DAWN ROWLAND was born in London. She has worked as a sculptor in San Francisco, London and Manchester. She currently lives and works in London.
Her sculptures are primarily carved in stone, but also works in bronze, wood, terracotta, plaster and silver.
She has been interviewed twice on BBC’s “Women’s Hour”. Once in 2004 regarding her poignant and monumental sculpture commissioned by Nicola Horlick and also in 1988 as a result of having three carvings exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
She was presented to the Queen in 1993 at the opening of the international exhibition “Chelsea Harbour Sculpture 1993”. Elected a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors in 1991, Dawn was made a Fellow of the Society in 1994. She was elected onto Council in 1993 and served until 1999, later being re-elected in 2006.
Her sculptures and drawings are in private collections in Europe, Japan, the United States, Australia and Canada.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Royal Society of Sculptors
Member since 1991
Fellow since 1994
Council Member 1993-1999 2005-2009
Manchester Academy of Fine Arts
Member since 1977
Council Member 1980-1999
Manchester Academy of Fine Arts Annual Open Exhibition
Selection Committee: 2000, 1997,1996, 1995, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1989, 1988, 1984, 1982
Hanging Committee: 2000, 1998,1997,1996,1995, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1983
National Artists Association Member since 1985
AWARDS
2004 The Joe Davies Award –Manchester Academy of Fine Arts
1993 The Addleshaw Sons & Latham Award - Manchester Academy of Fine Arts
1986 The National Westminster Bank Award - Manchester Academy of Fine Arts
1985 The Coopers & Lybrand Award - Manchester Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition
EXHIBITIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Solo and International Exhibitions
2012 Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art – one woman exhibition
2010 ‘One New York Street’ Bruntwood, Manchester (one woman exhibition)
Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art (one woman exhibition)
2007 Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art (one woman exhibition)
2005 Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art (one woman exhibition)
2003/4 3 tonne limestone sculpture to commemorate ‘Georgie’, daughter of Nicola and Tim Horlick
2000 Davis and Tooth at The Air Gallery, Dover Street, London (one woman exhibition)
Royal College of Physicians (one woman exhibition)
1993-94 Konishi Gallery, Kyoto Japan (one woman exhibition)
1993 Chelsea Harbour 93 (International Mixed Exhibition)
1986 The Ginnel Gallery, Manchester (one woman exhibition)
1984 Salford Art Gallery (one woman exhibition)
1983 Pitcairn Art Gallery, Knutsford Cheshire (one woman exhibition)
1999 English Snowcarving Team –Breckonridge, Colorado
Group Exhibitions
2021 Sculpture at Beaulieu – 12 sculptures showcased at an international sculpture outdoor exhibition at the Beaulieu Estate, Hampshire. (see video section)
Gallery Different Spring Exhibition - London
Gallery Shtorm - Chaos and Equilibrium Exhibition – Pall Mall London
Gallery Different – The Kiss Exhibition - London
Gallery Different – Outdoor sculpture Online Exhibition – London
Sheridan Russell Gallery – outdoor sculpture online exhibition
Wendy J. Levy Fine Art – online exhibition
Gallery Shtorm – online exhibition
One of 4 international judges at CDCN exhibition – the effect of racism on the emerging brain
2020 Gallery Different, London – Winter Collective Exhibition
Sculpture at Doddington –international outdoor sculpture exhibition at Doddington Hall , UK
2017-2018 HUMAN exhibition, German Ambassadors Residence, London (9 women artists living and working in London)
2017 Open Studio Exhibition
2016 Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art
Sunny Art Centre, London
2015 Blackheath Gallery, London
Darren Baker Gallery, London
2014 Newby Hall – outdoor sculpture exhibition
2013 Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art
2012 Sculptors Drawings and Works on Paper – Kings Place, London
Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art
Urbis
2011 Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art
Urbis
2011 Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art
2010 Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art
Buy Art, URBIS Manchester
2009 Manchester Cathedral
Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art
Portico Library
2008 Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art
2007 Wendy J. Levy contemporary Art
2006 Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art
A Colourful Canvas – exhibition and book launch
Royal British Society of Sculptors – 18 @ 108
2005 Renishaw Sculpture Garden
Catto Gallery, London
Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art
2004 Newby Hall Sculpture Exhibition - at Renishaw Sculpture Garden
2003 Working on Commission for most of the year and
3 months in Washington DC working on lithography series
2002 Sculpture at Renishaw
Newby Hall Sculpture Park, Yorkshire
Manchester Academy at Bury
Olympia Arts Fair, London
2000 ‘Free Range’, The Simmons Gallery, London (small sculpture exhibition)
‘Tactile’ Exhibition of Sculpture for the Blind
Air Gallery, London
English Snowcarving Team, International Snowcarving Competition, Breckonridge, Colorado
Nene College, Royal Society of British Sculptors exhibition
Manchester Academy at Bury
Portico Library, Manchester
1998 The Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden
The London Business School
Antiques Fair, Olympia
Pangolin Gallery
Manchester Academy at Bury Art Gallery
1997 Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden
Quenington Sculpture Show, Cirencester
Pangolin Gallery
1996 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
The Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden
1995 The Gallery - Manchester
Royal Society of British Sculptors - Northern Artists - GMEX Centre Manchester
1994 Chichester Festival, Chichester
Pangolin Gallery
20th Century Fine Arts Fair, Royal College of Art, London
1993 Chelsea Harbour Sculpture 93- International Sculpture Exhibition, London
Royal Society of British Sculptors - Chelsea Harbour, London
“Barn Gallery comes to Manchester”
Howarth Art Gallery
1992 Art in Action - demonstrator with RBS
Woodlands Art Gallery, Blackheath, London
1991 Open Studio and Exhibition, Manchester
1990 The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, McLennan Galleries, Glasgow
The Fine Art Society, Bond Street, London (Twin Images)
1989 The Royal Academy Summery Exhibition, London
The Blackheath Gallery, Blackheath, London
The Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
1988 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
The Portico Library & Gallery, Manchester
The Ben Uri Gallery, London
1987 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
The R. & A. Gallery, Cheshire
Stockport Art Gallery
1986 The Casson Gallery, London
The 3rd International Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia, London
The Ginnel Gallery, Manchester
Salford Art Gallery (mixed exhibition)
1985 Cavendish Gallery (MASA and Artworks exhibition)
The Ginnel Gallery, Manchester
Stockport Art Gallery (six Stockport artists)
The Ginnel Gallery (Three gallery artists)
1984 Salford Art Gallery
Saddleworth Art Gallery
1982 and 83 Pitcairn Gallery, Knutsford, Cheshire
1981 Buxton Art Gallery
Bury Art Gallery
1979 Bolton Art Festival
Howarth Art Gallery
Stockport Art Gallery
Stockport Art Gallery
1979-2009 Manchester Academy of Fine Art Annual Exhibition
