Born Cambridge, UK
Education
1985-1987 Royal College of Art – MA in Fine Art (Printmaking)
1982-1985 Winchester School of Art – BA(Hons) in Fine Art 1st Class
1981-1982 Cambridge College of Art & Technology –
Foundation Course in Art & Design
One-Man Exhibitions
2010 Taking the Road of Ashes, Acquire Arts, London
2004 The Language of Fire, Waterloo Gallery, London
2001 Transition, Clapham Picture House, London
Homecoming, Acute Angle Gallery, London
1995 Southwark Open Studios, Paragon Centre, London
1994 Whitechapel Open Studios, Paragon Centre, London
1992 Whitechapel Open Studios, Paragon Centre, London
1991 Invitations, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London
1990 Fears and Invitations, Bedford Hill Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 A4 Printmakers, The Poly Arts Centre, Falmouth
BITE, Mall Galleries, London
Open, Cafe Gallery Projects, London
2010 Winter Open, BHVU Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition SE1, Vitrine Gallery, London
Open, Cafe Gallery Projects, London
Open '10, BHVU Gallery, London
We are ten PARTY!, The New Art Gallery Walsall
2009 Open, Cafe Gallery Projects, London
Bockingford Postcard Exhibition, R K Burt Gallery, London
Encounter at SE1, 6 Playhouse Court, London
2008 Open, Cafe Gallery Projects, London
British Contemporary Printmaking, Museum Of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya
2007 Open, Cafe Gallery Projects, London
Eyeplay, Bankside Gallery, London
2006 Lifeblood (3 person show), Waterloo Gallery, London
2005 Forge, Waterloo Gallery, London
Saxa Loquunter, Abbaye de Marcilhac-sur-cele, France
2001-2004 Open, Café Gallery Projects, London
1999 Bookways – the British Version, Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Latvia
Mixed Miniature, Clapham Art Gallery, London
1998 The Collectors, Alchemy Gallery, London
David Pearce, Kerry Harding and Ian Rawlinson, Clapham Art Gallery, London
Insularities, Galerie Bernard Jordan, Paris
1997 Art Aid, 77 Cornhill, London
British Contemporary Prints, Hirama Gallery, Ashahikawa and Continental Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
1996 The Spirit of the Staircase, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
A Printed Matter, Hardware Gallery, London
1995 Maidstone Printmaking, Lewisham Art House, London
Southwark Open, Café Gallery, London
Art Aid, 77 Cornhill, London
1994 Harriet Green Gallery, London
Bookworks, Gallery II, University of Bradford
Maidstone Printmaking, Ecology Centre Gallery, London
1993 1st Maastricht Print Biennale, The Netherlands
East Anglian Printmakers, The Gallery, Cambridge
1992 The Poetry Show, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
The Ateliers, The South London Art Gallery
Printworks, Smiths Gallery, London
Merz Contemporary Art, London
1991 Four Artists, The Square Gallery, London
19th Print Biennale, Ljubliana, Former Yugoslavia
1990 Merz Contemporary Art, London
Printworks, The Square Gallery, London
Art Vance, Mexico City
Alistair Grant & Friends, RCA, London
1989 Print Show, Todd Gallery, London
Summer Show, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London
Open Print Show, Bankside Gallery, London
1988 Print Show, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London
Curved Space, Hardware Gallery, London
Recent Work (3 person show), The Ice House, London
Triangle Arts Workshop, Pine Plains, New York
Open British Printmaking, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Simon Healy and Ian Rawlinson, The Square Gallery, London
Open to Print, Backhouse Gallery, Sunderland
1987 The London Group, RCA, London
Open, The South London Gallery
Unnatural Order, Aldgate Barrs Gallery, London
150 Years of Printmaking at the RCA, Barbican Centre, London
National Print Exhibition, Royal Festival Hall, London
1986 New Contemporaries, ICA, London
1985 Cunningham Knowler Fine Art, Winchester
1984 Stowells Trophy, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Experience and Awards
2009 Bockingford Postcard Competition – Runner Up Prize
2005 Saxa Loquunter Workshop, Marcilhac-sur-cele, France
1993-1996 Kent Institute of Art & Design, Maidstone – Part-Time Lecturer in Printmaking
1994 Visited Arizona and New Mexico
1993-1994 West Thames College, Hounslow – Part-Time Lecturer in Printmaking
1991-1993 Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge – Part-Time Lecturer in Printmaking
1990 Royal College of Art – Fellowship in Printmaking
Visited Mexico and Guatemala
1988 Triangle Arts Workshop, Pine Plains, New York
Royal West of England Academy Print Award
1986 Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1984 Hampshire Travel Award
1982-1985 Study visits to Cologne, Madrid, Barcelona, Florence
Ian has also worked as a visiting lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Winchester School of Art and Morley College.