Artist Resume

Rose Rushbrooke

About the Artist

Born in London, England Rose has lived abroad since 1986. First moving to Antigua in the West Indies and then to Virginia, USA. She met her American husband in the islands and relocated here in 1996. Her professional career as an artist began in the Caribbean where she made her living painting.

Her interest in modern fractal geometry led her to using these fascinating images as a starting point for her work. As she goes through the construction process the abstract meaning unfolds.

The wall hangings are a mixture of hand and machine stitching. Natural and man made fibers are incorporated. Using the traditional skills of piecing, appliqué, embroidery, embellishment and quilting she takes the craft of quilting to another level.

She exhibits nationally and internationally at both quilt and art shows. Photographs of her work are in quilting, art magazines and catalogues. She has been filmed by HGTV for "Simply Quilts", by Adelphia for "Artscape", and the opening of her Charlottesville exhibition in November 2005 was filmed for local screening. She can no longer say she is owed her fifteen minutes of fame.

Exhibitions

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Solo:

Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
George Washington University, Ashburn, Virginia
Handley Library, Winchester, Virginia
Harmony Hall, Brown's Bay, Antigua, West Indies
Loudoun County Government Offices art gallery, Virginia
Middleburg Library, Middleburg, Virginia

Joint:

The Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, Virginia
C'Ville Coffeehouse, Charlottesville, Virginia
Round Hill Art Center, Round Hill, Virginia
Sage Moon Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia

Group:

Museums

Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Appalachian Cultural Museum, Boone, North Carolina
Baltimore Museum of Art Holiday Shop, Baltimore, Maryland
Eugene Field House & Toy Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

Galleries

Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, Maryland
Rendezvous Gallery, Leesburg, Virginia
Royal Street Gallery, Leesburg, Virginia
American Artists' Studios, Purcellville, Virginia

Art Centers and Other Venues

American Crafts Council SE Region, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, Virginia
Artsplace Ponca City, 319 East Grand, Ponca City, OK
City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown, Maryland
Blue Ridge Windows, The art space at Imaging Acceptance Corporation, Warrenton, Virginia
Greens Spring Garden Park, Annandale, Virginia
Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, Maryland
Venable, Attorneys at Law, Washington, DC
Waterford Annual Homes & Crafts Fair, Waterford, Virginia
Aldie Mill, Aldie, Virginia
Burwell-Morgan Mill, Burwell, Virginia
Governor's Mansion, Richmond, Virginia
Oatlands Plantation, Leesburg, Virginia
Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, Maryland

Quilt Shows

Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham, England
Quilts 2002, Alexandra Palace, London, England travelling to RDS, Dublin, Ireland and International Halls, Harrogate, England
21st American Quilters' Society Annual Quilt Show, Paducah, Kentucky
International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia
National Quilting Association's 31st Annual Quilt Show, Reno, Nevada
Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, California
Quilters' Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Road to California, Ontario, California
NYQuilts!, Troy, New York
Clarke County Needlework Show, Berryville, Virginia
St. Francis Quilt Show & Country Fair, Georgetown Pike, Great Falls
Oklahoma City Winter Quilt Show, Cox Convention Center, One Myriad Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
American Sewing Guild, Gaylord Opryland- Nashville

Selected Private Collections

The Mellon Family, Mill Reef Club, Antigua, West Indies
Governor's Mansion, Richmond, Virginia
Mary Ann & Frederick Brussat, New York, New York
Catherine Rickert, Chicago, Illinois
Joan Tyler Solly, Indian Beach Harbor, Florida
Margaret Patterson, Half Moon Bay, Antigua, West Indies
Mrs and Mrs Kenneth Green, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Hedy Campbell Joseph, Picton, Ontario, Canada
Joyce Carrier, Purcellville, Virginia

Corporate Collection

Venable, Attorneys at Law, New York Avenue, Washington, DC

Awards

2002 - Shannon-Ross Scholarship award for studying quiltmaking at the Museum of the American Quilter's Society
2002 - Cash awards for Sheep's Eyes and River Fish, 1st and 3rd place respectively at Eugene Field House & Toy Museum, St. Louis, MO
2001 - Ribbons awarded to Four Seasons of Oatlands and Skating on Thin Ice by NYQuilts!, Troy, New York
1999 - Cash award for installation design submitted to Loudoun Healthcare Foundation, Ashburn, Virginia, USA

Publications

Books and Catalogues

Quilter's Catalog by Meg Cox. Published by Workman Publishing - To be announced
1,000 Artist Journal Pages: Personal Pages and Inspirations by Dawn DeVries Sokol. Published by Rockport Publishers/Quarry Books - July 2008
Innovative Digital Imagery C&T Publishing - Fall 2007
Creative Force 2007 SAQA Catalogue Published by Janome America - Fall 2007
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. Portfolio 14 Published by Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc - September 2007
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. Portfolio 13 Published by Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc - September 2006
Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project Published by Quilting Arts, LLC - October 2006
On The Wall Studio Arts Quilts Association exhibition catalogue for the Gallery of Contemporary Arts, Colorado 2006
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. Portfolio 12 Published by Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc - September 2005
Fabric Art Gallery A Leisure Arts Publication by Banar Designs August 2005 ISBN 1-57486-570-6
Quilts 2002 Catalogue 'The Best in Contemporary Quilts'
Women of Biblical Proportion CD Rom Catalogue 2003

Magazines

Quilters Newsletter Magazine - November 2007
MyHome November 2007
Magic Patch March 2007
Quilters Newsletter Magazine - Fall 2005
American Quilters' Society Magazine - Winter 2004
Quilt magazine Fall 2003 issue
Surface Design Exposure - Spring 2003
Élan Magazine December 2002 and February 2005
Crafts Report October 2002
Loudoun Art April 2001

Television

Comcast Cable TV Channel 2 Artscape - to be announced
Gallery Talk - Charlottesville, VA - November 2005, Sage Moon Gallery opening
HGTV Simply Quilts - first airing December 27th, 2004
Adelphia Cable TV Channel 3 Artscape - first airing September, 2004

Other

Textiles Department, University of Manchester, United Kingdom - TELA, National textile art database

Memberships

Computer Textile Design Group England, United Kingdom
Fiber Arts Study Group, Washington, DC
Q&A art quilters, Northern Virginia and Washington, DC
Toastmasters International, Santa Marguerita, CA
Professional Artist Member of the Studio Art Quilts Association, Storrs, CT
Waterford Quilters' Guild, Waterford, Virginia

Rose Rushbrooke
Artist, Quiltmaker,
Fractalist and Character Animator

Blogs ...
Quilts and Quiddities

To A Neon Mini Mart
On character animation

Fun Stuff ...
Quilt block icons
Quilt block animations