Iona Rowland

Iona Rowland is a multi-disciplinary artist working at the intersection of painting and printmaking. Her pop culture-inspired artworks comprise layers of resampled imagery, screen-prints, spray paint, improvised brush strokes and squeegee marks which overlap and converge to create new, multidimensional narratives.

Born in Derby in 1990, Iona studied Fine Art at Kingston University from 2010-2013. 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; ING Discerning Eye and the Derwent Art Prize, both at London’s Mall Galleries. Her solo exhibition 'City Girl' was shown at the historic Century Club in London's Creative Quarter and latterly at Lakes by YOO, designed by the award-winning YOO Studio.

Creating artwork for the public realm continues to be at the core of her practice with Iona delivering major commissions for The Shaftesbury Estate; Umbro; The Handel and Hendrix Museum; House of Vans; The Worcester Plinth; and Bravissimo, New York. In 2025, she was invited to create a site-specific artwork for King's Trust Intern...

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

City Girl (solo exhibition) | August 2022, Lakes by YOO, Lechlade

City Girl (solo exhibition) | May 2022, Century Club, Soho

Derwent Art Prize (group exhibition)| September 2018,
Mall Galleries, London

ING Discerning Eye (group exhibition) | November 2017,
Mall Galleries, London

A Futuristic Woman (group exhibition) | November 2016,
Square Gallery, London

40 x 40 (group exhibition) | November 2015 - January 2016,
GX Gallery, London

Iona Rowland, Charlie Waite and Graeme Chisholm | April - May 2015, GX Gallery, London

Regram (solo exhibition) | November 2014, Slate, London

Mmntm (group exhibition) | May 2014, Bohunk Institute, Nottingham

Art as Fashion. Fashion as Art (solo exhibition)| October 2013 - January 2014, Young Ideas, Ashbourne, Derbyshire

Concrete (exhibition with Laurence Jones) | April 2013, 197 - 199 Stoke Newington High Street, London

Multiple Choice (group exhibition) | March 2012, The Old Vic Tunnels, London

Indelible Traces (group exhibition) | February 2012,
an all female show at Nolia's Gallery, London