SPLITTING at the SEAMS, FRAYING at the PIT, muddy knees, a hit, burnt letters, blood stained BRITCHES, lost at sea, TORN apart by ribbon, a tap drips on there forehead, it flows OUT, the clinking of porcelain, SILVER and BONE, HOLEY SOCKS muddy socks, a house CRUMBLES, back into the earth, a lute PLUCKS its last string, guts the DEPTHS, scapes the floor and lies there, at peace. BROKEN. Untangled. Open and free

Edward Rollitt is an interdisciplinary artist based in rural Hampshire. Working across sculpture, installation, film and photography, his practice explores the psychology of space and the role of antique objects in shaping identity and social structures. Immersive and theatrical, his work often centres on fictional, historically inspired characters as vessels for personal and emotional investigation.

Rollitt holds an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art (2023). That same year, he was a finalist for the UK New Artist of the Year Award, exhibiting Lucei de Yavington at Saatchi Gallery. In 2024, he was longlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize and exhibited at York Art Gallery. His debut solo show, To Dwell in Dust, opened at New Art Projects in London in autumn 2024. His second solo show Where we once Played was his most ambitious project to date, he transformed The Bomb Factory’s 5500sqft Marylebone space into ten immersive, multisensory rooms that trace the emotional landscape of childhood and its lingering echoes. 

He has collaborated with Wymering Manor Trust, Weekend Arts Charity and ALPA Cameras, with commercial work featured in The World of Interiors, Cabana Magazine, The Week and Scenery magazine. In 2024, he was Art Director for Celeste’s music video This is Who I Am. Rollitt’s first institutional exhibition, Kunstkammer, curated by Robert O’Byrne, is currently on view at Lismore Castle Arts alongside work by Sarah Lucas, Nicole Wermers and Conrad Shawcross RA. This year he was shortlisted for the National portrait galleries Taylor wessing prize for his first self portrait.

Current

‘Kunstkammer’ at Lismore Castle, works alongside Sarah Lucas, Turner Prize nominee Nicole Wermers and Conrad Shawcross RA

Past

‘Where We Once Played’ Solo Show at the Bomb Factory Foundation, Marylebone (June 2025)

‘To Dwell in Dust’ Solo Show at New Art Projects London

'Royal College of Art Graduate Show'  Truman Brewery, London (2023)  

'Penumbral Zone'  Gallery 46, London (2022) 

'Wild Stone'  Van Gogh House, London (2022)

'Oxford Brookes Graduate Show'  Oxford, (2019)

Competitions

Shortlisted for the Robert Walters, in collaboration with the Saatchi Gallery, UK new artist of the year.

Longlisted for the Aesthica Magazine Art Prize 2024

Shortlisted for the National Portrait Galleries Taylor Wessing Prize