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Sheila de Rosa MSDC

Printmaking

About Sheila
Sheila’s work takes a critical view of social, political and cultural issues and is motivated by the evidential ironies of photography and the technical complexities of printmaking. Using a variety of materials and processes Sheila creates visually seductive artwork that combines techniques. Her work sits within theoretical concepts that drive her enquiries. Sheila teaches printmaking techniques alongside more esoteric paper-based workshops and delights in the role of Resident Artist where she promotes the perception of art and its practitioners.
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Sheila plays with reality. Her work asks what is fixed and real about time; are our memories as unreliable as our photographs; is nature indifferent to our human plight; and does the world consist of interconnected and interwoven lines?

She makes complex mixed media artwork using a variety of materials and processes with printmaking as a central core but with photography as the starting point.

During the first half of 2022, as part of Hertfordshire libraries ‘My Stories’ project she conducted print workshops and drop-in sessions. Residencies have been a part of her practice since 2000 which she views as her way of promoting Art and its practitioners. She is now Residency Consultant for Hertfordshire Libraries.

In August 2023 she moved into a new studio in Bierton where she continues her practice and offers a range of print courses.

She is also a member of and exhibits with Printmakers Council and Bucks Craft Guild, where her work is displayed at their Gallery in Stoke Mandeville, Bucks.


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Family tradition in tailoring and design resulted in de Rosa's career as a fashion buyer; after the birth of her children she embarked on an educational programme in Art & Design.

Awarded Best Overall Achievement at Degree Assessment with a First from the University of Hertfordshire and a Masters in 2002: Selected Artist-in-Residence at Intaglio Printmakers in 2000 where she was introduced to ImagOn photo-etching: As Committee Member of Printmakers Council she learned about Solar Plate Printing, which she now uses on most of her Print Works.

Following another Residency at Watford Library in 2022 she continues to promote the perception of Art and Community Engagement and works towards building a practice based on co-creating together with Bucks Culture.

During the Pandemic she worked with the natural world from her rural studio, exploring plant pattern, colour and dyes using leaves, petals, heat and water to make Wild Inks and Eco Prints by collaborating with nature. She continues to incorporate these new processes into new and experimental, mixed media artworks. .


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