Madeline Rolt
Degree: Fine Art
University: Falmouth
Graduation Year: 2020
New Blood Art Commentary
Rolt’s work is primarily concerned with shaping and creating narratives. Her work – whether it be paintings, prints, sculptures, zines or installation – tell stories in small portions and fragments. It is the story that comes first and the appropriate medium from Rolt’s large repertoire chosen to best suit it. She’s inspired by all different aspects of life so her work can range from musing on the pleasant and ordinary, to the more emotional and upsetting. Whatever the inspiration however, her work is certainly not mundane. She has a specific style that makes her work quickly identifiable, one that sits between the charming and the slightly unsettling. One of the biggest joys of her work however is the different stories the viewer can find in the artwork every time they return to it.
Artist Statement
I derive intense pleasure in a lyrical use of shape, texture and image to create interconnected narratives. Combining traditional and contemporary approaches, I experiment across a range of disciplines including painting, print and sculpture. The work is celebratory of both dark and light moments. Thoughtful, melodic and personal.
Solo Exhibitions
(2021) This Way That Way, At The Garage, Caraboo Projects, Bristol
(2020) Untitled, Woodlane Windows, Falmouth
Group Exhibitions
(2023) Lets Go In, DE LICEIRAS 18, Porto, Portugal
(2022) The Chorus of Faff, The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington
(2022) Ola Podriga, The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington
(2022) Arc, D- Unit, Bristol
(2022) Lets Go In, in residency at DeLiceiras18, Porto, Portugal
(2022) Ola Podriga, The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington
(2022) Arc, D UNIT, Bristol
(2021) Out The Window, The Island, Bristol
(2020) In Real Life, Hauser and Wirth, Bruton
(2019) Why wouldn't we be angry? show and film collaboration with Isabel Lima, Tate St Ives, St Ives
(2019) Proposals for change curated by Krijn de Koning, Wellington Terrace, Falmouth
(2019) Material Conversations, The Fish Factory, Falmouth
(2018) Outside In, The Poly, Falmouth
(2017) Whatever We Want, Lamorva House, Falmouth
Competitions, Prizes & Awards
(2018) FSA Edge Award