In Fish out of Water, Rosen’s work explores touch, reflection, and longing through large to intimate oil paintings and monotypes. Her large-scale, multi-figurative work on these themes began pre-pandemic and soon […]
Detail ‘excerpts’ from my latest large painting, centered around visual and experiential ideas of the cascade and the grotto. Individual figures make up a greater whole, willing to connect while embodying an epigenetic […]
– May 2019 – A freshly varnished detail of this life-sized figurative painting, The Klaxon, before it headed to the collection of 21C Museum Hotels.
Upping the scale, here is one of my newer oil paintings from New York, “Liquid Sun”, measuring 60” x 108” on unstretched linen.
– Autumn 2016 – Select paintings from a new series, Embrace, of oil and acrylic paintings attempting to encapsulate and hold multiple competing responses to our mortality, and reconcile them, amidst a yearning […]
After a long time since posting blog-style here, I’m proud to share some of my new work in progress in my new studio space in Whistler, BC. A big thanks […]
I have a painting up this week at Project Gallery in Toronto as part of a group exhibition called “Aperture”. The opening reception is tonight, February 27th, from 7 – […]
Here are some photos from the ArtFunkl artist residency’s Open Studio event that I participated in, in Manchester, UK. The six-week residency took place from June – August, 2013, with […]
Two pieces, a large oil painting “Chrysalis” and a series of watercolour studies mounted on an old wooden door, were in an exhibition in Assisi at the Galleria Le Logge […]
Check out the work and ideas of the artists in the Assisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition 2013! This is a link to the online catalogue of the International Contemporary Art […]
Click here for more info on Resartis news As of tomorrow my new painting “Chrysalis”, as well as some watercolour studies, will be exhibited in a group show in Assisi […]
Three of my paintings have safely made it to Valencia, Spain, where they are currently being exhibited as a triptych, as part of the Incubarte Art Festival. The festival took […]
I recently participated in an artist residency in Italy. The residency was at Arte Studio Ginestrelle near Assisi, deep within the regional park of Monte Subasio. I won’t say too […]
If printmaking at Gravity Press taught me anything, it is that sometimes, the ghost image can be your best image. I decided to take this concept into watercolour painting on […]
Next Monday August 5th, from 6 – 9 pm, there will be an open studio event at Artfunkl Artist Residency to showcase mine and four other international artists’ work and […]
testing out my new water-soluble oil paints on paper, getting closer to finishing! (studio progress in Manchester) Just a glimpse into something I’ve been working on at Artfunkl artist residency. […]
Check it out! Fantastic write-up of my practice by Ju Underwood (based on my proposal & conversations) on the ArtFunkl Artist Residency website
You can now like my art on Facebook! Thank you to everyone for the support so far, it really means a lot. 🙂 Stay tuned for posts about my current […]
This picture was taken at the top of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh, Scotland. At 251m (823 ft), it is technically not a mountain but a “hill” – but by far […]
Click here to watch my Artist Interview with the Union Gallery It can often present a challenge – but a necessary challenge – to explain one’s artistic vision to others. […]
The CKWS TV network in Kingston did a story on our graduating exhibition. A little bit after the fact, but here is a glimpse into the art program at Queen’s […]
Surface Dives: a dive made from the surface of the water; a technique used in underwater searches. I depict the human body submerged and navigating through water as a means […]
Every year, the graduating BFA Honours class of Queen’s University puts on a final exhibition throughout the entire BFA building (Ontario Hall). As with every student, I was assigned a […]
My time at Queen’s is officially at its end, but we’re not leaving without a bang! With our closing reception in just a couple of hours, the culmination of four […]
I am happy to announce that my artwork was published in (and also made it to the cover!) of the 17th edition of Ultraviolet Magazine at Queen’s University. Ultraviolet is […]
This massive 4 x 6 woodcut was printed at Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop in North Adams, MA. Beautiful city, awesome experience! I am grateful to have had it displayed […]
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The Mavericks host a pop-up show downtown Kingston as a preview to their final exhibition in April. Presenting select artworks by Queen’s fourth year…
Eisoptrophobia II, Oil on Canvas, 30″ x 24″
Five works of mine are being exhibited and are on sale at the Metro Hall Rotunda in downtown Toronto (55 John St.) 50% of the proceeds are going to a […]
Monika Rosen 