Ros Blackmore
Somerset, United Kingdom
Gardenia Cottage,
Garden Row,
East Coker,
Yeovil.
Somerset.
BA22 9LB
Email rosblackmore8@googlemail.com
BRIEF CV:
1983-86 1st BA Hons Fine Art, Exeter college of Art &Design
1986 “New Contempories ” ,ICA, London, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle , Bluecoat & Hanover Galleries, Liverpool.
1987 B.P.I.F Book production & publishing course, Exeter
1987-89 CNAA post grad diploma in printmaking, Wimbledon school of Art
1989-90 MA in Printmaking, Wimbledon school of Art
1990 “Young Printmakers of the Year” CCA Galleries, Bath
Currently teaching Printmaking, Strode Collage, Somerset
Recent Shows
2004 “Eight” Centre Space, Bristol
2008 “The Joy of Classification” Here Gallery, Bristol
2008 “Meta Insecta” Centre Space, Bristol
2009 BABE book fair Arnolfini, Bristol
Statement The physicality of making books, and the intimacy of reading a book excites me. Researching a subject, producing photographs, collages and prints has become obsessional, binding them all together, allows for these compulsions to be viewed.
42 Cranes, hard covers; collage, text, photos, digital, assorted paper; signed limited edition of 10; 18x 20.5cmclosed; £35each, £5UK/£8overseas p&p via special delivery, CATEGORY limited edition £2.50-£50.
Gods, Teeth & Trucks, hard covers, concertina: digital photos: signed limited edition of 10; 20.5 x 15cm closed 200 x 15cm open: £28 each, £5UK/£8overseas p&p via special delivery, CATEGORY limited edition £2.50-£50.
Pickled for Perpetuity, hard covers, concertina: digital photos, text: signed limited edition of 12; 20x 8.5cm closed 111 x 8.5cm open: £25 each, £5UK/£8overseas p&p via special delivery, CATEGORY limited edition £2.50-£50.
Admit One (circus freaks), hard covers, bound: digital photo, text: signed limited edition of 10; 16 x 21.5cm closed: £30 each, £5UK/£8overseas p&p via special delivery, CATEGORY limited edition £2.50-£50.
They swim in all of the Seven Seas, hard covers: digital photos, collage, sun prints, screen-print, text, assorted papers; signed limited edition of 10; 15.5 x 16.5cm closed: £35 each, £5UK/£8overseas p&p via special delivery, CATEGORY limited edition
£2.50-£50.
Men Only, soft covers: photos: signed limited edition of 10; 15 x 21cm closed: £20 each, £5UK/£8overseas p&p via special delivery, CATEGORY limited edition £2.50-£50.
Other books include
NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS, (Pair to Men Only), soft covers; photos; signed limited edition of 10; 15 x 21 cm closed; £20 each, £5UK/£8 overseas p&p via special delivery, CATEGORY limited edition £2.50-£50.
WOMEN WHO WORE THE TROUSERS, hard covers, bound: digital photos, text: signed limited edition of 10; 16 x 21.5cm closed: £30 each, £5UK/£8overseas p&p via special delivery, CATEGORY limited edition £2.50-£50.
VESTA TILLEY (a life in drag), hard covers, bound: digital photos, text: signed limited edition of 10; 16 x 21.5cm closed: £30 each, £5UK/£8overseas p&p via special delivery, CATEGORY limited edition £2.50-£50.
THE ONLY LITTLE GIRL I LOVED, hard covers, Leather bound: digital photos, text: signed limited edition of 6; 16 x 21.5cm closed: £35 each, £5UK/£8overseas p&p via special delivery, CATEGORY limited edition £2.50-£50.
GAPPING GILLS, hard covers, bound: digital photos, text: signed limited edition of 10; 11 x 15.5cm closed: £25 each, £5UK/£8overseas p&p via special delivery, CATEGORY limited edition £2.50-£50.
THE CURRATIVE POWER OF CAMELS, hard covers, bound: digital photos, text: signed limited edition of 10; 11 x 15.5cm closed: £25 each, £5UK/£8overseas p&p via special delivery, CATEGORY limited edition £2.50-£50.