Community Mural Project, Brislington
Client
Sovereign Network Group
Brief
Design a mural that explores “home” as a foundation for stability, growth, and community.
The mural was inspired by a workshop I held in the park with local residents, ages 5–75, who responded creatively to prompts such as “What do you love about your community?
The mural was painted over the BS4 Arts Trail weekend by Bristol Mural Collective artists together with 20 community volunteer painters.
Ethics in Engineering Biology (coming soon)
Client
University of Bristol
Brief
Work with PhD researchers and students to design artworks that explore the future impacts of Engineering Biology.
I worked with PhD students and sixth-form pupils at Cathedral School to imagine speculative “materials from the future” that could address challenges in health and the environment - ranging from pollution-eating bacteria to lab-grown blood.
These creative outputs informed a series of printed artworks, later displayed at the FUTURES Festival, sparking conversations between researchers and the public about the role of bioengineering in shaping future societies.
Outputs
2x workshops with PhD researchers and sixth-form students, x8 printed artefacts from the future
Bristol Heat Network Community Mural
Client
Vattenfall, Bristol City Leap, Bristol City Council
Brief
Co-design and produce a mural that engages with themes of the environment, climate emergency, nature, energy, and transformation, with a focus on connecting to the S.T.E.A.M. curriculum (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Maths).
During the span of 5 months, I worked with two local schools and a community art group in BS5 to gather ideas and direction for the mural. The final piece tells the story of the heat network, and dispells myths about how heat is generated.
Photo credit: Vattenfall & Bristol City Leap
Using these images and ideas, I created two concepts that explore how to visually tell the story of the heat network.
Monkey Business
“Truly original” – Bristol24/7
"Monkey Business" is my exhibition inspired by the diverse expressions of biological sex and sexual behavior in the animal kingdom.
Drawing from ‘Bitch’ by Lucy Cooke and and ‘Queer Ducks’ by Eliot Schrefer, this exhibition is about celebrating queerness and expanding my own understanding of who I am in the world.
Through my research I've discovered examples like lesbian lizards, non-monogamous songbirds, sex-changing clownfish, and promiscuous monkeys—there's so much queer behavior being uncovered!
At the same time, I want to challenge the idea of “finding” our place in the world by looking to nature.
Animals don’t exist to teach us how to live—our morality isn’t a monkey’s business; it’s ours to figure out.
Events:
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Music: Homosapien Love Songs by Pal and friends
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Art: Animal Life Drawing with Bristol Life Drawing
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Talk: Jasmine Isa Qureshi ‘Queering Ecology: Why Penguins aren’t gay’
Painting catalogue available here
Rebranding the Bristol Beacon
Winner of Transform Awards Europe 2022
Brief
I worked on this transformative project for the largest cultural music venue in Bristol, with the support of Saboteur Studio and Rising Arts Agency. The visual rebrand was the final step in shedding the building’s ties to slave trader Edward Colston. Put simply, the mission was to set music free.
Concept
My goal was to craft a design that was expressive, personal, inclusive, and unfiltered. It was important to me that the concept be created by hand to convey genuine care and human touch.
I centred the design around the idea of an expanding source of light, a metaphor for the venue's influence and reach in the city. This light could be made louder or quieter, dynamically adjusting to suit the message and mood.
The mural is intended to draw the viewer in and up the stairs, and provides different meanings/connections depending on the view point.
Most of all, I wanted the visual identity to be welcoming and joyful – a bright departure from its previous ties.
“Rosa is astonishing. Her clarity of thought and vibrant, playful creativity produce extraordinary results. She is a true artist, and working with her has been unforgettable and inspiring.”
– Nick Eagleton from Saboteur Studio
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