Sheena Rose

Sheena Rose (born 1985)[1] is a contemporary Caribbean multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Barbados.[2][3] She is a Fulbright Scholar and holds a BFA Honors degree from Barbados Community College, 2008, as well as an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2016.[4]

Sheena Rose
Born1985
NationalityBarbadian
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina, Greensboro
Known forAnimation Drawing Painting Performance Art New Media
Websitewww.sheenaroseart.com

Career

Sheena Rose has been a participant in the Havana Biennial, Venice Biennial, Gwangju Bienniale, Jamaica Biennial. In addition, she has exhibited her work in the MoCADA,[5] Queens Museum, KMAC Museum,[6] Turner Contemporary Gallery, and Residency Gallery.[7][8] In 2019, her work was included in the Perez Art Museum Miami.[9] The Weatherspoon Art Museum commissioned a mural from Rose, entitled "Pause and Breathe, We Got This," for their first-floor atrium space in 2021.[3]

Rose has participated in many public art projects, such as designing bus shelters in Des Moines, Iowa[10][11][12] and completing a two story mural at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C., which also includes three of her paintings in its collection.[13] Rose performed her piece Island and Monster at the Royal Academy of Arts, London and MoCADA, NYC in 2017.[14][15]

Emma Watson listed Sheena Rose as one of her favorite artists in a 2018 Vogue article.[16] Rose received the 2020–2021 "Distinguished Alumni Award" from UNC Greensboro's College of Visual and Performing Arts.[3]

References
  1. "Sheena Rose: Dramatically Removing the Landscape". Whitewall. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. "Sheena Rose: Creativity to Inspire the Caribbean Economy". Panamerican World. 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  3. "Sheena Rose: Pause and Breathe, We Got This". Weatherspoon Art Museum. 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Sheena Rose — BLCK PRISM". BLCK PRISM. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  5. "From the Mythic to the Personal, Two Artists Envision Womanhood". 29 April 2015.
  6. "Sheena Rose". kmacmuseum. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  7. "Sheena Rose 'Island and Monster'". ICF | International Curators Forum. 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  8. Best, Tamara (2017-05-31). "The Artist Sheena Rose Is Reaching Beyond Barbados". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  9. FLEURANVIL, FABIOLA (November 29, 2019). "Work by black artists abounds this year during Art Week Miami. Here's where to find it". Miami Herald.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "Sheena shines . . . Award-winning artist tells her story through works". Barbados Today. 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  11. "See new and upcoming public art across the Des Moines metro". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2020-06-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Sheena Rose". Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  13. "Sheena Rose art on display at IDB Headquarters". www.loopnewsbarbados.com. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  14. "Performance art by Sheena Rose: 'Island and Monster' | Event | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  15. "Sheena Rose: performance 'Island and Monster' Thoughts and reflections | ICF | International Curators Forum". ICF | International Curators Forum. 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  16. "18 feminist artists Emma Watson loves and you will too". Vogue Australia. 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
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