ROSALIND LOWRY ARTIST
CV
Education
Middlesex University, London
Foundation Certificate Art & Design
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Chelsea School of Art, London
Degree Public Art
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Saint Martin's School of Art, London
Masters Fine Art, Sculpture
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University of Ulster
Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Futures Programme
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Centre for Curatorial Studies, Berlin
Art, Activism and Environment
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Affiliation
Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors - MRSS
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Member Visual Artists Ireland
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Awards
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London Institute Design Award
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Erasmus Scholarship for Professional study in the Arts
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Carnegie Prize for Design & Wellbeing
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National Award for Services to Examining in Art & Design
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Arts Council of Northern Ireland Awards
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Justice Award for Art in the Community
Northern Ireland Government Justice Department
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Redline International Arts Award for work based on global environmental issues
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Shortlisted for the Venice Arte Laguna Prize
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2nd place for the 2021 Social Art Award, from The Institute for Art and Innovation, Berlin
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CuratorSpace Award for new work
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Arts Council NI Annual Award 2023
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Publications
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2023 The New Geologic Epoch
Published by Ecoartspace USA
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2022 The Earthkeepers Handbook
Published by Ecoartspace USA
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2023 The Heartbeat of Trees
Publication of recent works
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Residencies
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City International University of Paris, Art Research Residency
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Land Artist in Residence for Red Quincho Network, Argentina
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Live online residency with Zurich based Devamitra Art via Instagram
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Rathlin Island, funded by Arts Council of Northern Ireland
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Ards Arts Centre, funded by Ards Borough Council
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Old Museum Arts Centre, funded by Arts Council
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Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, funded by Arts Council
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Ulster Hospital, funded by Arts Council
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St.Patrick's Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India
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Vestiges, Quebec, Canada, funded by Arts Council of NI
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North Vietnam Women Artisans, funded by Arts Council
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Alaska State Parks, funded by the Alaska State Government
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Lough Neagh Peatlands, Ireland, funded by the UK Heritage Lottery
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International Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland
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Full CV including commissions, collections, articles and projects delivered, available on request
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ABOUT
Rosalind Lowry MRSS is a Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors and an artist from Northern Ireland who works with a range of media to create site specific land art, installations and sculpture. Through numerous solo and collaborative projects she has delivered works internationally and across Ireland. She has completed public commissions for St. Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, The Natural History Museum in London, The Royal Hospital Group, Belfast, Local Government in Northern Ireland and internationally for the Alaska State Government, Red Quincho Arts Network, Argentina and works and installations in Quebec, Canada and North Vietnam. She studied Public Art and Sculpture at Chelsea School of Art and St. Martins School of Art in London & has won several awards including the London Institute Award, Arts Council of NI Awards and the Carnegie Award for Design & Wellbeing. Rosalind has undertaken many Artist in Residence positions, both at home and abroad, including positions as Artist in Residence on Rathlin Island, Ireland, and alone in a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness in 2019 creating a land art trail for the Alaskan Government, to encourage use of the national parks . With a passion for art education she is Chief Examiner for Contemporary Craft & Design in Northern Ireland, and a Professional Associate for the Council for Curriculum and Education. From 2019 to 2021 as Artist in Residence for the Lough Neagh Landscape Partnership & the UK Heritage Lottery she delivered a series of land art interventions in the peatlands of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, in a major development project to raise awareness of the environmental issues and declining wildlife population of Ireland. In 2020 Rosalind completed the Art, Activism and Environment programme with the Centre for Curatorial Studies, Berlin.
