Overview

Rose Blake is an illustrator. And she is also an artist.

 

Her work constantly challenges the notion that the two practices must be kept separate, that an illustration cannot resonate with meaning once parted from its text accompaniment in the same way that a painting can stand alone.

 

Choosing vast museum-scapes as her chosen subject, Blake captures the busy hum of a gallery concourse. A couple exchange flowers. A child totters hand-in-hand with their parent, their droopy teddy almost lost in the movement. A yoga-loving bystander is entertained by a giddy cluster of school children with matching rucksacks.

 

Each digitally-designed character contributes to the rich narrative the scene develops, all with their own lives and personalities. And the art on the museum walls, which Blake hand-paints onto each image, brings with it its own history. Her imagined museums become playful forums in which to redefine what is regarded as ‘exhibition-worthy’. Illustration as art is affirmed, and truly celebrated.

 

Blake studied Illustration and Animation at Kingston University, where she was awarded the D&AD Best New Blood Award. She followed this with an MA at the Royal College of Art. Blake has completed commissions for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The BBC and Tatler. 

 

Works
  • Rose Blake, Works on Paper, 2024
    Works on Paper, 2024
  • Rose Blake, Pink Wall, 2024
    Pink Wall, 2024
  • Rose Blake, Heart Museum, 2024
    Heart Museum, 2024
  • Rose Blake, Stone Banana (detail), 2024
    Stone Banana (detail), 2024
  • Rose Blake, Stone Banana, 2024
    Stone Banana, 2024
  • Rose Blake british artist illustrator station museum public spaces with minimal colour shapes and tiny subjects in playful style
    Stone Banana (detail), 2015
  • Rose Blake red hand embroidery of OK on a mango
    OK (Mango Season), 2018
  • Rose Blake, Swim (Harry's Lane), 2018
    Swim (Harry's Lane), 2018
  • Rose Blake, Sing (Listen = Silent), 2018
    Sing (Listen = Silent), 2018
  • A digitally-designed and hand-painted illustration of a museum shelf holding multiple artworks, editions sold by the Rebecca Hossack Gallery.
    My Small Shelf, 2017
  • digitally-designed and hand-painted museum shelf, depicting multiple colourful paintings within. Represented by Rebecca Hossack Gallery.
    My Shelf (With Museum Journal), 2017
  • Paintings within a painting, depicting a colourful museum shelf. By Rose Blake and represented by Rebecca Hossack Gallery.
    My Shelf (With Turtle Parade), 2017
  • Rose Blake british artist illustrator station museum public spaces with minimal colour shapes and tiny subjects in playful style
    Three Fingers/ The Stolen Daffodil (detail), 2015
  • Rose Blake british artist illustrator station museum public spaces with minimal colour shapes and tiny subjects in playful style
    Three Fingers/ The Stolen Daffodil (detail), 2015
  • Rose Blake, Three Fingers / The Stolen Daffodil, 2024
    Three Fingers / The Stolen Daffodil, 2024
  • A mixed media illustration of the interior of a museum with a large image of a multi-coloured pyramid on the wall. There are people scattered across the room. By artist Rose Blake.Rose Blake, 2024, multi media, print, Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery London, bold shapes and colour,
    Pyramid Museum, 2024
  • A mixed media image of the interior of a museum. There is a large framed image of two red hearts sat upon a blue box and other artworks free-standing on the floor with people scattered across the room. By artist Rose Blake.
    Trio of Blue, 2024
  • Rose Blake, Rose Blake as a child with her father, Sir Peter Blake RA
    Rose Blake as a child with her father, Sir Peter Blake RA
  • Rose Blake, Rose Blake with Her Print
    Rose Blake with Her Print
  • Rose Blake, Blue Condition, 2024
    Blue Condition, 2024
  • British artist and illustrator Rose Blake's hand-finished print of museum/gallery scape with blue line artwork
    Three Wooden Planks Leaning, 2023
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