PORTFOLIO
Rosalie Oakman / 2024SKETCH BOOK
ILLUSTRATIONS 1
WANDERLUST/ LITHOGRAPHY & ETCHING
PHASES OF DEPRESSION
EMBROIDERED PHOTOGRAPHIES & CHARCOAL
A LITTLE PIECE ABOUT LOVE
I COULDN’T SEE THE DAY TOMORROW
PORTRAIT & PAINTINGS
EMBROIDERED PEOPLE
I AM NOT ONE BUT ONE OF MANY
FASHION ILLUSTRATION / HEADPIECE
HEADPIECE
VASARIAH
LE PRIX D’ETRE UNE FEMME
ALIENATION
SERIES UPSIDE DOWN
MEAT STUDIES
PIGEON PLAY
PRIMARY COLOURS STUDY
EMBROIDERED MASK
THE ANTI SAMPLE EMBROIDERY COLOUR STUDY
WHERE I WAS RAPED / RUG
TEXTILE MANIPULATIONS / WEAVE
CV
ROSALIE OAKMAN
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London
+44 (0) 7 539 544 207 rosalie.oakman@gmail. com
Experience
EXHIBITIONS
2024 14-18 February, Amour V, Espace Temps, Paris, France
2023 9 December - now, The Fashioned Body, The Trampery, London, United kIngdom
22 September 23-25, VS1 x East Wing Biennal, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, United Kingdom
3-13 August, Muse Residency Competition 2024 ,The Muse Gallery, London, United Kingdom
20 - 25 June, Salo XI, Salon du dessin érotique, Paris, France
16-18 February, Prix AMMA Sorbonne, Bastille Design Center, Paris, France
20 January -5 February, Amour IV, Plateforme, Paris, France
2022 17 November - now , The Trampery, London, United-Kingdom
15 November, Art Installation, Scene, London, United-Kingdom
22-23 October, Inspired by her, The Baths, London, United-Kingdom
21-24 October, Unheard Voices, Art Ascend, London, United-Kingdom
20 October BADA Art Prize, Colnaghi Gallery, London, United-Kingdom
17-18 September, La Vie au Chateau, Niko&Co, Angoulême, France
28 -31July, Summer Exhibition: Emerging Artists, Art Ascend, London, United-Kingdom
25 July - 15 September, Myth and Adormnent, Susan Supercharged’s Cabinet of Wonderous Things, London, United-Kingdom
9-12 June Salo X, Salon du dessin érotique, Paris, France
29 April - 1st May, The Life Of A Woman, Collective Individuals, London, United-Kingdom
25 February - 13th March, Amour III, Plateforme, Paris, France
2021 14-30 October, Our Diverse World, Tsinghua International Conference on Art and Design Education, Tsinghua, China
22-25 July, Salo IX, Salon du dessin érotique, Paris, France
17 June -9 July, Graduate Showcase, S&P Gallery, London, United-Kingdom
28-7 May, Oblivion, The Holy Art Gallery, London, United-Kingdom
2020 17-21 June, Salo VIII, Salon du dessin érotique, Paris, France
2019 12-16 June, Salo VII, Salon du dessin érotique, Paris, France
10-22 April, Salon des Arts de St Quay Portrieux, St Quay Portrieux, France
26 February - 3rd March, Théatre de l’éphémère avec Art dans le vide, Le Mans, France
2018 23-28 July , Festival Mimos, avec Lydie Clergerie Galerie L’appart, Périgueux, France
MARGIELA Freelance, textile manipulations and embroidery (Paris)
June 2019
Education
UAL Chelsea College of Art, London
2020-2021 MA Textile Design awarded the Moorhouse Scholarship
2019-2020 BA Hons Textile Design
Developing technical and theoretical knowledge:
Stich, Embroidery, Textile manipulations
Creation of garments, accessories and textile artefacts
Knit, Crochet, Domestic machine
Fashion Illustration, Collage
Tufting and Weaving
Print, Screen printing, Pattern developing
Colour, Dying, Natural Dyes
Bio Materials (Mycellium, Bacterial Cellulose)
E-textiles
Focus on sustainability, developing the stakes and expressions:
Circular design systems and product lifecycles
Environmental processes and impacts of sourcing
Production and use of materials
Technical and scientific innovations
Patterns of consumption and behavioural change
New approaches to user-centred design
Social impacts and ethical labour
Community engagement and environmental issues
Designer as activist
ESBA TALM National Diploma of Art/ Beaux-Arts Mention Arts Textiles (2019)
Angers, France
2015-2019
LISAA School of Arts & Design
