About the Artist
Dusty Rose was born in Karachi, Pakistan and spent her childhood in Istanbul, Turkey. Her artwork showcases the potpourri of cultures and traditions she has already experienced and anticipation of what she has yet to discover. Each piece is a continuation of her practice, as if the mediums are on a journey with her. Dusty lives and works in DC after completing her degree at the University of Maryland and her work has been included in group exhibitions in the DMV region and internationally in Turkey and Italy, amongst others.
Her current work is concerned with identity and belonging, echoing her unique upbringing, along with observing the exhaustion, aloneness and desolation of a neutral state. Working primarily with textures, materials and fragments, her pieces reflect the humanistic, natural curiosity of the wealth and heritage presented in this world.
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Artist's Statement
The reality of my work relates the complexity, the potpourri of the experiences around us. I create forms and textures, placed into spaces, using a neutral palate. My art forms from pondering the exhaustion, aloneness and desolation of a neutral state. I hope to create art that reveals and dramatizes deep values in human action without being decorative, didactic, or sentimental. I am convinced that, in the end, art isn’t for the artists but for their fellowman. I can imagine a time when we’ll use what we’ve learned from art and devote ourselves to creating according to our own perceptions
