Press
Recent Press:
Rosalind Davis talks riots, paintings, being an artist and ZeitgeistArtsProjects on Reprezent Radio.
Listen here
Best Job Ever
An overwhelming response to a casual tweet shows people are still motivated to work in the arts....
Despite funding cuts, reduced freelance opportunities and ongoing austerity measures it seems there's still a wealth of positive reasons to work in the arts. Artist, AIR Council member and founder of Zeitgeist Arts Projects Rosalind Davis asked her Twitter following what keeps them motivated. She was inundated with responses from artists and curators.
published by a-n Magazine. Read more here
July 2012
Reinventing the Open
Zeitgeist Arts Projects present their research on open submission competitions and explain why they insisted on transparency for their own newly-launched Zeitgeist Open.
published by a-n Magazine.
Read an interview about her current Exhibition: Material Matters at the Courtauld Institute here
Rosalind Davis talks riots, paintings, being an artist and ZeitgeistArtsProjects on Reprezent Radio.
Listen here
Best Job Ever
An overwhelming response to a casual tweet shows people are still motivated to work in the arts....
Despite funding cuts, reduced freelance opportunities and ongoing austerity measures it seems there's still a wealth of positive reasons to work in the arts. Artist, AIR Council member and founder of Zeitgeist Arts Projects Rosalind Davis asked her Twitter following what keeps them motivated. She was inundated with responses from artists and curators.
published by a-n Magazine. Read more here
July 2012
Reinventing the Open
Zeitgeist Arts Projects present their research on open submission competitions and explain why they insisted on transparency for their own newly-launched Zeitgeist Open.
published by a-n Magazine.
Read an interview about her current Exhibition: Material Matters at the Courtauld Institute here
Andrew Bryant reviews Rosalind's work on a-n Interface
19/08/09
'Rosalind Davis reveals herself to be a visionary artist of sensitivity and complexity... Her mixed media paintings of dystopian landscapes incorporate embroidery and floral-print textiles ....they conjure up a claustrophobic world of the uncanny. ' ...more
Rosalind Davis Answers FADs Questions
19/07/12
Rosalind Davis Answers FADs Questions about Art, Inspiration, Processes & Forthcoming Plans
Read more here
Read more here
Rosalind Davis contributes to the Guardian
23/09/12
Rosalind took part in
Live Q&A with the Guardian Careers Blog:
Quiz the professional artists
Read it here
Live Q&A with the Guardian Careers Blog:
Quiz the professional artists
Read it here
Artist Profile by Becky Hunter
13/07/10
Jun 30th, 2010
'I approached mixed-media, London-based artist Rosalind Davis for an interview for my site after reading her a-n Artists Talking/Blogger blog, ‘Becoming Part of Something‘, as part of my current research into setting up a gallery and studio complex of my own. In the diary-style blog, Rosalind self-critically discusses her creative work, as well as her stressful and rewarding role as co-manager of Core Gallery, Deptford.' ...more
'I approached mixed-media, London-based artist Rosalind Davis for an interview for my site after reading her a-n Artists Talking/Blogger blog, ‘Becoming Part of Something‘, as part of my current research into setting up a gallery and studio complex of my own. In the diary-style blog, Rosalind self-critically discusses her creative work, as well as her stressful and rewarding role as co-manager of Core Gallery, Deptford.' ...more
Artists Talking: Blogger Profile. April 2011
25/05/11
Is surface texture, pattern and ’the natural’ an escape or a trap? Rosalind Davis talks to Andrew Bryant about this and other questions in her work.
http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/article/1216515 ...more
http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/article/1216515 ...more
Julia Alvarez, Director of Bearspace discusses Rosalind Davis’ work
29/06/10
'Rosalind Davis is a painter that graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2005, and has been steadily carving a career in painting by developing her unique style, incorporating urban forms, juxtaposing chintz patterns into the works.' ...more
The 21st Century Artist
24/01/12
Originally published in Artlicks 2011.
See more about Artlicks here http://artlicks.com/ ...more
See more about Artlicks here http://artlicks.com/ ...more
Deliverance, an essay by Alexander Barret
05/12/11
In conjunction with Deliverance Exhibition at CoExist Arts, June 2011 ...more
Review of Extra-Ordinary by White Hot Magazine
30/05/11
White Hot Magazine
Tom Butler, Marion Michell, Alyson Helyer:
Extra-Ordinary
Curated by Rosalind Davis and Jane Boyer.
Core Gallery
C101 Faircharm Trading Estate
8 – 12 Creekside, Deptford
London SE8 3DX
23 April through 8 May, 2011
Humour, ambiguity, intensity and contradiction take the limelight at a South London gallery and confirm there's more to London's art scene that merely what's on north of the Thames. ...more
Tom Butler, Marion Michell, Alyson Helyer:
Extra-Ordinary
Curated by Rosalind Davis and Jane Boyer.
