Rose Marie Cromwell
4 Oct. – 1 Nov. 2023
KinoSaito announced a partnership with Oolite Arts. The inaugural four-week onsite residency program hosts two Miami artists who were selected by Oolite Arts via a competitive application process. This year’s (2023) awardees are Christina Pettersson and Rose Marie Cromwell.
Rose Marie Cromwell is a photo and video artist, whose work explores the effects of globalization on the local. She is also interested in the tenuous space between the political and the spiritual. Rose is from Seattle, has lived the past 15 years between New York and Latin America and is currently based in Miami. Her first book El Libro Supremo de la Suerte was published in 2018 by TIS books, and was awarded the Light Work Photo Book Prize named one of the 25 Best Photobooks of 2018 by TIME Magazine. In 2021 she published two books, Eclipse by TIS Books, and A More Fluid Atmosphere by Pomegranate Press. She has had solo exhibitions at Diablo Rosso Gallery, Antitesis Gallery, both in Panama City, Panama, Institute 193 in Kentucky, and Filter Photo in Chicago. Her work has also been exhibited at Aperture Foundation in New York, PRIZM Art Fair in Miami, The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, and The Silver Eye Arts Center in Pittsburgh, among many others. She has an upcoming exhibition at The High Museum in Atlanta opening in March 2024. Cromwell is recipient of a Fulbright Grant, A Getty Reportage grant, and was a Light Work AIR, and is currently an AIR at Oolite Arts in Miami. Her freelance clients include The New Yorker, TIME, The New York Times, National Geographic, and Harper's Magazine.
Oolite Arts strives to empower artists and enrich communities. Established in 1984, Oolite’s mission is to support artists and advance the knowledge and practice of contemporary visual arts. Oolite Arts creates opportunities for experimentation and innovation, and encourages the exchange of ideas across diverse cultures through residencies, exhibitions, public programs, education, and outreach. Exhibitions and programs at Oolite Arts are made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council; the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Jorge M. Perez Family Foundation at the Miami Foundation; the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation; and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Oolite Arts is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. For more information, visit oolitearts.org. Follow @oolitearts on social media.