Painter and sculptor, born in Glasgow, where from 1975–9 he studied sculpture at the School of Art. From 1979–81 he did a postgraduate sculpture course at Royal College of Art. He was Gulbenkian Scholar at the British School in Rome in 1982–3. Rossi was artist-in-residence at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1988–9. Although trained as a sculptor Rossi became well known as a painter and draughtsman, his work juxtaposing images from classical antiquity with those of contemporary life and society. He took part in many group shows and was featured in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art’s 1989–90 touring exhibition Scottish Art since 1900. That gallery holds his suite of nine drawings, Charms, Capillaries and Amulets: Suite No. 2, of 1987.