype.
As a feminist, it feels dangerous to paint/make from a free female perspective the female form and experience - sexuality, motherhood, relationships, emotion, health and so on, that at once celebrates it, whilst simultaneously tackling the negative, the dark side of womens' life in a patriarchal society.
Painting & sculpture studio updates:
https://www.instagram.com/rosalindfaram/
EXHIBITIONS
CURRENT
Walls in Online Places Vol.2 7 July - 31 August 2020
https://www.facebook.com/events/201228857825962
UPCOMING
Blakefest: Corona Visions 2020 online group show curated by Dr Mikey Georgeson
Beep 2020 Painting Biennial
2 October - 7 November 2020
Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales UK
SOLO
Cubby Hole 4-9 May 2017
Side Room
Curated by Ilana Blumberg and Mark Lungley
Chelsea College of Arts, London
Wet Boot January & February 2016
Ashdown Forest Centre, Wych Cross, Sussex UK
The Charioteer
Works on paper 1 Feb – 4 March 2016
Rudolf Steiner House, Park Road, London NW1
SELECTED RECENT GROUP SHOWS
While Supplies Last - Museum Edition 14 & 21 September 2019, Bellevue Arts Museum, Seattle, Washington USA
Curated by Anthony White
#MyArtistsTelescope Jerwood online gallery curated by Nigel Cooke 2019
Sleep is not an empty act 29 September 2018
LADA The Garrett Centre London E2 Curated by Moi Tran
MAFA Graduation Show 7 – 13 September 2018
Chelsea College of Arts, 16 John Islip Street, Pimlico, London
Where It Is 25 January 2018 Triangle Space, Chelsea College of Arts, London
Boot Camp 7-17 November 2017 Arts SU Project Space, Chelsea College of Arts, London
Please Yourself 30 October – 4 November 2017 MAFA Gallery Chelsea College of Arts, London
Blakefest 16 Sept – 12 Oct 2017 www.blakefest.co.uk
Honest Chat 17-22 July 2017 MAFA Gallery, Chelsea College of Arts, London
Fortune 22 – 25 June 2017
Curated by Danka Nisevic, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London
Myths 220-22 April MAFA Gallery, Chelsea College of Arts, London
Nasty Women Chelsea 16 March 2017 MAFA Gallery, Chelsea College of Arts, London
East Sussex Open 2016 Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
Selected by Jenni Lomax, Melanie Manchot & Brian Cass
Correspond 28 July-28 August 2016 IR 11 The Facility, Ocean Terminal 1, Edinburgh
Also at the Artworks Gallery, Halifax & Rye Creative Centre
Foule Parlement 8 – 23 April 2016 No 4a Gallery, Malvern, UK
Curated by Rosalind Faram
Also at Electro Studios, Hastings & Rye Creative Centre
East Sussex Open 2015 Towner Gallery Eastbourne
Selected by Saskia Olde Wolbers & Jonathan Watkins
Q Art 14 11 – 14 Dec 2014
APT Gallery, Creekside, Deptford, London
Nunhead Open 10 19 – 21 Sept 2014
The Surgery, Nunhead, London
Correspond 5 – 11 Sept 2014 Turps Art School, Taplow, Aylesbury Estate, London
LINKS
https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/chelsea-college-of-arts
PUBLICATIONS
Arthole Magazine August edition 2020
Poetry & Prose
Excerpts from the Life of Pain Rosalind Faram 2018
Longlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2019
Shortlisted for the Jacksons Art Prize 2016
Peer Mentor Chelsea College of Arts 2017-18
Founder @MUDArts Artist Initiative Sussex UK 2019
EDUCATION
MA Fine Art (Distinction) 2018 Chelsea College of Arts, London UK
Turps Art School, London UK 2014-15
BA Hons (Painting) 1989 Chelsea School of Art, London UK