BIO
Rosina Rosinski, born in 1989 in Dortmund, Germany, is a multidisciplinary ultra-contemporary artist currently based in both Dortmund and Berlin. Her practice spans painting and fiber art, working primarily with acrylic on linen, spray paint, and various quilted fabrics such as velvet, cotton, lace, and polyester. She is best known for her distinctive figurative language that portrays larger-than-life, strong female figures situated within compressed interiors or ambiguous exterior spaces, where bold colors and tactile materials merge to create a unique visual narrative.
Rosinski’s work centers on the abstraction of the female body and the complexities of self-perception. Her portraits explore how the body is physically defined—by muscles, limbs, and bones—while simultaneously questioning how it might appear through the lens of personal emotion or imagined external views. Characterized by a vivid and expressive style, her pieces often depict imagined bodies and environments that become metaphors for presence and absence. This approach extends into her textile works, where painted imagery is transformed into richly layered quilted compositions, including interior scenes that take on the stillness of portraits in the absence of figures.
Rosina Rosinski has exhibited her work at Galerie Norbert Arns in Cologne, Field Projects in New York, and Eve Leibe Gallery in London. She is also a 2023 finalist of the Hopper Prize in the United States.
CV
Born in Dortmund, Germany, 1989
Works and resides in Dortmund and Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION / TRAINING
2017-2020: MA art and design theory, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, Germany
2013-2017: BA art theory, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024, Embrace of Madness (online group), Artsin Square, Ontario, Canada
2023, Exh 11 (online group), Floorr Magazine, London, UK
2023, #2 Exhibition (online group), Artsin Square, Ontario, Canada
2022, Not even home will be with you forever (online group), Field Projects, New York, USA
2023, Damian (online solo), Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Germany
2022, Art matters 6 (online), Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Germany
2022, Summer Edition ´22 (online group), Circle of None, London, UK
2022, The Rise of Inside (online group), Eve Leibe Gallery, London, UK
2022, Rosina (solo), Galerie Norbert Arns, Cologne, Germany
2021, From her to eternity (group), Galerie Norbert Arns, Cologne, Germany
AWARDS
2023 Hopper Prize (finalist), USA
SELECTED PRESS
Dominique Catherina Foertig, ‘Rosina Rosinski – A Vanguard of Vivid Contrasts in Contemporary Painting’ in Munchies Art Club (2024) at [https://www.munchiesart.club/rosina-rosinski-female-artist-contemporary-painting-2024/] consulted on 8 June, 2025
Divide Magazine, Addition Magazine, Issue 4 (2024)
Artsin Square, Print and Digital Magazine Edition 4, ‘Summer ‘23‘ (2023)
Laetitia Duveau, ‘The Strong and Sensitive Women in Rosina Rosinski’s Acrylic Portraits’ in Curated by Girls (2023) at [https://www.curatedbygirls.com/rosina-rosinski/] consulted on 28 May, 2025
Artsin Square, Print and Digital Magazine Edition 3, ‘Summer ‘22‘ (2022)