Alexandra Rose (b. 1988, San Francisco) received her B.F.A. from Otis College of Art and Design in 2011. She is an emerging Los Angeles-based abstract artist. She has exhibited in Los Angeles at LAM Gallery, LACMA, and Castor Gallery in New York City.

About.

Artist statement

My work explores memory and sensory experience through abstraction, investigating the shifting nature of perception and the ways in which emotion influences our experience of the world.

Mostly unplanned, my compositions emerge gradually, allowing impulsivity, mood, and the materials themselves to shape the work. Washes of acrylic and vinyl paint, layers of oil, and oil stick markings create texture, luminosity, and dimension through a continual process of adding, erasing, and reworking forms.

The resulting imagery suggests landscapes, interiors, or architectural spaces, while remaining deliberately ambiguous—familiar yet unplaceable, like fragments of a dream or the trace of a memory. I want my paintings to live in liminal space, acting as a conduit to an emotional experience.