Biography
Rose Wylie (b. 1934, Kent, United Kingdom)
Lives and works in Newnham-Sittingbourne, United Kingdom.
Education
| 1981 | Royal College of Art, London |
| 1956 | Folkestone and Dover School of Art |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2015 | Girl and Spiders, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2014 | Pink Girls, Yellow Curls, Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg, Germany Pink Girls, Yellow Curls, Paradis, Copenhagen, Denmark What Means Something, Vous Etez Ici, Amsterdam What Means Something, Choi&Lager Gallerie, Cologne, Germany |
| 2013 | BP Spotlight: Rose Wylie, Tate Britain, London Works on Paper, Michael Janssen Gallery, Berlin Henry, Thomas, Keith & Jack, Union Gallery, London Woof-Woof, Haugar Museum, Tønsberg, Norway [catalogue] |
| 2012 | Big Boys sit in the Front, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, UK [catalogue] Rosemount, Regina Gallery, Moscow [catalogue] After Daphne, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2011 | One Painting and Six Works on Paper, Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam Picture on the wall…, Michael Janssen Gallery, Berlin [catalogue] |
| 2010 | What with What, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York [catalogue] Film Notes, Union Gallery, London [catalogue] |
| 2008 | Wear What You Like, Transition Gallery, London [catalogue] |
| 2006 | Paintings, Union Gallery, London [catalogue] |
| 2005 | Fosterart, Leann Barber, London |
| 2004 | Room Project: Twink & Ivy, Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK [itinerary: Rutherford College, University of Kent, UK] [catalogue] |
| 1999 | Lined Paper Paintings, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London [catalogue] |
| 1998 | Red Legs & Other Paintings Abbotsbury Studios, Abbotsbury, UK |
| 1995 | Likeness in the Unlikeness, Reed’s Wharf Gallery/Stephen Lacey, London [catalogue] |
| 1985 | Paintings and Drawings, Trinity Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2014 | Group Show, Nunu Fine Art, Taipei John Moores Painting Prize 2014, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 5Painters, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana (curated by Jason Stopa) Old Tin Cutlery Before the Invention of the Fork, Breese Little, London |
| 2013 | Characters: Portraits and People from the Arts Council Collection, The Holburne Museum, Roper Gallery, Bath, UK 2Q13: Women Artists, Women Collectors, Lloyds Club, London (curated by Marcelle Joseph and Lydia Cowpertwait) |
| 2012 | Recent British Painting, Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam (curated by Tom Morton) [catalogue] Jonathan Meese, Peter Strauss & Rose Wylie, Ritter/Zamet Gallery, London |
| 2011 | 15 Years Thomas Erben Gallery, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York Drawing 2011, The Drawing Room, London Evan Holloway, Rose Wylie, The Approach, London |
| 2010 | Women to Watch – Body of Work: New Perspectives on Figure Painting, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Animate Matter, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York Fine Things to be Seen, Intervention Gallery, London (curated by Ben Street and Tom Juneau) In Dreams, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (curated by Emma Dexter) Bart Wells Boutique, 235 Brompton Road, London (curated by Luke Gottelier and Frances Uprichard) |
| 2009 | Turner Contemporary Open, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK (selected by Martin Clark, Laura Ford, Sarah Martin & Hilde Teerlinck) Women to Watch, Christie’s, London (curated by Sarah Elson and Sheena Wagstaff) Drawing 2009, The Drawing Room, London (nominated by Cornelia Parker) |
