rose richey

Rose graduated cum laude with a BFA in Communication Arts and Design from VCU in 2006. Currently, she art directs a nonprofit magazine in the Washington, D.C., metro area for which she has received numerous industry awards. She was a mentor and art teacher for Space of Her Own in Old Town Alexandria for the 2010-2011 school year. Rose also does painting commissions and sells her personal work at Art Whino\'s Marcatus Art Market. Recently her work was in the Conversations in the Contemporary exhibit at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum where it will be kept in the permanent collection. Also her was exhibited in Artomatic, Raw:DC, and other local shows. Rose\'s work is influenced by tattoo culture and street art. Her new brow paintings have a stylized, illustrative quality and include imagery of pin-ups, roses, skulls, and animals.