ROSIE MCGUINNESS

“As a textile print designer it's really satisfying to see a pattern or motif applied to things of use - clothing, furnishings, stationary, etc. Similarly, an artwork being hung in someone's home, among the day-to-day, means a lot.”

Working with gouache, inks, pencil, mono-printing, I often make a series of repeats and variations on a composition or subject - I like to pair and group works as collections. 

The florals are drawn from plants local to my studio in Deptford, and link into my textile print design. I use relatively immediate materials and ways of working. Although the recent mono-types have meant working at a slightly slower and more considered pace, layering up the colours and elements.

Rosie McGuinness (b. London 1984) is an artist and textile print designer who lives in SE London. With a focus on figures and organic patterns, textiles, clothing, and details of the domestic and social, McGuinness draws in inks, paint and mono-printing. Often producing many versions of a composition or subject then pairing works or combining as a series to create a scene.

Exhibitions include Drawings - Le Pigalle, Paris, 2023, Botanica - The Finch Project, Cromwell Place, London, 2023 and Solaire Culture, Veuve Clicquot - Tokyo, LA and London. Clients include Dior, The V&A Museum, Le Monde, T magazine, Les Echos, Comme des Garcons, Garage Magazine, i-D & Toast.