Core Gallery
C101 Faircharm Trading Estate
8 – 12 Creekside, Deptford
London SE8 3DX
23 April through 8 May, 2011
Humour, ambiguity, intensity and contradiction take the limelight at a South London gallery and confirm there's more to London's art scene that merely what's on north of the Thames. ...more
Core Gallery Interview with Chantelle Purcell
02/02/11
Core Gallery Interview with Rosalind Davis
31st January 2011
By Chantell Purcell
Originally published on http://coregalleryinterviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/interview-with-rosalind-davis.html
I am delighted to interview Rosalind Davis a practicing artist, writer, lecturer, elective member of AIR Artists Advisory Group, and co-director of Core Gallery. ...more
31st January 2011
By Chantell Purcell
Originally published on http://coregalleryinterviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/interview-with-rosalind-davis.html
I am delighted to interview Rosalind Davis a practicing artist, writer, lecturer, elective member of AIR Artists Advisory Group, and co-director of Core Gallery. ...more
Being Part of Something. Degrees Unedited Article
28/01/11
Being part of something
Rosalind Davis
Original article published in Degrees Unedited, a-n, June 2010
Graduation comes so fast that many students rarely plan for what happens on day one of becoming a ‘professional’ artist. The loss of the supporting educational environment and immediate peer network can lead to feelings of isolation. Making the transition from being a student to establishing a professional career, building a reputation and garnering interest in your work can be a daunting experience, ...more
Rosalind Davis
Original article published in Degrees Unedited, a-n, June 2010
Graduation comes so fast that many students rarely plan for what happens on day one of becoming a ‘professional’ artist. The loss of the supporting educational environment and immediate peer network can lead to feelings of isolation. Making the transition from being a student to establishing a professional career, building a reputation and garnering interest in your work can be a daunting experience, ...more
Nepartism
13/03/11
NepArtism
A visual game of you’re IT by Liv Pennington
Rosalind Davis was selected for the October Chain ...more
A visual game of you’re IT by Liv Pennington
Rosalind Davis was selected for the October Chain ...more
Choice Blog on a-n, June 2010 , selected by Sian Hislop
02/07/10
'Rosalind Davis' blog 'Becoming Part of Something' is a perceptive and illuminating insight into the trials and tribulations artists face on their post-college odyssey.' ...more
Rosalind Davis Guest Edits on a-n Artists Talking
15/03/10
'Susan Francis immediately struck me as a choice blog to celebrate. Dedicated, passionate and committed, there is poetry in her words' ...more
A Review of A Difference in Vision by Pop T'Art
30/05/10
'I first noticed Rosalind Davis‘ mixed media paintings last year at the Deptford X art festival. I was drawn by the vibrant colours and clever use of fabric to create collage pieces which she then paints and embroiders over.' ...more
Spoonfed Review of Rosalind's work at John Jones
19/08/09
'The star of the night has to be Rosalind Davis. Her exhibition of mixed media paintings in the Projection space reflects a fascination with grotty and disused looking buildings which have an underlying importance to the communities they serve.' ...more
Interview with Becky Hunter about Core Gallery
06/09/10
Interview: Rosalind Davis, artist and Core Gallery manager
Jun 29th, 2010 by Becky Hunter .
I spoke to London-based Royal College of Art graduate, practicing artist and gallery co-manager Rosalind Davis about the highs, lows and intricate details of setting up, administrating and promoting an artist-run space in Deptford. Rosalind very generously answered all of my questions in considerable depth, so I decided not to edit the interview at all. That way, we get maximum benefit from her hard-earned insight. ...more
Jun 29th, 2010 by Becky Hunter .
I spoke to London-based Royal College of Art graduate, practicing artist and gallery co-manager Rosalind Davis about the highs, lows and intricate details of setting up, administrating and promoting an artist-run space in Deptford. Rosalind very generously answered all of my questions in considerable depth, so I decided not to edit the interview at all. That way, we get maximum benefit from her hard-earned insight. ...more
Rosalind Davis interviewed by Oh Goodness Greatness
19/08/09
'I seek out buildings that on the surface might seem neglected. But for the individuals who use them, they are a refuge and are of vital importance.' ...more
You Tube Video: Behind the setting up of Core Gallery
24/02/11
Video by Neil Kelly interviewing Rosalind Davis and others at the Core Gallery Launch with Exquisite Corpse, 29th April 2010 ...more
Review of 'Floor Space', Phoenix Gallery, Brighton on a-n Interface
16/10/09
'Floor Plan explores buildings, architecture, and the physical, aesthetic, and psychological interactions between these structures, their inhabitants, and the surrounding communities.' ...more
AIR Interview: Rosalind Davis on the new coalition
23/06/10
'I make art because I want to. I fund my practise by selling my work in galleries, working as a creative practitioner and lecturer which are all very fulfilling. So cuts to art funding wont directly impact on my artwork but it may impact upon my employment as a creative practitioner.' ...more
Review of Rosalind Davis' blog by writer James Oakley
15/03/10
'In order to get a grip on exactly what it takes to make a top quality arts blog, I wrestled blogging supremo visual artist Rosalind Davis to the ground to ask for her top tips. I also turned on the kettle. It does help.' ...more
'Projection Space' selected by Matt Roberts as Choice Blog on a-n
02/09/09
'Davis' blog exists as a living portfolio, as we, the reader are offered a window into the ideas that lay behind each piece as she juggles the pressures of life, work, and artistic ambition.' ...more