Bio
Rosie Winn is a figurative artist living in Norwich, Norfolk, specialising in expressive, humanistic pyrography drawings. Growing up in a creative household, she was surrounded by art and literature, with her father an artist and her mother a writer. This rich environment inspired her passion for drawing from an early age, leading to a lifelong commitment to visual storytelling.
Rosie studied at Norwich University of the Arts, Central St Martins, and the University of the West of England, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Drawing & Applied Arts in 2008. She has since established herself in the Norfolk art scene, earning recognition for her distinctive style and thought-provoking pieces.
Vision & Style
Rosie’s drawings celebrate human connection, healing, movement, and self-discovery. Through figurative compositions, she explores the place of the individual within the global community, reflecting themes of identity, transition, and emotion.
Her pyrography technique (using a wood-burning pen on paper or wood) creates striking, seared lines that emphasise purity of form. This method encourages an economy of line, stripping away non-essentials to reveal the essence of human expression.
Rosie’s drawings capture life’s impermanence, portraying the fleeting yet significant moments that shape personal narratives.
Awards
· Prize winner at the Institute of East Anglian Artists Annual Exhibition (2023).
· Shortlisted for the East Anglian Artist Development Prize (Anteros Arts Foundation, 2012) and Chaiya Art Awards (2023)
· A member of the Norwich 20 Group since 2013, a respected body of over 70 professional artists.
Exhibitions
· Royal Norfolk Show – Art Gallery, Norwich, June 2026
· Britten Pears Arts, Snape Malting, Suffolk, August 2025
· Royal Norfolk Show Gallery, June 2025
· Society of Women Artists – 163rd Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, June 2024
· The Undercroft Gallery – N2024G, Norwich June 2024
· AKA Contemporary – Winter Show, Cambridge, January 2024
· The Gallery, Holt, North Norfolk, December 2023
· The Bank Arts Centre – Figure, Eye, Suffolk, September 2023
· Week 45 Collective – UnEarthed, 54 The Gallery, Mayfair, August 2023
· Royal Norfolk Show – Art Gallery, Norwich, June 2023
· The Undercroft Gallery – N2023G, Norwich, June 2023
· Society of Women Artists – 162nd Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, June 2023
· Institute of East Anglian Artists (Prize winner) – IEA Annual Exhibition, The Gallery, Holt, May 2023
· Chaiya Art Awards (Shortlisted), Oxo Tower Wharf, London, April 2023
· Mandell’s Gallery – The Winter Show, Elm Hill, Norwich, December 2022
· Institute of East Anglian Artists – IEA Annual Exhibition, The Gallery, Holt, November 2022
· Society of Women Artists – 161st Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, September 2022
· Babylon Arts Gallery – Winter Open, Ely, Cambridgeshire, August 2022
· Adrian Hill Fine Art Gallery – Holt Art Prize (Shortlisted), Holt, North Norfolk, July 2022
· The Undercroft Gallery – N2022G, Norwich, June 2022
· The Yare Gallery – Humans, Great Yarmouth, March 2022
· Mandell’s Gallery, Elm Hill, Norwich, February 2022
· Norwich 20 Group – Horizons, Norwich Cathedral, December 2021
· Bergh Apton Arts Trust – Bergh Apton, Norfolk, September 2021
· Norfolk Contemporary Art Society – Greenhouse Gallery, Norwich, November 2021
· Undercroft Gallery – Metamorphosis, Norwich, October 2021
· Society of Women Artists – 158th Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, September 2021
· Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral, Somerset, August 2019
· Society of Women Artists – 157th Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, September 2018
· Society of Women Artists – 156th Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, July 2017
· Society of Women Artists – 157th Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, September 2016
· Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich, December 2015
· Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich, November 2015
· Macmillan Art Auction, The Forum, Norwich, September 2013
· Aurum Gallery: Joint Show with Lisa Almond, Norwich, July 2013
· Norwich 20 Group, Salthouse, North Norfolk, June 2013
· Solo Show, Roger Hickman’s, Norwich, June 2013
· Muspole Studios: Open Studios, Norwich, May 2013
· Celebrazioni Morandiane, Touring exhibition around Italy (Bologna, Varese, · Sicily & Nicosia), 2013–2014
· Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, February 2013
· Storm Fine Arts, Burnham Market, Norfolk, 2012–2013
· Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich, March 2012
· The Found Gallery, East Lothian, Scotland, August 2012
· Norfolk Contemporary Art Society & Panel Discussion, Norwich, July 2012
· Cambridge Artworks Ltd, Cambridge, July 2012
· Society of Women Artists – 151st Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, June 2012
Books
· Awe+Wonder, Chaiya Art Awards, Published by Instant Apostle2023
· The State of Art: Representational & Abstract #2, Published by Barehill Publishing, Nov 2018
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