Biography
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 been a member of the Norwich 20 Group since 2011.
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.
Exhibitions
Upcoming:
Britten Pears Arts, Snape Malting, Suffolk, 25 July-30 August 2026
Royal Norfolk Show – Art Gallery, Norwich, 24-25 June 2026
Past:
Snape Malting, Suffolk, August 2025
Royal Norfolk Show Gallery, June 2025
Society of Women Artists – 163rd Annual Exhibition, London, June 2024
The Undercroft Gallery, Norwich June 2024
AKA Contemporary, Cambridge, January 2024
The Gallery, Holt, December 2023
The Bank Arts Centre, Eye, Suffolk, September 2023
Week 45 Collective, 54 The Gallery, Mayfair, August 2023
Royal Norfolk Show – Art Gallery, Norwich, June 2023
Society of Women Artists – 162nd Annual Exhibition, London, June 2023
Institute of East Anglian Artists, The Gallery, Holt, May 2023
Chaiya Art Awards, Oxo Tower Wharf, London, April 2023
Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich, December 2022
Institute of East Anglian Artists Annual Exhibition, The Gallery, Holt, November 2022
Society of Women Artists – 161st Annual Exhibition, London, September 2022
Babylon Arts Gallery, Ely, August 2022
Adrian Hill Fine Art Gallery – Holt Art Prize, Holt, July 2022
The Undercroft Gallery, Norwich, June 2022
The Yare Gallery, Great Yarmouth, March 2022
Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich, February 2022
Norwich 20 Group, Norwich Cathedral, December 2021
Society of Women Artists – 158th Annual Exhibition, London, September 2021
Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral, Somerset, August 2019
Society of Women Artists – 157th Annual Exhibition, London, September 2018
Society of Women Artists – 156th Annual Exhibition, London, July 2017
Society of Women Artists – 157th Annual Exhibition, London, September 2016
Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich, December 2015
Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich, November 2015
Joint Show with Lisa Almond, Aurum Gallery, Norwich, July 2013
Norwich 20 Group, Salthouse, 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, 2012–2013
Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich, March 2012
The Found Gallery, East Lothian, August 2012
Norfolk Contemporary Art Society & Panel Discussion, Norwich, July 2012
Cambridge Artworks Ltd, Cambridge, July 2012
Society of Women Artists – 151st Annual Exhibition, London, June 2012
Awards
Prize winner at the Institute of East Anglian Artists Annual Exhibition (2023).
Shortlisted for the East Anglian Artist Development PrizeAwar (Anteros Arts Foundation, 2012) and Chaiya Art Awards (2023).
Published Artwork
Awe+Wonder, Chaiya Art Awards, Published by Instant Apostle2023
The State of Art: Representational & Abstract #2, Published by Barehill Publishing, Nov 2018
Rosie Winn: Pyrography & Figurative Artist 