Roseanne Connolly's work is inspired by museum displays, the Wunderkammer and natural history. She aims to create a spatial narrative with her work, much as objects within museum displays do. The particular placement of one piece next to another can change the way we view it, creating a discussion between them.
Isolating and focusing on particular elements of birds and creatures, Connolly creates strange, uncanny objects, swerving any twee imagery. Enlarging them and removing them from their context, they become unfamiliar.
Since graduating with an MA in Ceramics at The Royal College of Art, Roseanne has set up a studio in South East London, where she continues to develop her practice.
Roseanne Connolly (b. 1991, UK)
MA RCA
BA (Hons) Fine Art 1st Class
Education
Royal College of Art, MA Ceramics & Glass, 2015-2017
Chelsea College of Art and Design, UAL, 2011-2014
Wimbledon College of Art, UAL, 2010-2011
Awards
2021 Crafts Council’s Crafting a Business Programme
2021 London Bronze Casting Editions
2016 The Royal College of Art Ceramics Prize awarded by The Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers alias Wire Workers of the City of London
2014 Chelsea Arts Club Trust Award
