Rose Frain (1939-2026) was a visual artist based in Edinburgh, Scotland, whose practice spanned painting, sculpture, installation, and artist books. Working over more than five decades, Frain developed a materially and intellectually rigorous body of work concerned with time, history, transmission, and the political and environmental conditions shaping contemporary life. Her work was exhibited widely in the UK and internationally.

Frain studied Fine Art at Durham University (Department of Fine Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, now Newcastle University), where she was taught by Victor Pasmore, Richard Hamilton, Louisa Hodgson and art historian Ralph Holland. Her work has been presented at major cultural institutions including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Goldsmiths, University of London; and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, where her sculpture 2020/Green Arrow addressed European carbon-emissions targets. For the Edinburgh Art Festival 2009, Frain produced Alexandria Light, developed from a residency at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt. Her artist book Sappho Fragments, Love Songs to Adonis and the Community of Women was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, Word and Image collections.

A sustained focus of her later practice was the long-term project This Time in History, exhibited in multiple iterations, including at the Victoria and Albert Museum (2014–15) and Summerhall, Edinburgh (2017). In 2019, a catalogue raisonné titled Rose Frain was published by Sissy Graffiti, presenting eighteen major projects. She was awarded an Art360 Foundation Scotland bursary to support the conservation and promotion of her artistic practice and legacy.