LIBBY ROSA (b. 1993, Pittsburgh, PA) is an artist, curator, and teacher working in Philadelphia, PA. Rosa works in painting, sculpture, and site-specific installation art characterized by shape-shifting and embedded imagery. Her work challenges the limitations of walls and framing devices, pushing the boundaries of built environments. She received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015) and her MFA from Cornell University (2019). She’s been featured in Whitehot Magazine, Canvas Rebel, Artblog, David Zwirner’s Platform Gallerist Interview: One Day, New American Paintings, Maake Magazine, and Inertia. She’s had solo exhibitions in Philadelphia at Bertrand Productions and Blah Blah gallery. She participated in SPRING/BREAK Art Show and group shows including MUSKEG with Mother-In-Law + Field Projects for Upstate Art Weekend (Germantown, NY), Hide and Seek (Portland, OR), MASS Gallery (Austin, TX), Hexum (Montpelier, VT), Big Ramp (Philadelphia, PA), blip blip blip (Moscow, Russia), and Marquee Projects (Bellport, NY). Rosa has attended residencies at Tongue River Residency (Dayton, WY), Trestle Art Space (NYC, NY), ASMBLY Session #1 (NYC, NY), and VCU SSP (Richmond, VA). She founded Peep Projects, a gallery space in Philadelphia, PA, in 2020, and curates installations along the Philadelphia waterfront through DRWC. She teaches painting, visual thinking, and drawing at Fordham University.
For inquiries please email: libbyrosa@me.com
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