Rosie McGurran R.U.A.
Rosie McGurran was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and received her degree in Fine Art from the University of Ulster in 1992. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and was a member of Queen Street Studios, Belfast in the 1990s. In 1997 she was awarded The Arts Council of Northern Ireland Fellowship to The British School at Rome and The Victor Treacy Award of painting.
In 2000 she re-located to the small village of Roundstone on the west coast of Ireland to research the art history of the village and the island of Inishlacken. She established a gallery and annual island residency, The Inishlacken Project, in 2001 while exhibiting and developing her own work. She has curated many exhibitions in Ireland and abroad while receiving awards and bursaries for her own work. Her work has taken her as far as Australia, Norway, Italy and the U.S. She is an elected member of the Royal Ulster Academy in Belfast.
Education
Arts Council of Northern Ireland Fellowship to the British School at Rome, 1997-98.
Certificate, Women in the Arts NOW, University of Ulster, Belfast, 1994. BA hons Fine Art Painting, University of Ulster, Belfast, 1992.
Glasgow School of Art, student exchange, 1991.
Rupert Stanley College, Belfast, Foundation Studies, 1989.
Awards. Bursaries. Commisions.
Failte Ireland Community/Diaspora Award, 2016
Galway County Council Individual Bursary, 2015
Galway County Council Community Funding Award, 2002-present Elevated to full membership of the Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, 2011 National Self-Portrait of Ireland Commission, 2010
Culture Ireland travel bursary, 2009
Portrait of Michael Longley, commission, 2009
The Conor Prize, Royal Ulster Academy, 2007
Arts Council of Ireland Commissions Award, 2004
The Millls Selig Award, Royal Ulster Academy, 2004
The Victor Treacy Award, The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, 1997
Belfast 1991 Award, 1994
The Ulster Arts Club Award, 1994
The Daler Rowney Painting Prize, 1992
Residencies
Ballinskelligs, Cill Rialaig, County Kerry, 2013
C.R.E.T.A. Rome, 2013
BAS Studios, Brooklyn, New York, 2010
Dunmoochin Foundation, Victoria, Australia, 2008
BAS Studios, Brooklyn, New York, 2008
The Arthur Boyd Centre, NSW, Australia, 2006
The British Embassy, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2001
Roundstone Arts Festival, 2000
The British School at Rome, 1997-98
Royal Victoria Maternity Hospital, Belfast, 1995-96
Belfast Health Trust, 1994-95
Clotworthy House Arts Centre, Antrim, 1994