QUALIFICATIONS

2001 – Post Graduate Diploma, Museum and Gallery Studies, St Andrews University.

1997 – BA (HONS) Fine Art and Related Arts. Chichester University.

1989 – NC in Art and Design, Telford College, Edinburgh

2018 – Professional Member of the Society of Scottish Artists.

2010 – Cultural Leadership Training, London School of Design.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2025

  • Living Mountain Series. Braemar Literary Festival, organised by Art Farm and Hauser and Wirth in collaboration with the Queen’s Reading Room. 

2023

  • The Living Mountain: Dreaming a Response. The Heriot Gallery, Dundas Street, Edinburgh.
  • The Living Mountain: Dreaming a Response. The Scottish Poetry Library, Crichton Close, Edinburgh.

2022

  • The Planets. Demarco Galleries, Summerhall, Edinburgh. 

 2016

  • Harbours. Freespace Gallery, Edinburgh.
  • Snowscapes. Gayfield Creative Spaces, Edinburgh.
  • Sea and Sky. Marchmont Gallery, Edinburgh.

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2025

  • Spring Exhibition.Limetree Gallery, Bristol. Till May 31st.

 

2024

  • Winter Exhibition, Fidra Fine Art Gallery, Scotand. 30 November 2024 to 26 January 2025.
  • Autumn Exhibition, Limetree Gallery, Bristol. Launches 24th October
  •  Summer Exhibition. Lime Tree Gallery. June 20th to August 31st.
  • 20th Anniversary Exhibition. The Resipole Gallery, Acharacle, Scotland. Launching Sunday 30th June.
  • Summer Exhibition. The Heriot Gallery, Edinburgh. Summer Exhibition

 

2023

  • Borrowed Land. Kilmorack Gallery. 18th November to 2nd March
  • Edinburgh Art Fair. Edinburgh Corn Exchange. 16th to 19th November
  • Christmas Exhibition. Limetree Gallery 2nd December 2023 – 
  • Winter Show. Heriot Gallery. Dundas Street, Edinburgh.18th November 2023 – 
  • Aberdeen Art Fair (AAF23) 1st – 3rd September. (with Limetree Gallery, Stand 6)
  • SSA at the Caledonia Club London 21 June – 13 July 
  • Summer Exhibition Limetree Gallery Bristol. 14th July till 31st August.
  • RSA Annual Exhibition (online) 6 May – 11 June 

 

2022

  • Coast. Jim Wright and Rose Strang.  Sunday 12th June until Friday 22nd July. Resipole Gallery, Acharacle, Ardnamurchan.
  • From the Mountains to the Sea. Limetree Gallery, Bristol
  • Affordable Art Fair, Online. Limetree Gallery
  • December – Commissioned by The Folio Society London to create a series of nine paintings for their publication of The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd.

 

2020

  • A Subtle Touch. Rose Strang, Anna King and Mhairi McGregor. Limetree Gallery, Bristol.
  • Winter Exhibition. Limetree Gallery, Bristol
  • Autumn Exhibition. Resipole Gallery, Acharacle, Scotland
  • Summer Exhibition. Limetree Gallery, Long Melford

 

2019

  • SSA Open. Society of Scottish Artists, RSA, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
  • Christmas Exhibition, Limetree Gallery, Bristol
  • Small Works. Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh
  • Ardban. Limetree Gallery An Ealdhain, Fortwilliam, Scotland
  • The Planets. The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis. Demarco Galleries, Summerhall, Edinburgh. Paintings by Rose Strang. Talk by Dr Michael Ward (author of Planet Narnia. The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis). 
  •  Winter Miniatures. Abbeyhill Studio, Edinburgh.

 

2018

  • SSA+VAS Open Exhibition. Society of Scottish Artists. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
  •  Spring Exhibition. Resipole Gallery, Acharacle, Scotland
  • First Look. Limetree Gallery, Long Melford
  • The Winter Show. Resipole Gallery, Acharacle, Scotland
  •  Edinburgh Art Fair. Limetree Gallery. Corn Exchange, Edinburgh.
  •  Christmas Show. Limetree Gallery, Bristol.
  • Texture. Rose Strang,  Vivienne Williams, RCA, Henry Jabour, Limetree Gallery, Bristol.
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2017

  • Christmas Show. Artpistol Gallery, Glasgow.
  • Edinburgh Art Fair. Corn Exchange. Lime Tree Gallery.
  • A Sense of Place. Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol
  • Winter Series: Music and Image. Collaboration with cellist/composer Atzi Muramatsu. Abbeyhill Studio, Edinburgh

 

2016

  •  Harbours. Freespace Gallery, Edinburgh.
  • Snowscapes. Gayfield Creative Spaces, Edinburgh.
  • Sea and Sky. Marchmont Gallery, Edinburgh.
  • RSA Open. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

 

2015

  • Eigg Island. Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh.
  • Spring Show. Flaubert Gallery, Edinburgh

 

2014

  • WEST: The west coast and beyond. Gallery Ten, Edinburgh

 

2013

  • Winter Exhibition. Sutton Gallery, Dundas Street Edinburgh. Winter Exhibition
  • On a Small Scale. Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

 

2007 to 2011

Lead Artist and Curator, public art projects for the NHS in Scotland and England. University Hospitals Birmingham, University Hospital North Staffordshire. Glasgow and Greater Clyde NHS.

 

2006

  • Transit Station. Ocean Terminal. Multi Art form exhibition and event, participant and co-curator.

 

2000

  • 70/2000 The Road to Meikle Seggie. City Art Centre Edinburgh.

 

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Public

The Demarco Archives/Demarco European Art Foundation/ Demarco Trust. 

Edinburgh.

Painting. Portrait of Richard Demarco. Vintage Sea. Seven 3D works: 

 

Private 

  •  Frances Fowle. FRS. Emeritus Professor of Nineteenth-Century Art at the University of Edinburgh. Former Senior Curator of French Art at the National Galleries of Scotland. Senior Trustee of the Burrell Collection, Glasgow. 
  • Edinburgh.

      Two paintings: Green Wave and Eigg Island. 

  • Prof. Giles Sutherland. Times Art Critic and Author.Dunbar.

        Painting. Sanna Bay.