Romany Dear was born in Ormskirk in 1989. She studied at Leeds College of Art between 2007 and 2008 and at Glasgow School Of Art from 2008 to 2011. She completed a residency at ARS HAMS. Riihimaki, Finland in 2009.
She exhibited in: Eyebrow Says Relax ‘Where’s the Bovril?’, Barnes Building, Glasgow, 2011; Metamorphosis, Vic Gallery. Glasgow. 2011; Let Blue Move You, Resonace FM, Freize Art Fair, London, 2010; Seven Minutes Of Leg Bending, Hotel Gilchrist, Glasgow, 2010; Instuctions for Everyone- Speedworks Symposium, Glasgow International Festival, House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, 2010; Interim, Leeds College of Art, Leeds, 2010.
Forthcoming exhibitions include: RSA New Contemporaries, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Spring 2012; Market Gallery New Graduate Show, Market Gallery Glasgow & Volume Galley, London, 2011/12
Dear was awarded the The Gillian Purvis Award, 2011 and The Harry Meadley Prize, 2008.
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