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Ros Newman was born in Highgate (London) and Studied
Fine Art at Chelsea School of Art and Hammersmith College of Art.
At Hammersmith she first came across oxy-acetylene welding, and developed
the unique technique for making steel sculpture for which she is now well
known. Her passion for the medium, coupled with her love of the human
form, is undiminished nearly forty years later, and continues to yield
sculpture reflecting the variety of her personal view.
The Alwin Gallery, in London’s West End, started showing her work in 1969,
and her first solo show was held there in 1971. She then moved to Norfolk.
Apart from a few outside exhibitions, Ros Newman showed exclusively with
Alwin in solo and group shows until she left the UK in 1990, living in
Tobago for a year followed by four years in Taiwan. Her work has always
been in demand and is in many private collections worldwide.
In 1992 she was invited to show her work along with eight leading
Taiwanese sculptors in the Pan Pan Gallery, Taipei, and until 1995
completed many private commissions and exhibited continuously with the Pan
Pan Gallery in Taipei and at Du Champ Art, Kaoshung.
Ros Newman returned to the UK in 1995, and currently works in her Norwich
Studio. She is a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and also
the British Artist Blacksmiths Association.
In 2001 she started to make outdoor sculpture in stainless steel and
bronze, and this is now a major interest, though she continues to make
indoor work. |