| 2008 | Swans Reflecting Elephants, Kate MacGarry, London |
| 2007 | EAST International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK (Selected by Matthew Higgs and Marc Camille Chaimowicz [catalogue] Multiple Discipline, Union Gallery, London [catalogue] Painted Ladies, The Surgery, London (curated by Eleanor Moreton] Central Line: An exhibition of selected drawings, Pitzhanger Manor House & Gallery, Ealing, London (curated by Deanna Petherbridge) |
| 2006 | One Love: The Football Art Prize, The Lowry, Manchester, UK (selected by Sacha Craddock, Mark Wallinger, James Lingwood and others) |
| 2004 | EAST International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK (selected by Neo Rauch, Gerd Harry Lybke) [catalogue] Roy Oxlade and Rose Wylie: Paintings, Rutherford College, University of Kent, UK |
| 2003 | Mostyn 13, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, UK (Selected by Martin Barlow, Laura Ford and David Thorp) Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Gallery, London |
| 2002 | PizzaExpress Prospects, Essor Gallery Project Space, London Reverse Engineering, Pearl, London (curated by Jeff McMillan) As it Seems, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Cheltenham, UK (curated by Roy Oxlade and Paul McKee) |
| 2000 | …not enough British Art, VELAN, Turin, Italy (curated by Victor de Circasia) Give and Take, Jerwood Gallery, London |
| 1999 | Hullo Lawrence, Hullo Leo, Wrexham Arts Centre, UK [itinerary: Aberystwyth Arts Centre, UK] |
| 1997 | The Jerwood Painting Prize, Lethaby Galleries, Central St. Martin’s College of Art & Design, London (Selected by Iwona Blaswick, Charles Esche, Dr. Patricia Morrison, Brian Robertson, Dr. Raymond Stecker) [catalogue] |
| 1994 | EAST International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK (selected by Rudi Fuchs and Jan Dibbets) |
| 1993 | Interiors, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK |
| 1990-92 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London |
| 1991 | John Moores 17, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK |
| 1988 | Women & Water, Odette Gilbert Gallery, London (curated by Alice Jackson) |
| 1982 | Hayward Annual: British Drawing, The Hayward Gallery, London |
Selected Bibliography
| 2015 | Rose Wylie. Text by Sara Baume. Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (exh. cat) |
| 2013 | Mirza, Haroon. “Rose Wylie’s Arab and Dancing Girl, 2006.” Tate Etc. Issue 29 (Autumn 2013) Parker, Cornelia. “Why Rose Wylie is a true original.” Tate Blog (September 17, 2013) [online] Wright, Karen. “In The Studio: Rose Wylie.” The Independent (January 31, 2013) |
| 2012 | Rosemount. Texts by Jonathan Meese & Tom Morton. Regina Gallery, Moscow (exh. cat) Gambardella, Steven. “Rose Wylie, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings.” www.theartsdesk.com (March 30, 2012) [online] Herbert, Martin. “Rose Wylie: Big Boys Sit in the Front.” Art Review Issue 59 (May 2012) Fearn, Joe and Richard Hull. “Rose Wylie at the Jerwood: Art, poetry and Quentin Tarantino.” www.hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk (March 12, 2012) [online] Saner, Emine. “Rose Wylie: My mother thought women should have an escape route.” The Guardian (February 13, 2012) [online] |
| 2011 | Kreimer, Julia. “Exhibition Reviews: Rose Wylie.” Art in America (February 2011): 105 McMillan, Jeff. “Jeff McMillan Interviews Rose Wylie.” Turps Banana Issue #10 (October 2011) Durham, Rosanna. “You are never too old to paint Tarantino.” Oh Comely Magazine Issue 6 (June/July 2011): 28 |