Paris, France MANAA, foundation year
2014-2015
WORKSHOPS
E-textiles (Chelsea UAL, London)
Bio-materials (Chelsea UAL, London)
E-textile (Moulins Paillard, France)
INTERNSHIPS
Lace (Angers, France)
Textile Prints (Cholet, France)
2021 Knit internship with Hania Dudziak, sample and design knit studio, London, UK
Knitting final pieces for designer Ashley Williams
Finishing and Linking knits
Realisation of patterns / domestic machine
2018 Internship with textile designer and artist Brankica Zilovic, Paris, France
Hand embroidery on «Life», embroidered piece of 186×450cm
2018 Internship with textile designer and artist Lydie Clergerie, Périgueux, France
Creation of Textile and paper sculpture
Installation and curation of an exhibition
Finishing of pieces
Drawings from sketchbooks 2018-2019
Exploring female body and sexuality through drawing, 2020-2022
Drawings, Litography and Etching
2019
Phases of depression
Rosalie Oakman , 2023
Etching series
Phase one, drypoint on Hahnemule paper, 10 x 12.5cm
Phase two, hardground etching on paper, 10 x 12.5cm
Phase three, souft ground etching chine colléon Hahnemule paper, 14 x 18cm
Embroidered photographies 2018
120x176cm 2018
Charcoal,
A little piece about love, Embroidered photography 2022
I couldn’t see the day tomorrow, Embroidered photography 26 cm x 58.5cm
2023
from left to right:
Cry, watercolor, 19x14 cm 2018
Me, after C-19, 42x60 cm 2020
To you, 80x60 cm 2020
Portraits from sketchbooks, 2019 - 2020
From Sketh to embroidery, Mother and baby, 30cm/d, 2019
Drawing and embroidery, from left to right: Hannah sleeping, 15cm/d, 2019 / Just hanging there, 150x60cm, 2020
‘ I am not one but one of many’, Embroidered stockings and sound installation, 2021
‘ I am not one but one
,
2021
of many’
Embroidered stockings,
Fashion illustations research for head piece, 21x29.7 each, 2020
Embroidered paper head piece, for fashion show project and illustration, 2020
Vasariah, paper and embroidered sculpture, 1m high, 2018
‘ Le Prix d’être une femme’, Lace body piece, 2021
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‘ Le Prix d’être une femme’, Lace body piece, 2021
‘ Le Prix d’être une femme’, Lace body piece, 2021
Alienation, Embroidered straight jacket, 2018
‘Upside down’ - Meat, Rosalie Oakman, 2024
Tufted soft sculpture
Size: 67 x110 cm
‘Upside down’ - Body Rosalie Oakman, 2024
Tufted soft sculpture
Head detail + full picture
Size: 30 x167 cm
From right to left:
From Left to right:
APNAKI KATEIKI BAPIA
Rosalie Oakman, 2023
Charcoal and Gesso on canvas
Size: 87 x 151 cm
Hanging
Rosalie Oakman, 2023
Acrylic and pastel on paper
Size: 42x 59.4 cm
Blue Meat
Rosalie Oakman , 2023
Acrylic on canvas
Size: 60 x 70 cm
Requiem of time, oil and acrylic on reclaimed shee on board, 120 cm x 100 cm, 2023
From left to right:
Paiting of a pigeon, Acrylic and feathers, 100x80 cm, 2018 / Squashed Pigeon 3, painting and pastel, 2018 Textile manipulations, embroidery on prints, various sizes, 2018
Playing with primary colors, from left to right: Sore, acrylic on canvas, 2019 / B.line, wrapping, 2019 / Wanderlust, embroidery on print, 2018 / Embroidery detail, 2020 /Enfance, embroidery, 11.5x11.5cm, 2020
Primary, Embroidered mask, colour study, beads and acrylic paint, 2020
anti-sample, a long time, 90x60 cm, hand knit and crochet, exploring technique and questionning the life of a sample. Is sampling really sustainable?
anti-sample, knit and crochet, 90x60cm, 2021
Embroidery samples and sketch, various sizes, colour study
2019 - 2020
Embroidery and acrylic on canvas, various sizes, 2018 - 2020
Trying different pallets of colour for embroidery, samples, various sizes, 2019 - 2020
‘Where I was raped’, Hand tufted rug,108x142 cm, 2021
Ju, tapestry, 50x65cm ,2020
Untitled, smocked wall-hanging, 120x65cm, 2018
Breeze, knit, crochet wall-piece , 120x55cm, 2020