ROSIE VOHRA

Rosie Vohra (b. 1992, Hertfordshire, UK) is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Leeds. She studied at The Royal Drawing School in 2014 after receiving a BA in Fine Art at Leeds Arts University in 2013.
Rosie has experience teaching workshops and drawing courses in person and online at The Royal Drawing School, Assembly House studios, Leeds Arts University, York St. John University, TOAST online Creative Residency Weekend and El Segundo Museum of Art, Los Angeles.
Member and co-founder of Precious Art Collective and active member of Assembly House studios in Leeds.

IG: @rosievohra

ARTS EDUCATION
2013-2014 The Drawing Year, The Royal Drawing School, London
2010-2013 BA (first-class hons) Fine Art, Leeds College of Art

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
ESMoA, El Segundo residency, California, July- Sept 2018
Dumfries House residency, Scotland, 2016
Afshin Naghouni Reach Prize, Art for Youth, 2016
Borgo Pignano residency, Italy 2016/2017
Sir Denis Mahon Award 2015-16
CASS Art Watercolour Challenge prize 2015
Leeds College of Art Student Exhibition Award 2013

EXHIBITIONS
2022
‘WORMB’, duo exhibition with Rae-Yen Song, Quench Gallery, Margate
‘The Hippo’s Mouth’, Permanent floor mural, Armley, Leeds.
‘Outside Inn’, Permanent installation made with Precious Collective, East St.Arts, Leeds Art Hostel
2021
‘Unreal Estates’, Online exhibition: unreal-estates.org
‘Definitions of Drawing’, Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds
‘Armley Horses’ public sculpture, Gotts Park, Leeds
‘The Elephant in the Room’, Leeds Piano Competition 2021, public sculpture, Cookeridge Street, Leeds
‘Chrysalis’, Hyde Park Art Club, Leeds

2019
‘Light Bearer’, Jakob Kroon Galeri, Worthing, West Sussex
‘Canopy Kilt’ solo show, Proudick Gallery, London
‘Post Curse’, Freehold Projects Space, Leeds
‘Square Point Colour’, Bumaga Gallery, London

2018
‘The Sir Denis Mahon exhibition’, The British Museum, London
‘Social Event’ with Love unlimited collective, Platform, Glasgow International Festival

2017
‘Story Telling’, Art for Youth, Mall Galleries, London
’Hypatia Moment HP+HP+HP++HP+HP+H+PHP+HPHP+HP – It’s all the same to me!’, Serf, Leeds
‘No Two People’ (duo show) with Andrew Lister, Assembly House, Leeds
‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, (solo exhibition), Assembly House, Leeds
‘Herland’, Bosse and Baum, London
‘The W.C (The Windsor Collection)’, Love Unlimited, Windsor Terrace, Glasgow
‘Suite Life’, group exhibition with STCFTHOTS in, Hybrid Art Fair, Petit Palace Santa Barbara, Madrid.
‘Green Reflection’ group exhibition, Withfc & Very Friendly, 6 Dixon St, Glasgow
‘Works on Paper’ group exhibition, Suede Gallery, Edinburgh

2016
‘Painting Fo’sho!, Lady Beck, Leeds
‘Fresh ‘n’ Frozen’, Art licks weekend, 12ø Collective, London
The Sunday Times Watercolour Prize, Mall Galleries, London
‘Slowly Slowly, Catch a Monkey’, Loft 6D, Bristol Biennial
‘In England We Dream of Gardens’, Art for Youth, Mall Galleries, London
‘Bought Objects’, Very Friendly, Voidoid Archive, Glasgow
‘Italy Residency’, Christina Hambags, London
‘To Prepare a Face’, The Sir Denis Mahon Award (solo exhibition), The Royal Drawing School, London
‘New Works by Rosie Vohra’ (solo exhibition), Tall Boys, Leeds
‘Stranger in Pink’, The Art Hostel, Leeds
‘Drawings from the Royal Drawing School’, Christies, New York

2015
‘The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015’, Touring UK
‘Best in Show’ Same Shit Different Day gallery, London
‘One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night’, Assembly House, Leeds
‘Forever Say, Forever Always’, Gage gallery, Sheffield

2014
‘Verso’, The Tea Building, London
‘The Drawing Year Final exhibition’, The Royal Drawing School, London
‘Hand in Hand’, Leeds College of Art
‘Not too Precious’, Duncan Street temporary space, Leeds

2013
‘Free Range’, The Old Truman Brewery, London
‘Proof’ (degree show), Leeds College of Art
‘2Precious’, Melbourne Studios, Leeds

2012
‘Emblemen presents Precious’, temporary space, Leeds
‘Chalk’, Thwaites Mill, Leeds
‘Weights and Measures’, East Street Arts, Patrick studios, Leeds