Rosalind Barker
Education
2016 MA Drawing (Distinction) The Centre for Drawing, Wimbledon, University of the Arts, London.
2008 BA Fine Art Hons (1st class) University of Greenwich, London.
Selected Exhibitions
2018
'Embracing The Underdog' The London Group and Friends London WC2
'PLAY!' The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent.
2017
'The London Group Open 2017' Part 1. The Cello Factory London SE1
‘31 Celcius’ selected by Paul Carey Kent. ASC Gallery, London SE17
‘Nasty Women’ Cross Street Arts, Standish, Wigan.
‘Afternoon Tea’ Chiara Williams Contemporary Art, Margate Festival.
The Shoreham Sculpture Trail. The London Group and Friends.
'Drawing Open' No Format Gallery, Dept ford, London.
'WHISPER' The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent.
2016
'The Thames: The ARTery of London' selected and curated by Plastic Propaganda. Devon house, St Katherine's Dock,London.
'SVAF OPEN 2016' selected and curated by Kenton Lowe and Tom Penney. The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent.
'Drawn Together' MA Drawing UAL. The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent.
MA Drawing and MA Painting Postgraduate Show. Wimbledon University of the Arts London.
‘Out of Line’ Centre for Recent Drawing C4RD London.
2015
‘We All Draw’ UAL. Curated by Tania Kovats and Kelly Chorpening. ‘Thinking Through Drawing: International Drawing and Cognition Research Symposium. Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London, SE1.
‘Drawing The World’. With Stephen Farthing Prof of Drawing UAL. Granary Square, Kings Cross, London N1.
‘Paper works’ a-n sponsored collaboration Project. The Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London and The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent.
‘Every Drawing Tells A Story- Oddities and Nonsense’ Exhibition. The Campaign for Drawing. The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent.
2014
‘The Send Off’. Knole House, The National Trust, Sevenoaks, Kent.
‘Just for the day’. MA Project for The Drawing Room, The National Gallery, London.
‘Fine Line’ Centre for Drawing: Wimbledon. University of the Arts, London.
2013
‘Strarta’ Art Fair. The Saatchi Gallery, London.
‘Echo’. Knole House, The National Trust, Sevenoaks, Kent.
‘Ko-ax drawing’. Curator Nathaniel Hepburn. Mascalls Gallery, Kent.
‘Drawn Together’. 1066 Arts Academy Gallery, Battle, Sussex.
‘The Zeitgeist Summer Exhibition’. Bond House, London, SE1.
‘Tender’. Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London, W1.
‘4Play’. The Experimental space, 1066 Arts Academy, Battle, Sussex.
‘Share and Exchange’. Zeitgeist Arts Projects, Bond House, London, SE1.
2012
‘Festive Frolic’. Occupy My Time Gallery, Deptford, London, SE8.
‘CGP, London Open’. London, SE16 2UA.
‘AiRM 2012’. Curator David Rhodes. Art in Romney Marsh.
2010-2012
‘The Farningham Hobbyhorse Project’. In collaboration with Franny Swann. A Traveling Community Installation Project for The Kent Cultural Baton as part of the Kent Cultural Olympiad. Touring: The Folkestone Triennial fringe. The Margate Squall. Bluewater. The Lone Twin Boat Project. The Kaleidoscope Gallery and other Kent Art venues.
2010
‘Eidos’. Kent County Council (K.C.C). The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent.
‘Kitsch, Neither Use nor Ornament’. UCA, Canterbury.
‘Pistols and Pollinators’. Stoke Newington, Church Street Gallery, London, N16.
2009
‘One Night stand’. The Fleapit Gallery, London, E2.
2008
BA Fine Art Degree Show. The Empire Gallery, Vyner Street, London, E2.
Curatorial Projects
2017
CHEERS! Sabrina Shah paintings. Sevenoaks kaleidoscope Gallery.
'WHISPER' Co-Facilitator and curator SVAF community project, Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent and in 'Cross Pollination' Gallery 516 Arts,Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.in association with Hilary Lorenz
2016
'Drawn Together' MA Drawing UAL The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent. Facilitator and curator.
MA Drawing and MA Painting Final Show Curatorial Team. Wimbledon University of the Arts London.
2015
‘Every Drawing Tells A Story - Oddities and Nonsense’ Exhibition. The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent. ‘Big Draw Day’ for ‘The Campaign For Drawing’. Working with Performance Poet David Jinks and illustrator Alison Berry. Supported by members of SVAF.
2014
‘New Collaborations: Works on Paper Project’. Bowerhouse, Maidstone, Kent and The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent.
‘A Fine Line‘. K.C.C. The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent.
‘Tension’. K.C.C. The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent.
2010 - 2012
‘The Farningham Hobbyhorse Project’. In collaboration with Franny Swann. A Traveling Community Installation Project for The Kent Cultural Baton as part of the Kent Cultural Olympiad. Touring: The Folkestone Triennial fringe. The Margate Squall. Bluewater. The Lone Twin Boat Project. The Kaleidoscope Gallery and other Kent Art venues.
Awards
2012-13
The Drawing Prize. Pure Arts Group.
Residency
2012
‘Fowle Hall Features V’. Accident and Emergence.
2011
‘Apokrisis’. Museum Project for K.C.C. The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent.
Collections
July 1967 (Winner of the Pure Arts Group Drawing Prize) purchased for the private collection of Rose Issa Projects.
Kerman and Co, The Strand, London.
Rosalinds work is held in collections in the UK.
Professional Practice
2o17- Ongoing
Curator and facilitator for SVAF and The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, an artist led space in partnership with Kent County Council.
2016
Selector for 'The John Downton Award For Young Artists'. The John Downton Trust. K.C.C. Maidstone County Hall Gallery and Turner Contemporary, Margate.
2015
Introduced SVAF peer group critique in association with Elizabeth Murton Engine Chat Chat, London.
2009-ongoing
Co-Founder and facilitator of the Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum (SVAF).