Rosa 'The Generous Gardener’
About
I am a London based photographic artist, employing the materiality of historic and experimental process to explore themes of trauma, war and loss. Often commemorative in nature, my work combines archive, oral history and the imagined to create visual narratives, seen through a female gaze. Underpinned by historical research, a conceptual, process-led approach assists in visualising the unseen, and allows space for chance and serendipity, qualities central to work born of memory and imagination.
A graduate of the London College of Communication’s Photojournalism & Documentary Photography Masters Programme, my work is held in the National Art Library Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Collections / Exhibitions / Residencies / Awards
Hive Curates - Hello World, London 2023
A Siren’s Call - Site Specific Arts Residency AiRM - Romney Marsh 2023
Pouch Cove Foundation – Arts Residency, Newfoundland 2023
No Ordinary Love - One Hundred Shoreditch, London 2023
Transmutation - The Margate School, Margate January 2023
Open Cells Residency - The Koppel Project, London October 2022
Serenity - The Old Bank Vault, Hackney London 2022
The Saatchi Gallery London – RHS Botanical Art & Photography 2021
Pouch Cove Foundation – Arts Residency, Newfoundland 2021
Royal Horticultural Society – Botanical Photography Gold Medal 2021
The Old Bank Vault, Outside In – London 2020
Pouch Cove Foundation – Arts Residency, Newfoundland 2020
Royal Horticultural Society – Photographic Portfolio, Shortlist 2020
V&A London – Photobook’ L’Enfer’ purchased for the National Art Library Collection, accessioned Halloween 2019
Xhibit – The Koppel Gallery Central, Soho London 2019
Hallowed Ground – The London Scottish Regiment 2019
Elephants in the Room – London College of Communication 2018
Artist in Residence – London Scottish Regiment 2018
I the Other – Safe House, Peckham London 2018
Tender – National Gardens Scheme, London 2018
Traces – National Gardens Scheme, London 2017
Qualifications
London College of Communication (UAL) - MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography (Distinction)
Fellowship The British Institute of Professional Photographers (BIPP)
Fellowship The Master Photographers Association (MPA)