Rose Arbuthnott (b. 1987, Cheltenham, UK) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work gravitates towards an aesthetic of simplicity and improvisation. The complexities of her work emerge through her exploration of colour, form and space. By presenting these Modernist ideas through her straightforward visual language, Arbuthnott’s practice looks at our capability for interpretation and examines the idea of the allure.

Arbuthnott’s practice is inspired by a range of sources from recent art history, including Sean Scully, Richard Tuttle, and the Bauhaus movement. Alongside visual allusions to these sources, Arbuthnott’s work is also self-referential. Working with found materials as well as painted and sculpted pieces, she will often remodel elements of existing works into new pieces. Arbuthnott grew up in the Gloucestershire countryside and ideas of the home and domesticity are visible throughout her work.