RESEARCH
ROSIE SNELL
My work consists of large-scale, pastoral landscapes, which are either punctuated by military hardware or bare the traces of its use. These began from a fascination with the striking visual counterpoint between military machines/installations and the natural landscape they inhabit. Through the paintings I aim to examining how conflicts and technological developments have not only created purpose built machines but have also left a direct inscription on the landscape. The works are not those of a war artist, presenting a particular battle, or a social documentation conveying a particular political point of view. They encompass both the past and the future, examining concealment, disinformation and the physical and psychological impact war has had and continues to exert upon our environment.
Stalker (2005), 163cm x 163cm
Whiteout (2003), 183cm x 213cm
Recent Exhibitions
2006
East International, Norwich Art Gallery, Norwich Forest Dreaming, Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Haldon Forest
2004
Forever Beautiful, Clapham Art Gallery, London
Everyday is like Sunday, Vertigo Gallery, London
2003
Realism, Flowers East, London
Landscape, Vertigo Gallery, London
15, Art 2003, Business Design Centre, London
2002
Landscape, Paton Gallery, London
2001
Ground Clearance, Vertigo Gallery, London Peterborough Art Prize, Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery
2000
Landscapes from the Border, Paton Gallery, London
Berwick Gymnasium Gallery
Beyond the Scene, Paton Gallery, London
Ambush (2003), 178cm x 229cm
Awards
2001
Peterborough Art Prize, Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery
2000
The Woo Charitable Foundation Award / The Elizabeth Greenshields Award
1997
NatWest Art Prize – Runner Up / The Elizabeth Greenshields Award
1996
Royal Bath & West Art Scholarship
1994
The Elizabeth Greenshields Award
Collections
The Saatchi Collection / Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery / Old Mutual /
Royal Bank of Scotland / The British Standards Institute / Goldman Sachs /
Norwich Castle Museum / Nelson Woo Collection / Private Collections
Publications
Eastinternational 2006, Norwich Gallery,
Forward by Lynda Morris, 2006
Disruptive Patter Material, Hardy Blechman, Maharishi, 2004
Everyday is Like Sunday, Vertigo Gallery Publications, 2004
Realism, Flowers Gallery, Forward Edward Lucie-Smith, 2003
Landscape, Saatchi Gallery Publications,
2002
Ground Clearance, Vertigo Gallery Publications,
2001
Young British Art: The Saatchi Decade, Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1999
The New Neurotic Realists, Saatchi Gallery Publications, 1998