“Of course my work has political dimensions, but my focus is really the human faces, the human struggle, the epic journey,” Hung Liu, artist

BIO:

Grace Roselli is a Brooklyn based multidisciplinary artist whose paintings and photographic work visually explore womxn’s narratives, physicality, and the cultural constructs surrounding them. Roselli’s artwork has been included in a variety of publications and exhibited both nationally and internationally including exhibitions with Anita Friedman Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY; Mar Silver Design Lab, Westport, CT; Pentimenti gallery,Philadelphia, PA and the Gemeente Museum, Netherlands. Her 2017 series, Naked Bike, was exhibited at MotorGrrl, a female owned motorcycle shop, raising awareness of gender bias throughout the sport. Roselli’s artwork is in private collections in the U.S. and Europe. In 1996 Roselli co-curated Voyeur’s Delight at Franklin Furnace, New York, NY.

Awards and grants for Pandora’s BoxX Project, her 2018-2024 photographic portrait series include a 2023 New York State Council on the Arts award, a 2023 Puffin Foundation award, the 2022 Barbara Deming ‘Money for Women’ Memorial Fund and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fiscal Sponsorship. Public panel discussions Roselli has organized, participated in and moderated have taken place at the Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn NY; Silver Eye Center for Photography in Pittsburgh, PA in collaboration with Alma|Lewis, a Pittsburgh, PA gallery and residency space devoted to black artists; the West Chelsea Festival of Art, New York, NY; Zurcher Gallery, New York, NY, and ‘Artists Talk On Art’, a online platform devoted to live artist discussions.

Roselli received a BFA with honors from Rhode Island School of Design,1982. She was awarded the Rhode Island School of Design scholarship to attend the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, which she attended in 1981. In 1983, she participated in the Empire State Studio Residency Program in New York, NY. In 1984 She studied with Emilio Vedova at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, Italy.

Pandora’s BoxX Project (including New York State Womxn in Art) is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.