ARTIST STATEMENT
Nicole Rose (b. 1996, Pittsfield, MA) is a visual artist and lifelong ballet dancer whose paintings investigate the synchronicities between movement and mark making. The process of creating each of her paintings begins by dipping her feet in paint and dancing on canvas, allowing her choreographed movements to translate marks onto the surface. The first layer of movement-marks creates a map, guiding the following layers of formalized painting that investigate the traces of Rose’s movements while researching the traces left behind by industry. The culmination of these layers results in abstract landscapes that explore the physical and psychological dichotomy between chaos and control. The paintings question the individual and collective impact humans leave as we move through the world and the consequences of the traces we leave behind both physically and ecologically. Nicole Rose holds a BA in Studio Art from Mills College and currently lives and works in the Berkshires, MA.
