Artist Statement
In my art practice, I utilize traditional and digital photographic and print processes. I envision my work as alternative hybrid landscapes that are inspired by, and move fluidly between, built/natural environments and cyberspace. These tangible and intangible spaces are visually filtered and manipulated through digital glitches and ink anomalies. I am inspired by environments and landscapes that have had a significant impact on my perspective, positionality and perception.
My current research explores direct and indirect experiences of trauma immediately connected to landscape. I define landscape as a place which can encompass both the tangible and intangible, and which crosses fluidity between the natural and supernatural worlds. I use a combination of screenprinting, poly-plate printing, monoprinting and digital printing techniques in my practice. Lately, I have been experimenting with installation and projection work. In my research, I am seeking answers to the following questions: In what ways does landscape affect the mind, the body and the soul? Can a landscape “haunt” you? How do landscapes capture, generate, hold and distribute trauma? How do we engage with landscape through our senses? Do landscapes possess energy?
Artist Biography
Rosie Connelly was born in California and raised in Hawaii. She works out of Honolulu. Connelly is currently pursuing her MFA in Art from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM). She received her BFA in Art from UHM in 2021 and her AA in Liberal Arts from Kapi‘olani Community College in 2018. She is an Elementary Art Teacher (K-5) and a Graduate Assistant at the UHM, Department of Art & Art History.
