Ros Newman was born in Highgate, London in 1939. She studied Fine Art at Chelsea School of Art 1955 - 58 and spent several years working in a variety of creative disciplines before returning to further study at Hammersmith College of Art 1966 – 67.

At Hammersmith she first came across oxy-acetylene welding and developed the unique technique for making steel sculpture for which she is now well known. Her passion for the medium, coupled with her love of the human form, is undiminished thirty years later and continues to yield sculpture reflecting the variety of her personal views.

The Alwin Gallery in London’s West End started showing her work in 1969 and her first solo show was held there in 1971. Apart from a few outside exhibitions Ros showed exclusively with Alwin until she left the UK in 1990, living in Tobago for a year and in Taiwan for a further four.

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