Rose Garrard

Garrard received a scholarship from the British Council/French Government to attend the Ecole de Beaux Arts, Paris from 1970–1971 where she won the Prix d'Honneur Gold Medal for Sculpture in 1971.

[5] After her Graduate Show 'Boundaries' in 1969 Garrard won the Multiples International Prize, judged by Eduardo Paolozzi at Modern Art Oxford before exhibiting her "especially fascinating"[6] sculptures of translucent perspex shrouded female figures at venues including Serpentine Gallery.

For Models Triptych, an artwork created for this exhibition Garrard depicts three female artists who were well-known during their lifetimes, but immediately fell into posthumous obscurity, in open frames, intending them to be seen as Pandoras escaping from their boxes.

[5] In 1988 Garrard was involved in a serious road traffic accident which meant she spent time in the fractures ward of St Bartholomew's Hospital and caused her left arm to be in a cast.

These residencies involved site specific installations in which Garrard would talk with members of the public, focussing on their experience of oppression and from which she would create visual images and explore local issues and concerns.

[7] Its cost of £50,000 was funded by the Malvern Hills District Council, public subscription, and support from by West Midlands Arts, Severn Trent Water, and local businesses.