In Every Room
Artist
Beth Rodway
“You could call my paintings a visual diary. I’ve never been good with words so my paintings act in place of that. I paint places that hold memories for me, where I can get close enough to really see how the light hits the curtain or a drape hits on a chair. I like to include depictions of sold works that live in my collectors’ homes in my paintings, it’s a way of establishing relationships between different bodies of works.” BR
Beth Rodway’s richly coloured miniature paintings combine her fascination with interiors, mid-century influences, and images and objects that hold personal significance to her at that given moment. Beth’s self-referential paintings build playful narratives connecting the artist and the world she creates. ‘Pink Tulips’ features open books sprawled on the checkered bathroom floor, the books referencing those open on Beth’s studio desk at the time. A rendition of ‘Reading Room’ adornes the bathroom wall of ‘Pink Tulips’. ‘40 Love’ features two earlier paintings that now live in the homes of her collectors.
Beth lives by the sea in East Sussex. Growing up surrounded by carpentry pieces made by her dad she developed an obsession with drawing and making from a young age. She received a BA in Architecture in 2014 (where she fell in love with buildings) and a Postgraduate degree from the Royal Drawing School in 2018. During her student and early years of founding her practice she concentrated on drawing detailed interior spaces yet has more recently moved her practice into painting, focussing on acrylics on canvas.
Date:
December 2024
Beth Rodway is an award winning, Brighton based artist. She has exhibited globally, including at the Royal Academy and Christie’s, London and more recently with Delphian Gallery, Daniel Raphael Gallery and Purslane. She was the recipient of The ACS Drawing Prize and was awarded a 3 month residency in Los Angeles. Rodway’s works are held in The Royal Collection, Soho House Collection, and many more.
EDUCATION
Drawing Postgraduate Scholarship, Royal Drawing School
Architecture BA, University of Brighton(First Class Hons)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/ FAIRS
2021 Get a load of this! Daniel Raphael Gallery X She curates, London
2021 Art East Summer Show, Norwich
2021 Pneuma, Purslane Art, Online
2021 Artist Focus Wilder Gallery, Online
2020 Royal Drawing School Summer Exhibition, London
2020 Curated for Covid Charity Exhibition, Online
2020 Works on Paper, The Frestonian Gallery, London
2019 The Christmas Show, London
2019 Saturnalia, Columbia Road, London
2019 We Aren't A Gallery, London
2019 Exceptional Collyer Bristow Award, London
2019 Bee Urban, London
2019 Summer Salon, Vaan Der Plas Gallery, New York
2019 Divergent Motion, Delphian Gallery
2019 Summer Exhibition, Laura Lopes
2019 Best of the Drawing Year, Christies, London
2019 The Drawing Year End of Year, Royal Drawing School, London
2019 Open Studios Exhibition, London
2019 Royal Academy Summer Show, London
2019 Nottingham Contemporary Refugee Week, Nottingham
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COLLECTIONS
Soho Works, Soho House, London
The Royal Collection, HRH Prince of Wales, London
Michael Moritz Private Collection, Italy
AWARDS
Collyer Bristow Award Shortlist
The ACS Drawing Prize