| 2010 | Cohen, David. “Rose Wylie Packs a Punch at Thomas Erben.” artcritical.com (October 18, 2011) [online] Cohen, David. “Street Smarts.” The New York Sun (October 18, 2011) [online] Greer, Germaine. “Who is Britain’s hottest new artist? A 76-year-old called Rose Wylie.” The Guardian (July 12, 2010) Smith, Roberta. “Rose Wylie, What with What.” The New York Times (November 12, 2010): C30 Sharma, Alli. “Rose Wylie at her studio in Newnham, Kent with Alli Sharma.” Articulated Artists (February 24, 2010) [online] |
| 2009 | Film Notes and Other Paintings 2006-2009. Text by Martin Herbert. Union Gallery, London (exh. cat.) |
| 2006 | Lambirth, Andrew. “Great Leap Forward.” The Spectator (February
11, 2006) Cumming, Laura. “Critic’s Choice.” The Observer (February 19, 2006) |
| 2005 | Rose Wylie: Some Drawing 1985-2005. Text by Lynda Morris. Union Gallery, London (monograph) |
| 2004 | Szirtes, George. “EAST International 2004.” Modern Painters (Autumn 2004): 118-119 |
| 2003 | Lambirth, Andrew. “Real Merits.” The Spectator (June 7, 2003) |
| 2000 | Packer, William. “Private Eye for Public Art.” Financial Times (June 24, 2000) Lynton, Norbert. “Forward Thinking.” RA Magazine (Autumn 2000) |
| 1999 | Cumming, Laura. “The Jury’s Still Out.” The Observer (June 6, 1999) Clark, Robert. “Exhibitions.” The Guardian (February 6, 1999) Henry, Clare. “Rose Wylie.” Galleries (March 10, 1999) Gayford, Martin. “Exhibitions.” The Spectator (March 27, 1999) Lambirth, Andrew. “Modern Myth.” RA Magazine (March 1999) “This is Rose Wylie.” The Express (May 1999) Lee, David. “In Focus: Rose Wylie.” Art Review (March 1999) Renshaw, Helen. The Express, Saturday Magazine (August 14, 1999) Grant, Simon. “Exhibitions: Rose Wylie.” The Guardian Guide (March 13, 1999) Jill Lloyd, Stephen Lacey Gallery (catalogue essay) |
| 1997 | Edward-Jones, Imogen. “Arty Animal.” The Times Saturday Supplement (September 13, 1997) Gayford, Martin. “Painted Into a Corner.” The Daily Telegraph (October 1, 1997) Moyes, Jojo. “The Prize for Artists who Prefer Painting to Pickling.” Independent (August 28, 1997) Glaister, Dan. “Art That Hasn’t Been Painted Into a Corner.” The Guardian (September 29, 1997) McEwan, John. “The Man in the Ironic Mask Blows His Top.” The Sunday Telegraph (October 5, 1997) MacRitchie, Lynn. Financial Times (October 5, 1997) The Jerwood Painting Prize. Text by Judith Bumpus. Lethaby Galleries, Central St. Martin’s College of Art & Design, London (exh. cat.) |
| 1996 | Hilton, Tim. “Exhibitions.” Independent on Sunday (October 12, 1996) Sadler, Rosalin. “Yes to Everything.” Modern Painters (Winter 1996) |
| 1995 | Sewell, Brian. “Hanging Judges.” Evening Standard (May 29, 1995) Lambirth, Andrew. “Rose Wylie.” What’s On (February 15, 1995) Hubbard, Sue. “Rose Wylie.” Time Out (February 22, 1995) Mel Gooding, Reed’s Wharf Gallery (exhibition essay) |
| 1994 | Feaver, William. “Critics Choice.” The Observer (July 10, 1994) McKie, Ian. Contemporary Art Summer Art Review (Summer 1994) |
| 1988 | Fuller, Peter. Modern Painters (Summer 1988) |
Grants and Awards
| 2014 | Royal College of Art, London |
| 2011 | Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Visual Arts, UK |
| 2009 | The Threadneedle Prize, London, UK |
| 2004 | EAST International Print Commission, UK |
| 1999 | The Sunny Dupree Family Award for a Woman Artist, Royal Academy of Arts, London |
Public Collections
| Arario, Seoul, Korea Arts Council of England, London Contemporary Art Society, London Deal, Dallas, Texas Jerwood Foundation, UK National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK Railtrack, London Royal College of Art, London (Print Collection) Tate Britain, London University College, Oxford, UK York City Art Gallery, York, UK |
