STEPHEN RATOMSKI
Stephen Ratomski
Working from his studio in Dunfermline, Scotland, Stephen is an artist working in painting, collage and printmaking. He exhibits widely in solo and group shows across Scotland and his work has also been exhibited in Japan, Poland and Hong Hong. He is a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art and has been an active member of Fife Dunfermline Printmakers Workshop for over thirty years.
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Paintings
Prints
Collage
Exhibitions
Group shows
2022
Current exhibitionsAberdeen Artists Society Exhibition 2022Aberdeen Art Gallery, Schoolhill, AberdeenUntil 3 JulyMonday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday 11am to 4pmAdmission freeArTayA pop-up art exhibition featuring 300 artworks as part of Perth Festival of the Arts.
Thurs 16th May 10am - 6pm
Fri 17th/Sat 18th/ Sun 19th May 10am - 7.30pm
Free
Pittenweem Arts Festival 2022
6th to 13th August
Fife Dunfermline Printmakers Workshop,
Lesser Church Hall, 28 James St, Pittenweem, Anstruther KY10 2QN
2021
Print 21, The Community Gallery, Dunfermline Carnegie Library
WASPS Art Market, The Briggait, Glasgow
ArTay, curated by Frames Gallery Perth, online
Berrylaw Perspective, Carnegie Birthplace Museum, Dunfermline
Paisley Drawing Competition, The Piazza Shopping Centre, Paisley
2020
30 x 30 Online Exhibition, Society of Scottish Artists (online)
Winter Exhibition, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (online)
Paisley Art Institute 132nd online exhibition
Thoughts are Free, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (online)
ArTay curated by Frames Gallery, Perth (online)
Fife Dunfermline Printmakers Workshop, Frames Art Gallery, Perth
2019
131st Annual Exhibition, Paisley Art Institute, Paisley
ArTay curated by Frames Gallery, Perth Concert Hall, Perth
Three Artists, The Little Gallery, Pittenweem
2018
138th RSW Open Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
7th RSW Open Summer Exhibition, The Meffan Museum and Art Gallery, Forfar
Paper Trail, St Andrews Museum, St Andrews
137th RSW Annual Open Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Artists’ Gathering, Kinblethmont Gallery, Arbroath
Washi Umi O Koete / Paper from across the Sea (touring), T103 Trongate, Glasgow, Auld Kirk Museum, Kirkintilloch and Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries
2017
Washi Umi O Koete / Paper from across the Sea: a cultural collaboration between Fife Dunfermline Printmakers Workshop and Mino Arts Info, Japan, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh/Studio Yoshida, Mino, Japan
6th RSW Open Summer Exhibition, The Little Art Gallery, Milngavie, Glasgow
136th RSW Annual Open Winter Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2016
RSW Autumn Open Exhibition, Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling
128th Annual Exhibition, Paisley Art Institute, Paisley
2015
Print 15 (Fife Dunfermline Printmakers Workshop), Fire Station Creative, Dunfermline
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Kimblethmont Gallery, Arbroath
2014
Fife Dunfermline Printmakers Workshop, St Andrews Art Gallery and Museum, St Andrews
133rd RSW Open Summer Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2013
20:13, Impact 8, International Printmaking Conference, Dundee
2012
The Society of Scottish Artists Polish Print Exchange, Wroclaw College of Art, Wroclaw, Poland
151st Open Exhibition, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, The Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Before 2012
130th RSW Open Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (awarded the John Gray Award)
Print Silver (Fife Dunfermline Printmakers Workshop), The Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh
Convergence Divergence, Hong King International Print Exchange, The Jockey Club, Hong Kong
Spring Fling, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2009
The RSA Summer Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2008
Fife Polish Arts Group
Witamy, Lochgelly Centre, Lochgelly, 2007
Na Zdrowie, Kirkcaldy Art Gallery and Museum, Kirkcaldy, 2006
Smacznego, Café Fresh, Dunfermline, 2005
Solo
2022
NEW NEW
October, Dunblane
2020
Placemarks, Art Lovers Café, House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow
2019
Stephen Ratomski, Helensburgh Arts Hub, Helensburgh
2018
Marks, Fire Station Creative, Dunfermline
2017
New Paintings and Prints, The Community Gallery (inaugural show), Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries, Dunfermline
2015
3 Artists: Joy Arden, Jai Llewellyn and Stephen Ratomski, The Arcade Gallery, Stirling
2014
Stephen Ratomski, Reubens Café, Dunfermline
2012
Paintings and Prints, The Lunardi Gallery, Ceres
2010
Marked Impression, Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries, Dunfermline
2003
Colour Contrasts (with Ian George), Lochgelly Centre, Lochgelly
About
Artist Statement
I begin my artworks with ideas based on a feeling or connection with something I have observed. These observations can arise anywhere – on a walk, while travelling or visiting a beach or a city. Almost daily, I walk through the Scottish countryside local to my studio and home. I record the visual information I gather on these walks with photographs, sketches, collaged images and notes.
Back in my studio I shape these observations into colour relationships and compositions. I use brushstrokes, scratches and scrapes spontaneously in both my paintings and monotypes. I enjoy using geometry and a strong sense of design to balance colour, texture and shape in my work.
Biography
Stephen Ratomski was born in Dunfermline with a Scottish mother and a Polish father. He studied at Edinburgh College of Art and taught art and design for over 30 years at Queen Anne High School, Dunfermline and Inverkeithing High School. He is a member of Fife Dunfermline Print Workshop, Paisley Art Institute and the Society of Scottish Artists.
He has exhibited in group shows with the RSW, RSA and SSA. In 2011 he received The John Gray Award from the RSW and in 2019 The House for an Art Lover Award from Paisley Art Institute. In 2012 he completed a four-week residency at Hospitalfield funded by a Visual Artists and Crafts Maker Award from Creative Scotland.He founded Fife Polish Arts Group in 2005 to explore the cultural links between Scotland and Poland which resulted in three multi-media group exhibitions and an associated cultural programme.
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