Josephine Rossing

Hiromart Gallery is pleased to present Tokyo-based Swedish artist Josephine Rossing’s debut solo exhibition with us, entitled It must Be Leaves.

　

Josephine Rossing’s source of inspiration comes from images from her life experiences, places, and things she has experienced and seen. She depicts those images from her memories, adding light, sounds, and colors. By doing this she produces alternative images based on actual images.

The show features new works especially made for this show, and a large drawing produced in 2019. This group of new work started with oil monotype, and then painted over it to finish the piece, so the painting has brush strokes.  

　

It must Be Leaves

March 6 - April 7, 2024

Artist:          Josephine Rossing

Hours:         1 to 7 pm

                   Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and National Holiday : March 20th

Artist Reception:   Wednesday March 6, 6-8pm

Artist Statement:

Nothing excites me more than the blank canvas in my studio.

It’s where I can organize my thoughts; memories of lights, sounds, space, and colors. Uninterrupted by the distractions from outside, inside my studio I like to think I can stir the acutely limited views of beauty from less appreciated places, and the space in between.

My most recent work with graphite features fragile, decomposable, and monotone art. Like a shodō artist swings enormous brush over paper, I draw calculated lines onto my paper where there are no redo’s. This way, the art feels naked and exposed.

Nothing scares me more than the blank canvas staring back at me in my studio.

Josephine Rossing

Born in Stockholm, Sweden.

She studied art and graduated Halmstad Art School in 1997,  and Domen Art School in Sweden in 2001. Her works have been exhibited in Gothenburg, Sweden, Lyon, France, and Tokyo.

Currently she lives and works in Tokyo.

Image on TOP: Break my bones,  33x46cm, monotype and oil  on paper, 2024

Below: Long Way Home, 49.5x38cm, monotype and oil  on paper, 2024

The Orchard, 170x157cm, graphite on paper, 2019

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