Rose Frain is an artist based in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

, Scotland

Scotland

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, exhibiting nationally and internationally, whose works range from painting and sculpture to installation.

Frain studied at Durham University

Durham University

The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...

, the Department of Fine Art Newcastle, where she was taught by Victor Pasmore

Victor Pasmore

Edwin John Victor Pasmore was a British artist and architect. He pioneered the development of abstract art in Britain in the 1940s and 1950s.-Biography:...

 and Richard Hamilton

Richard Hamilton

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; Edinburgh University and the University of Leeds

University of Leeds

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She was the Scottish Arts Council resident artist at The British School at Rome

British School at Rome

The British School at Rome was established in 1901 and granted a Royal Charter in 1912 as an educational institute in the fields of archaeology, literature, music, and history of Rome and Italy of every period, and for the study of the fine arts and architecture...

 between 1999 and 2000., where she created the installation Radio Vaticana, citing electromagnetic radiation from the Vatican

Roman Curia

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's radio transmitters. In 2007 she received a Scottish Arts Council Visual Artists' Award.

For the Edinburgh Art Festival 2009, she produced Alexandria Light -an installation informed by her residency during November 2008 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina or Maktabat al-Iskandarīyah is a major library and cultural center located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Egyptian city of Alexandria...

 in Egypt

Egypt

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Frain's Artist Book Sappho Fragments, Love songs to Adonis and the community of women, was acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum Special Collections, Word and Image.

Her ongoing project is This Time in History

Frain has been a visual arts Advisor to the Scottish Arts Council

Scottish Arts Council

The Scottish Arts Council is a Scottish public body that distributes funding from the Scottish Government, and is the leading national organisation for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland...

, now Creative Scotland. She has taught at Northumbria University

Northumbria University

Northumbria University is an academic institution located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. It is a member of the University Alliance.- History :...

 and Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam University is a higher education institution in South Yorkshire, England, based on two sites in Sheffield. City Campus is located in the city centre, close to Sheffield railway station, and Collegiate Crescent Campus is about two miles away, adjacent to Ecclesall Road in...

, and is invited as Guest Artist nationally and internationally, for example The School of Visual Arts

School of Visual Arts

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 New York, and The Institute of Romance Studies University of London

University of London

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