WORKSHOPS + PRESENTATIONS + EXHIBITIONS
July 2025 "Blind Woman with a Camera" exhibition, Queen Margaret Hospital, Fife.
Mar 2025 presentation: "where are the disabled photographers?", stills Gallery, Edinburgh
Jan 2025 the Shutter Hub OPEN exhibition
Oct 2024 Shutter Hub "RETURN" TO THE SEA exhibition
Apr 2024 Shutter Hub 10 exhibition
Dec 2023 Shutter Hub open exhibition
Dec 2023 lenscratch international online exhibition http://lenscratch.com/
April 2022 Shutter Hub “Your Body Belongs to You” exhibition
Jan 2020 Shutter Hub “Postcards From Great Britain” exhibition
April 2019 Shutter Hub “Time to Think” exhibition
Oct 2019 exhibition: uncanny Portobello, Edinburgh
Aug 2018 exhibition: a Kaleidoscope, Edinburgh
Sept 2017 Art Walk Porty: Portraits on the Prom and Makers’ Market
Jan 2017 Presentation: Edinburgh Photographic Society, Edinburgh
Nov 2016 Exhibition/Presentation: Bridging the Gap, Edinburgh
Aug 2016 Presentation: Cultural Production, Diversity, Equality and Exclusion, Edinburgh
Jan 2016 Exhibition: In Memoriam, Edinburgh, first shown Jan 2015.
Dec 2015 Workshop: Introduction to Blind Photography, Edinburgh
Jan/Feb 2015 Workshops: Blind Photography, Edinburgh
Nov 2014 Workshop: Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland
May 2014 Workshops: Introduction to Blind Photography, Dublin
Sept 2013 Workshop: Berlin Residency, Berlin
Apr 2013 Exhibition: An Alternative, Edinburgh
Aug 2012 Exhibition/Workshop: Through The Looking Glass Dimly, Edinburgh
May 2011 Exhibition: The 9th Helen Keller Exhibition, Glasgow
Aug 2010 Exhibition/Presentation: Edinburgh People, Edinburgh
Jan/July 2009 training course/exhibition: Revealed Blind Photography for Blind Participants, Stills Centre for Photography, Edinburgh
May 2009 Exhibition/Presentation: Sight Unseen International Travelling Exhibition (ongoing),Riverside, California. Last seen San Francisco spring, 2023.
Nov 2008 Exhibition/Workshop: Two Voices III: Horticulture Behind the Scenes, Edinburgh
Sept 2008 Exhibition/Workshop: Backstage at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Aug 2008 Workshops: Disability Equality and Audience Development, Dundee
Feb 2008 Exhibition/Presentation: Temptation Denied, Edinburgh
May 2007 Exhibition/Presentation: Two Voices II: Botany Behind the Scenes, Edinburgh
Sept 2007 Exhibition: Pyramids of Portobello, travelled throughout Scotland
Aug 2006 Exhibition: Two Voices, Edinburgh
2005/2006 Workshops: Disability Equality and Audience Development, Edinburgh
AWARDS
Sep 2025 Award: Shutter Hub Yearbook Award 2026, winning the opportunity to produce and publish a solo book with Shutter Hub Editions
Aug 2013 Award: British Council and Creative Scotland Creative Futures Grant for Berlin Residency, Edinburgh
Jul 2012 Award: Arts Trust Scotland for ‘Through the Looking Glass, Dimly’, Edinburgh
Jan 2009 Award: Visual Arts Awards Edinburgh for ‘Edinburgh People’, Edinburgh
Oct 2008 Award: Disability Arts Fund, Scottish Arts Council for ‘Revealed’ Photographic Project, Edinburgh
Jul 2012 Award: Arts Trust Scotland for ‘Through the Looking Glass, Dimly’, Edinburgh
PUBLICATIONS
Apr 2025 the skinny magazine "where are the disabled photographers?"
Feb 2025 "to the sea", Shutter Hub additions publication
Nov 2023 "Night moods" Shutter Hub additions publication
Ju 2015 ‘Vision Beyond Sight’ www.betterphotography.in
Feb 2015 ‘The Amazing Story of the Blind Photographer’ The Spectator. Spectator.co.uk
Feb 2015 BBC Radio 4 ‘An Image of Sound’ bbc.co.uk
Ju 2010 Blind photographer's work to be showcased at festival, BBC News website.
Aug 2010 Edinburgh exhibition by Portobello-based blind artist, Rosita McKenzie, The List. http://www.list.co.uk/article/27738-edinburgh-exhibition-by-portobello-based-blind-artist-rosita-mckenzie/
May 2009 Exhibition catalogue: "Sight Unseen " International Travelling Exhibition the university of California Riverside
Nov 2008 Yours magazine inspiring women, Rosita McKenzie"photographing by instinct", article by Nick McGrath
Oct 2008 Show reveals work of blind photographer, The Edinburgh News.
Jul 2007 Rosita’s Aiming to Share her World, Sandra Dick, The Scotsman newspaper.