Now I am an Artist: Rose Blake
Rose Blake is an illustrator. And she is also an artist. Her work constantly challenges the notion that the two practices must be kept separate, that an illustration cannot resonate with meaning once parted from its text accompaniment in the same way that a painting can stand alone.
Choosing vast museum-scapes as her chosen subject, Blake captures the busy hum of a gallery concourse. A couple exchange flowers, a child totters hand-in-hand with their parent, their droopy teddy almost lost in the movement, and a yoga-loving bystander is entertained by a giddy cluster of school children with matching rucksacks.
Each digitally-designed character contributes to the rich narrative the scene develops, all with their own lives and personalities. And the art on the wall, which Blake hand-paints onto the image, breathes its own history. In a meta-artistic fashion, her imagined museums become playful forums in which to redefine what is regarded as ‘exhibition-worthy’. Illustration as art is affirmed, and truly celebrated.
Blake studied Illustration and Animation at Kingston University, where she was awarded the D&AD Best New Blood Award. She followed this with an MA at the Royal College of Art. Blake has completed commissions for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The BBC and Tatler.
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- Rose Blake, A Pink Heart, 2015
- Rose Blake, The Engagement, 2015
- Rose Blake, School Trip, 2015
- Rose Blake, Electric Blue / Black Gloss, 2015
- Rose Blake, Works On Paper, 2015
- Rose Blake, Pink Wall, 2015
- Rose Blake, Trio Of Blue, 2015
- Rose Blake, Three Wooden Planks Leaning, 2015
- Rose Blake, Blue Sunday, 2015
- Rose Blake, Balancing Act, 2015
- Rose Blake, Stone Banana, 2015
- Rose Blake, P.V., 2015
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- Rose Blake, Three Fingers/ The Stolen Daffodil (detail), 2015
- Rose Blake, Three Fingers/ The Stolen Daffodil (detail), 2015
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- Rose Blake, Three Fingers/ The Stolen Daffodil (detail), 2015
- Rose Blake, Three Fingers/ The Stolen Daffodil (detail), 2015
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Rose Blake: Now She Is An Artist
Juxtapoz Magazine1 March 2016'Rose Blake's art about people looking at art stopped us in our tracks at last year’s Miami Project Fair. Her very meta series, Now I...Read more - Press
Rose Blake
Studio International28 December 2015'The illustrator and artist talks about her recent exhibition at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery, drawing by hand and directly into the computer, the perils of...Read more - Press
Rose Blake
Fitzrovia Journal14 October 2015'In the series, Blake captures the busy hum of a gallery concourse and narrative of day-to-day lives.'Read more - Press
In the Studio with Rose Blake
Artists & Illustrators1 October 2015'Sir Peter Blake's illustrator daughter opens the doors to her shared east London workspace as she prepares for her first solo exhibition.'Read more
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