Biography

Rose Wylie (b. 1934, Kent, United Kingdom)
Lives and works in Newnham-Sittingbourne, United Kingdom.

Education

1981Royal College of Art, London
 
1956Folkestone and Dover School of Art
 

Solo Exhibitions

2015
 
Girl and Spiders, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
 
2014Pink 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
 
2013BP 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]
 
2012Big 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
 
2011One Painting and Six Works on Paper, Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam
Picture on the wall…, Michael Janssen Gallery, Berlin [catalogue]
 
2010What with What, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York [catalogue]
Film Notes, Union Gallery, London [catalogue]
 
2008Wear What You Like, Transition Gallery, London [catalogue]
 
2006Paintings, Union Gallery, London  [catalogue]
 
2005Fosterart, Leann Barber, London
 
2004Room Project: Twink & Ivy, Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK [itinerary: Rutherford College, University of
Kent, UK] [catalogue]
 
1999Lined Paper Paintings, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London [catalogue]
 
1998Red Legs & Other Paintings Abbotsbury Studios, Abbotsbury, UK
 
1995Likeness in the Unlikeness, Reed’s Wharf Gallery/Stephen Lacey, London [catalogue]
 
1985Paintings and Drawings, Trinity Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK
 
 
Selected Group Exhibitions
 
2014Group 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
 
2013Characters: 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)
 
2012Recent British Painting, Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam (curated by Tom Morton) [catalogue]
Jonathan Meese, Peter Strauss & Rose Wylie, Ritter/Zamet Gallery, London
 
201115 Years Thomas Erben Gallery, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Drawing 2011, The Drawing Room, London
Evan Holloway, Rose Wylie, The Approach, London
 
2010Women 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)
 
2009Turner 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)
 
2008Swans Reflecting Elephants, Kate MacGarry, London
 
2007EAST 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)
 
2006One Love: The Football Art Prize, The Lowry, Manchester, UK (selected by Sacha Craddock, Mark Wallinger, James Lingwood and others)
 
2004EAST 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
 
2003Mostyn 13, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, UK (Selected by Martin Barlow, Laura Ford and David Thorp)
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Gallery, London
 
2002PizzaExpress 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
 
1999Hullo Lawrence, Hullo Leo, Wrexham Arts Centre, UK [itinerary: Aberystwyth Arts Centre, UK]
 
1997The 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]
 
1994EAST International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK (selected by Rudi Fuchs and Jan Dibbets)
 
1993Interiors, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK
 
1990-92Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London
 
1991John Moores 17, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
 
1988Women & Water, Odette Gilbert Gallery, London (curated by Alice Jackson)
 
1982Hayward Annual: British Drawing, The Hayward Gallery, London
 

 

Selected Bibliography
 
2015Rose Wylie. Text by Sara Baume. Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (exh. cat)
 
2013Mirza, 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)
 
2012Rosemount. 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]
 
2011Kreimer, 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
 
2010Cohen, 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]
 
2009Film Notes and Other Paintings 2006-2009. Text by Martin Herbert. Union Gallery, London (exh. cat.)
 
2006Lambirth, Andrew. “Great Leap Forward.” The Spectator (February
11, 2006)
Cumming, Laura.  “Critic’s Choice.” The Observer (February 19, 2006)
 
2005Rose Wylie: Some Drawing 1985-2005. Text by Lynda Morris. Union Gallery, London (monograph)
 
2004Szirtes, George. “EAST International 2004.” Modern Painters (Autumn 2004): 118-119
 
2003Lambirth, Andrew. “Real Merits.” The Spectator (June 7, 2003)
 
2000Packer, William. “Private Eye for Public Art.” Financial Times (June 24, 2000)
Lynton, Norbert. “Forward Thinking.” RA Magazine (Autumn 2000)
 
1999Cumming, 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)
 
1997Edward-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.)
 
1996Hilton, Tim. “Exhibitions.” Independent on Sunday (October 12, 1996)
Sadler, Rosalin. “Yes to Everything.” Modern Painters (Winter 1996)
 
1995Sewell, 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)
 
1994Feaver, William. “Critics Choice.” The Observer (July 10, 1994)
McKie, Ian. Contemporary Art Summer Art Review (Summer 1994)
 
1988Fuller, Peter. Modern Painters (Summer 1988)
 

Grants and Awards

2014Royal College of Art, London
 
2011Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Visual Arts, UK
 
2009The Threadneedle Prize, London, UK
 
2004EAST International Print Commission, UK
 
1999The 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
 

 

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