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Rosie Leventon
About
The work comprises interactive Installations Environmental art and Recycled sculpture.
I make false and floating floors that comprise radical interventions into the fabric of a building. Some work references and attempts to form a link between Prehistory and the present day. The Floating floors and corridors - that float in water have been found to be particularly popular with blind and partially sighted people.
The outdoor pieces made for forests, gardens and parks show green awareness . They are normally site-responsive and may have a functional regional element, providing water for animals for example or promoting biodiversity and regeneration.
The drawings are often multi layered using different coloured inks or paint and text.
- Location
- London, south East UK, United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.rosieleventon.com
Currently working on a series of Arts Council funded Commissions for the Woodland Trust for their flagship Diamond Woods at Normanton le Heath in the Midlands. " Designs by environmental artist Rosie Leventon, commissioned to add a little sparkle to the 186-hectare site of many fields and arable grassland include earth moving and tree planting on an epic scale. Capitalising on the site,s prehistoric origins, she has come up with concepts ranging from a floating island based on an arrowhead from the Neolithic period, set in the middle of the existing lake, to an oval stepped amphitheatre encircled by trees which aims to provide a meeting place for visitors and extra food or habitat for birds .
Many of the ideas will be fully interactive. Work starts onsite in Spring 2013 ". … Read More
St Martins School of Art. London. London University, Croydon College of Art.
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Currently working on a series of Arts Council Funded Commissions for the Woodland Trust. There will be 3 or more interrelated pieces of Environmental art for their flagship Diamond Woods at Normanton le Heath in the Midlands (UK). The work will be interactive and will reference the archeological finds discovered on site. The new woodland will be planted with thousands of trees and will become a resource for the whole Country. Work starts Summer 2013.
Also working on a new series of indoor installations called up the duff made from Insulation boards and raw pigment.
Prague Festival of Contemporary Art. Oct. 2011. I was asked to install a piece outdoors at Zizkov near the centre of the city of Prague. It is called Light Sleeper.( Oct 2011- Jan 12)
Recent Shows: INSIDE Blank Media Collective Manchester March -0 April 2012.
next, BECA Foundation . Albuquerque. USA March 2011. Curiouser & Curiouser Old Vic Tunnels, Waterloo Station. Nov. 2010
Winner of an EWA Award. for Installation - ( Judges Favourite) and Finalists show at ROA Gallery, Pall Mall. London Oct 2011
Cork Street Open. ( In aid of Papyrus), Cork St. Gallery, London. July 2011 … Read More
Exhibitions
MARK TANNER SCULPTURE AWARD. Standpoint Gallery. 45 Coronet St. Hoxton London NI 6HD. Gallery open May 14 2013 - June 29 2013 . Wed - Sat 12 -6pm.10 Sculptors ~: Rosie Leventon. Victoria Rance, Giles Kent. Kevin Osmond etc. Also the Launch of "THINKING IS MAKING, PRESENCE & ABSENCE IN CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE', published by BLACK DOG, available from www.standpointgallery.co.uk or larger Waterstones.
INSIDE. Blank Media Collective . Manchester. March - April 2012
Curiouser & Curiouser, Old Vic Tunnels, beneath Waterloo station. 2010
Punctuation Marks, Henry Moore Inst. Leeds.2010
Concrete & Glass. Shoreditch Town Hall. London.2009
Workshop of Hereafter.Blyth Gallery Imperial College London.2009
Unfold Nettie Horn Gallery, London2009
Prospects & Interiors, Recent Acquisitions of Sculptor's Drawings. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.
Your Are Here, Re-Siting Installation. Royal College of Art, London. 1997
Mirades sobre el museu, Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona.1996 … Read More
