Rosie Issitt is an artist and writer based in Norfolk. Through motifs of the everyday and inspired by the natural world, Rosie Issitt’s works hold narratives of belonging, interconnection, and embodiment. Her practice explores and celebrates the intrinsic connection we all share with our environment, meditating on the coalescence between human beings and everything else.

Drawing from folklore and ancient iconography

Working primarily with print, paint, words and ink, Rosie draws from folklore and ancient iconography to create a visual dialogue that connects to both her personal life and a broader cultural heritage.

Research grounded through landscape

“My research is grounded through landscape. Through walking, drawing, film and photography, I explore how building a psychodynamic relationship with one’s surroundings can transform our experience of being in a place. As we try to respond to and heal the natural world and our perspective of it, my practice seeks to investigate ways of guiding people towards this intrinsic connection with our environment, that influences both our external, and internal lives. “

“Through the methods of observation and abstraction, my work acts as a meeting place between myself and my surroundings. I see visual practice as an integral part of expanding our outlook, and as an active part of the movement towards positive change.”

Left: Rosie Issitt’s printing process; right: untitled collage 2024

Between the moor and the sea…

Rosie Issitt grew up in South Devon, between the moor and the sea. After pursuing a career in theatre for several years, Rosie Issitt turned her attention towards art, leading her to complete a Foundation Diploma at University Arts Plymouth. She went on to study Fine Art at Norwich University of the Arts, where she was awarded the Vernon Crowther Prize for her degree show. Her exhibition featured a series of works reflecting on her relationship with the landscape of her childhood, on Dartmoor.

Rosie Issitt is now a creative facilitator working at the intersection between art and ecology.

A collective experience

“Being a part of GroundWork NetWork, which has a such a strong collective experience in its artists and practitioners, makes me excited to be working in this field and more hopeful for our future. …… “

Collaboration integral to personal practice

“……Collaboration is integral to the progression of personal practice, but I also see the network enabling us to take ideas with longer force momentum and, through collective agency, to bring them into the real world.”