Artist Statement

Sensuality, vitality and acts of nurture are recurrent themes in my work, reflecting my interest in searching for lushness and cherishing of the human body and experience. Through my paintings of personal experiences, I aim to evoke feelings of corporeality in a viewer.

I paint on silk, faux suede and cotton velvet to entice the mammal human in its desire for softness. Saturating the fabric with inks and dyes conveys the movement and fluidity of the internal body, and this surface becomes an integrated part of the work. Further layers of painting in inks and drawing in oil stick emphasise a sense of depth, with prismatic colours describing potential and energy.

I am often playful in my choice of subject matter and I use this, paired with the embrace of imperfection in my material method, to gently fray the critical judgement of our innately human flaws and foibles.

Biography

British American painter Rose Fulbright (b.1988) works in acrylic and oil paints, usually on luxury fabrics including silk, velvet and faux suede.

Rose‘s work explores a fervent interest in life force through themes of desire, sexuality, sensory experience, and the role of beauty in power, agency and self regard.

Having studied couture fashion at Parsons, Paris, Rose got her BA in Costume Design at London College of Fashion. Since 2012 she has been integrating her painting practice into design, creating ‘wearable art’ designs for her eponymous luxury silk loungewear brand. She has lived and worked in Paris, Beijing and Brussels.

Rose currently lives in London with her husband and two children where she is focussing on her fine art practice, completing a Master’s Degree in Fine Art from London’s City and Guilds School of Art, to graduate in late 2026. She has shown in solo and group exhibitions in both Belgium and the UK since 2023.

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Solo Exhibitions

2025, ‘The Staircase Exhibition’, Painter’s Hall, London

2024, ‘Light and Water’, McAllister Thomas Fine Art, Surrey

2023, ‘The Fauvist Jungle’, The Hari Hotel, London

2023, ‘The Fauvist Jungle’, The Nine, Brussels

Group Exhibitions

2026, ‘Animal, Vegetable, Mineral’, Plas Brondanw, Wales

2026, ‘Women’s Day Exhibition’, Outhouse Gallery, London

2026, ‘Dialogue With The Stratosphere’, MorphemeStudios, London

2025, ‘London’s Dreaming’, Painter’s Hall, London

2025, ‘JOY’, Glenside Hospital Museum, Bristol

2025, ‘New Talent’, Pontone Gallery, London

2025, ‘The Dome’, Portmeirion, UK

2025, ‘Transmission Residency Exhibition’, Millbank Tower, London

2024, Transformation’’, Oriel Brondanw, Wales

2024, ‘Salt & Stars’, J/M Gallery, London

Residencies

2024- 2025, Transmission Residency in association with CGLAS and UAL, London and OCADU, Toronto

2023, Portmeirion Village Artist in Residence

2023, Tresco Island Residency