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STEPHEN RATOMSKI

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    STEPHEN RATOMSKI

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    • Prints
    • Collage
    • Exhibitions
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    • About
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      • Collage
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      STEPHEN RATOMSKI

      • Image of the  painting CHANGING LIGHT  using very expressive brushstrokes and scratch marks in shade of blue, lilac , orange and yellow

        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.

        He received The Jamieson Award in November 2022 from Paisley Art Institute for his painting 'Changing Light' {image shown.}

      • Paintings

        Flower Moon
        Untitled
        Summer Walk No 2
        Summer walk No 1
        Untitled
        Untitled
        Untitled Blue
        Dancing in the breeze
        Hidden memories, Florence
        Dawn
        Open Space    2020
        Open space
        Waterway
        Venice Moment
        Field Melody
        Harbour mystery
        Field Series - No 7
      • Prints

        Summer, screen print, edition of 5
        Untitled Blue Series No 3
        Untitled Blue Series No 1
        Untitled  Blue Series No 2
        Lecherstone memories
        Improvised Percussion
        Heat storm
        Untitled
      • Collage

        Quiet melodies
        Untitled
        Trees for life
        Blue Wedel
        Urban Moon
        Red
        Parisian Influence
        Moving lines and spaces
      • Exhibitions

        Group exhibitions

        2023
        Celebrating 40 years of printmaking in Fife

        Fire Station Creative

        Carnegie Drive

        Dunfermline KY12 7AN

        2 March to 30 April 2023

        Good Impressions

        Fifespace Gallery

        Rothes Halls, Glenrothes

        until 4 March 2023

         

        2022

        Paisley Art Institute Annual Show 2022

        Glasgow Art Club

        185 Bath Street

        Glasgow

        until 3 December

         

        Big Art Show

        The Art Department

        2-10 Causeyside Street, Paisley PA1 1UQ

        until 26 November

         

        PAST

         

        Pittenweem Arts Festival 2022

        6th to 13th August

        Fife Dunfermline Printmakers Workshop,

        Lesser Church Hall, 28 James St, Pittenweem, Anstruther KY10 2QN

         

        Aberdeen Artists Society Exhibition 2022

        Aberdeen Art Gallery, Schoolhill, Aberdeen

        Until 3 July

        Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday 11am to 4pm

        Admission free

         

        ArTay 2022

        A pop-up art exhibition featuring 300 artworks as part of Perth Festival of the Arts.

        Thurs 19th May 10am - 6pm

        Fri 20th/Sat 21st 10am - 7.30pm

        Sun 22th May Midday - 7.30pm

        Admission Free

         

         

        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 exhibitions

        2022

         

        Marking Time

        Exhibition of paintings, prints and collages

        The Weigh Ahead Gallery, 91-95 High Street, Dunblane

        until 5 November

         

        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

      • News

      • 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. He received The Jamieson Award in Novembet 2022 from Paisley Art Institute for his painting 'Changing Light.' In 2019 he also received The House for an Art Lover Award from Paisley Art Institute. and in 2011 received The John Gray Award from the RSW In 2012 he completed a four-week residency at Hospitalfield funded by a Visual Artists and Crafts Maker Award from ONFife/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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