Patrice Rose uses portraiture to explore emotions, narratives about identity, femininity and the duality of cultural norms. Her multi-disciplinary practise combines delicate hand drawings, natural materials, ink and print.
Biography
Patrice Rose is a Contemporary British Visual Artist currently based in London. She was born in England to Caribbean parents and spent her early years in Los Angeles, California before migrating back to the UK for the rest of her formal education.
She studied a Degree in Tailoring at University of the Arts London (London College of Fashion) graduating in 2015 and later went on to obtain her Bachelor’s Degree in Art and Design at Kingston University, graduating with First Class honours in 2022. Patrice Rose uses portraiture to explore narratives about identity, belonging, femininity
and cultural norms. Patrice's practise includes charcoal hand drawings, working with fibre, natural materials and print.
About the Work
Patrice Rose describes herself as an 'Afro-Visual Artist' that creates Silkscreen Textile Paintings. Her practice combines delicate hand drawings and silk screen printing onto fibre.
Inspired by narratives of identity and politics in contemporary society, she seeks to explore these themes by inviting the viewer to inspect and engage with her photographic quality tactile artworks. The artist's background in Tailoring has helped inform her practise by using textiles as part of her working medium and focusing on the body form within her work. The use of black portraiture and a focus on the female subject within her textile paintings acts as a symbolic mechanism to her identity and rich cultural history. The use of printed fabrics and textiles synonymous with her Caribbean culture, while it is also used to capture the mood of each piece.
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