ROSALIND LOWRY ARTIST
CV
Education
Middlesex University, London
Foundation Certificate Art & Design
Chelsea School of Art, London
Degree Public Art
Saint Martin's School of Art, London
Masters Fine Art, Sculpture
University of Ulster
Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Futures Programme
Centre for Curatorial Studies, Berlin
Art, Activism and Environment
Affiliation
Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors - MRSS
Member Visual Artists Ireland
Awards
London Institute Design Award
Erasmus Scholarship for Professional study in the Arts
Carnegie Prize for Design & Wellbeing
National Award for Services to Examining in Art & Design
Arts Council of Northern Ireland Awards
Justice Award for Art in the Community
Northern Ireland Government Justice Department
Redline International Arts Award for work based on global environmental issues
Shortlisted for the Venice Arte Laguna Prize
2nd place for the 2021 Social Art Award, from The Institute for Art and Innovation, Berlin
CuratorSpace Award for new work
Arts Council NI Annual Award 2023
Publications
2023 The New Geologic Epoch
Published by Ecoartspace USA
2022 The Earthkeepers Handbook
Published by Ecoartspace USA
2023 The Heartbeat of Trees
Publication of recent works
Residencies
City International University of Paris, Art Research Residency
Land Artist in Residence for Red Quincho Network, Argentina
Live online residency with Zurich based Devamitra Art via Instagram
Rathlin Island, funded by Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Ards Arts Centre, funded by Ards Borough Council
Old Museum Arts Centre, funded by Arts Council
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, funded by Arts Council
Ulster Hospital, funded by Arts Council
St.Patrick's Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India
Vestiges, Quebec, Canada, funded by Arts Council of NI
North Vietnam Women Artisans, funded by Arts Council
Alaska State Parks, funded by the Alaska State Government
Lough Neagh Peatlands, Ireland, funded by the UK Heritage Lottery
International Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland
Full CV including commissions, collections, articles and projects delivered, available on request
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.
