Iona Rowland

Iona Rowland was born in Derby in 1990 and studied Fine Art at Kingston University from 2010-2013, before attending Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York in 2015. Since graduating, she has exhibited widely across the UK in both solo and group shows. Key exhibitions include Indelible Traces at Nolias Gallery, London; MMNTM at Bohunk Institute, Nottingham; Regram at Slate London; A Futuristic Woman at Square Gallery, London; T2 Shoreditch, London; ING Discerning Eye 2017 and the Derwent Art Prize 2018, both at London’s Mall Galleries. She has also exhibited regularly at GX Gallery in Camberwell, London. Creating artwork for the public realm continues to be at the core of her practice - the has artist delivered major commissions for Shaftesbury PLC, Boom Cycle, Derby County Football Club, Umbro, House of Vans and Jamaica's Freedom Skatepark. In November 2019 she was shortlisted for Shape Newham, a £1.5 million community art initiative in the London Borough of Newham. She received a commendation for her contribution to the project alongside collaborator and Architect Eleanor Connolly. Iona Rowland’s large scale paintings have been the subject of several feature films including Inspiring People by Beyond Time TV; The Revival, a Mike Ry...

Sotheby's Institute of Art, New York (July 2015)

BA (Hons) Fine Art - Kingston University, London (September 2010 - June 2013) - First Class Honours

Foundation Diploma in Art, Design and Media - Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London (September 2009 - June 2010) - Merit

Derwent Art Prize (18-23 September 2018)
Mall Galleries, London

ING Discerning Eye (16-26 November 2017)
Mall Galleries, London

A Futuristic Woman (5 - 8 November 2016)
Square Gallery, London

T2 Shoreditch (17 October - 3 November 2016)

40 x 40 (24 November 2015 - 5 January 2016)
GX Gallery, London

Group exhibition with Charlie Waite and Graeme Chisholm (22 April - 9 May 2015)
GX Gallery, London

Regram (November 2014)
Slate (Shoreditch), London

Mmntm (2 - 16 May 2014)
Bohunk Institute, Nottingham

Art as Fashion. Fashion as Art. (4th October 2013 - 20th January 2014) Young Ideas, Derbyshire

Concrete (18 - 20 April 2013)
Collaborative show with artist Laurence Jones.
197 - 199 Stoke Newington High Street, London.

Multiple Choice (13 March, 2012)
An exhibition of Art, Photography, Graphics and Illustration. The Old Vic Tunnels, London

Indelible Traces (25 - 29 February, 2012)
An all female exhibition. Nolias Gallery, London