Ian Rawlinson  

Ian Rawlinson is an artist based in Manchester and Route Leader of the MA Fine Art at Manchester School of Art. Since the late nineties he has exhibited his work in galleries throughout the UK and abroad most notably holding solo shows at Chisenhale Gallery, London 2001 and The Agency Contemporary, London 2005 he was also a contributor to the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2004. For over ten years he has also worked with regular collaborator Nick Crowe with whom he curated Artranpennine03, a trans-regional exhibition of public art. More recently his collaborative video work with Crowe was the subject of a major solo exhibition at FACT, Liverpool 2007 which featured four new commissions.

Ian Rawlinson's solo work is focused on the production of sculpture and drawings which reflect his interest in modularity, repetition and the everyday. His collaborative work with Nick Crowe employs film, photography and public intervention.