Magzoid Magazine - Luxury Magazine in the Creative Space | Feb 2023

Dreamy oil paintings with
responses to current
affairs and questions
about the future
“The creative process is deliberately chaotic in the
making yet geared towards the achievement of a
sense of harmony and visually engaging imagery,”
says Rosso Emerald Crimson
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Born and raised in Sicily, Rosso moved
permanently to London in early 2000.
She holds an MA in International
Communications and Human Rights
and worked in advertising before changing
her direction to the visual arts. In her short
but intense art career, she has won several art
prizes, starting with the 2016 “Emerald Winter
Pride Award”, organised by Pride UK, where
she won the First Prize, shortly followed by
another first prize for the Holly Bush “Emerging
Woman Painter Prize”, leading to Rosso’s first
solo exhibition in London. In 2019, Rosso was
awarded the first prize for the portrait/figurative
category at the “Jackson Open Painting Prize”.
She was selected to participate in “Sky Portrait
Artist Of The Year” in 2019 and again in 2021,
aired on British national TV. In 2021, she was a
finalist in the renowned “Beautiful Bizarre Art
Prize”, which opened doors to collaborations
and exhibitions internationally with galleries in
the US (Sugarlift, Principle Gallery), Canada
(James Baerd Gallery), Norway (Romfjord
Gallery), Germany (Stoerpunkt).
In her portraiture, Rosso Emerald Crimson
renders female subjects which emerge through
a haze of pastels and muted tones. She infuses
dreamy oil paintings with responses to current
affairs and questions about the future, which
often serve as a catalyst for her projects.
Issues of racial injustice, gender identity and
environmental crisis have all played a major
role in her work.
The women and girls are very charismatic and
often depicted staring forward with unsmiling
expressions. They are placed within abstract
landscapes that defy any reference to objective
reality. It is within these neutral settings that
an intimate dialogue can emerge between the
viewers and the characters, the content of
which is very subjective.
Technically, while the portrayal of the
figures is achieved by a meticulous rendering
using traditional oil painting techniques, the
deconstruction (and reconstruction) of the
surrounding derives from the juxtaposition of
different media, including spray paint, vigorous
scraping and scratching of the surface and,
occasionally, application of metal leaves and
“The women and
girls she draws are
very charismatic and
often depicted staring
forward with unsmiling
expressions.” says Rosso
Emerald
gilding. The creative process is deliberately
chaotic in the making yet geared towards the
achievement of a sense of harmony and visually
engaging imagery.
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