About the artist - Rosalind Lawless RGI

Rosalind Lawless was born in Glasgow in 1978 and studied Fine Art Printmaking at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen 1999 to 2002. She graduated with a Master of Fine Art Printmaking from the Royal College of Art, London in 2004. She exhibits regularly and teaches art part time. Most Recently lawless has been the recipient of the R.S.A William Littlejohn Award and the R.S.A Residencies for Scotland Award, Peacock and the Worm. In 2019 she was awarded a scholarship at the the International Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, she was shortlisted for the AnnaLobner/Dusseldorf Exchange and was awarded the Bet Low Trust Award. Her work has recently been acquired by the National Galleries of Modern Art, Edinburgh.

“Looking always at the leftover cut paper and other materials that were continuously produced through and surplus to my printmaking process. I asked myself, what would happen if I rearranged these materials and created something new? What if I introduced found materials?

In a move away from more traditional ways of working on paper and other substrates and towards collage; the found and recycled is becoming paramount to my process. Working with collage creates unexpected results for me, a sense of surprise and new meaning.

Exploring the materiality of the found and recycled materials is key to methods I want to explore. This alongside a willingness to experiment and allow the process to bring up the unexpected has underpinned this latest period of work."

Rosalind Lawless

b.1978 Glasgow

Awards

R.S.A Residencies for Scotland, Peacock, and the Worm 2022

R.S.A William Littlejohn Award 2022

Shortlisted for Anna Lobner/Dusseldorf Exchange 2019

Bet Low Trust 2019

International Academy of Fine Arts, Scholarship, Salzburg 2019

Scottish Art Club Award,

Royal Scottish Academy Invited Artist – Doug Cocker

Inverarity One to One Travel Award France

Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts

Glasgow Art Club Fellowship Award,

Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts

Joe Hargan Award, Paisley Art Institute Glasgow

Tim Mara Trust Award, Royal College of Art

Daler Rowney Drawing Prize, Royal College of Art, London

John Kinross Award, Royal Scottish Academy