Rosa Rojas is a first-generation Dominican-American artist born and raised in the Bronx and currently based in Jersey City. Growing up the daughter of immigrant parents, she spent her youth navigating multiple cultural spheres—an experience of existing "between worlds" that has become foundational to her artistic practice. Through painting and sculpture, she documents quiet moments and transitional spaces, examining how environments continue to hold us even in our absence.

Rosa moves fluidly between painting and sculpture, having developed her technical foundation under the mentorship of sculptor John Belardo. Her commitment to craft led her to a specialized bronze sculpture program at New York’s Modern Art Foundry, where she learned to approach space three-dimensionally—a sensibility she now carries into her two-dimensional work. This evolution culminated in a residency in Paris where, under the guidance of the artist Callum, she expanded her practice into oil painting and developed her signature monochrome style.

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Lehman College, CUNY | Bronx, NY
Bachelor's Degree, Media Communications Studies and Art, 2012–2017

New York’s Modern Art Foundry | Queens, NY
Bronze Sculpture Program, 2017

Paris American Academy | Paris, France
Oil Painting Residency, 2018

By working exclusively in monochrome, Rosa strips away the emotional shorthand of color. Instead, she relies on subtler atmospheric elements: light falling across a threshold, shadows pooling in an empty corner, or the structural honesty of a wall meeting a floor. This constraint creates a palpable tension between intimacy and distance, emphasized by the absence of clear figures and the profound quiet of the scene.

Rosa has exhibited in group exhibitions across the American Northeast and internationally.

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2018 | Paris American Academy Residency | Paris, France
2017 | A Summer of Sculpture | Cathedral of St. John the Divine | New York, NY

Alongside her art studio practice, Rosa has extensive experience supporting public art and visual storytelling. Her professional highlights include painting murals for Patricia Cazorla’s Ararauna project and assisting with large-scale outdoor sculptures throughout New York City and New Jersey.

She also bridges her fine art background with visual design, creating sales-driven assets, visual identities, and marketing campaigns for small businesses and nonprofits.

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Self Employed, Brand Designer | 2018–Present, Remote

Self Employed, Art Assistant | 2018, New York, NY

MoreArt, Graphic Designer | 2017 | New York, NY

Lehman College Art Gallery, Gallery Assistant | 2013–2016 | Bronx, NY