BIOGRAPHY:
Rosa Zaira Quadrelli is a Scottish visual artist born in Glasgow in 1996. She recently graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a first-class BA Hons in Fine Art Painting and Printmaking in 2018.
‘Theatre of Memories’ is the name given to a collection of puppets and dolls created by Quadrelli during the past four years. These characters, both mundane and fantastical, include depictions of important people in her life, satirical caricatures of historical figures, and strange beings symbolic of more abstract thoughts and emotions. She uses these figures to recreate memories, depict relationships, and personify opposing elements within her psyche. She approaches these ideas through a variety of media, including drawing, painting, photography, film, and installation.
"Rosa Quadrelli invites us into a world of her imagination, beautifully realised in drawings and sculptures, like a haunted children’s story. Even after more than 100 artists, her work still has power to stand out as one of the highlights of the show."
"Rosa Quadrelli has turned her undoubted talents as a figurative artist to a mix of puppetry and print-making with a Gothic horror twist."
Exhibitions:
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2020 SALTSPACE MEMBERS SHOW: ESSENTIAL FORMS.
@ Virtual Reality Exhibition.
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2020 SALTSPACE MEMBERS SHOW: ESSENTIAL FORMS.
@ Salt Gallery, Glasgow.
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2020 MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT ART SHOW 2020.
@ Online Exhibition.
2020 ABOVE THE BELT.
@ Inverness Creative Academy, Inverness.
2019 MACMILLAN ART SHOW 2019.
@ The Apex Hotel, Edinburgh.
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2019 SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC FINE ART 98TH ANNUAL OPEN EXHIBITION.
@ Menier Gallery, London.
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2019 LEITH SCHOOL OF ART:
SUMMER EXHIBITION.
@ Leith School of Art, Edinburgh.
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2018 LEITH SCHOOL OF ART: CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION.
@ Leith School of Art, Edinburgh.
2018 RSW 138th OPEN ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2018.
@ Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
2018 PLAYZONE COLLECTIVE.
@ Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh.
2018 EDINBURGH ART FAIR 2018.
@ Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh.
2018 BEST OF DEGREE SHOW 2018.
@ Sixfoot Gallery, Glasgow.
2018 GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART DEGREE SHOW.
@ GSA Tontine Building, Glasgow.
2017 SERIES THREE.
@ Glue Factory, Glasgow.
2016 LETS LIMBO: Multi-disciplinary art exhibition.
@ SWG3 Gallery, Glasgow.
2016 PAT TESTED.
@ Grace & Clark Fyfe Gallery & The McLellan Galleries, Glasgow.
2015 PINTAR RAPIDO GLASGOW 2015.
@ Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow.
Awards:
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2018 RSW Graduate Prize.
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2018 Glasgow Print Studio Student Prize 2018.
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2016 Richard Ford Award.
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2014 East Dunbartonshire Council Art and Design Certificate of Achievement.
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2014 Glasgow Museums Art Competition for Young People Silver Award.
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2013 Glasgow Museums Art Competition for Young People Gold Award.
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2012 Glasgow Museums Art Competition for Young People
Silver Award.
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2011 Glasgow Museums Art Competition for Young People Bronze Award.
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Residencies:
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2018-19 Leith School of Art Graduate Residency.
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2016 Richard Ford Award.
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