About
I’m a mixed media artist living in Carbondale, Colorado. I photograph textures in nature—lichen and moss growing on rocks along mountain trails and streams, for example—then transfer the photographic images onto canvas and layer the images with heavy body acrylic paint.
I find my inspiration in nature. My artistic process begins by looking for interesting textures, colors and patterns. I capture a magnified image and, up close, the familiar becomes new, abstract and magical. Lichen or moss transforms into an aerial view of a forest or appears like an underwater landscape. With the richness of paint, the images come alive with tactile layers and amplified colors.
Contact me to schedule a visit to my studio at SAW (Studio For Arts + Works) in Carbondale, CO.
I am fascinated with unconventional beauty and art that diverges from what is expected. I like the transformative qualities of working with mixed media. Through painting, I can transcend the limitations of a photograph. I "paint" with photographic patterns as I would a color of paint on my palette. By merging photography and painting, I can blur the boundary between what is real and abstract.
Photography by Shawn O’Connor
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About Mila Rossi
Mila Rossi is a Colorado-based mixed-media artist whose work explores the intersection of abstraction and nature. She studied at Colby College, Spéos School of Photography and the Sorbonne in Paris, France and earned her Master of Arts from Georgia State University.
Education
Georgia State University, Master of Arts, Atlanta, GA
Duke University, Nonprofit Management, Durham, NC
Colby College, Bachelor of Arts, Waterville, ME
Spéos School of Photography, Paris, France
Sorbonne Paris IV, Paris, France
Exhibitions
2024
Present Company, SeeSaw Gallery, Englewood, CO
Clay & Moonlight Fundraiser, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Artist Residency, Maussane, France
Solo Exhibit, Carbondale Library, Carbondale, CO
Valley Visual Art Show, R2 Gallery, Carbondale, CO
SAW Studio Open House, SAW, Carbondale, CO
Interdependence, SeeSaw Gallery, Englewood, CO
Exhibit at FirstBank, Duo Exhibit with Kazu Nakahara, FirstBank, Carbondale, CO
2023
SAW Studio Open House, SAW, Carbondale, CO
Interdependence, SeeSaw Gallery, Englewood, CO
Redstone Art Show, Redstone, CO
10 x 10 Name Unseen, Silent Auction, Art Base, Basalt, CO
Terrene, Duo Exhibit with Leah Aegerter, Colorado Mountain College, Aspen, CO
SAW Group Show, Carbondale Arts Gallery, Carbondale, CO
Valley Visual Art Show, R2 Gallery, Carbondale, CO
Small Matters, 437 Gallery, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO
2022
Finding Common Ground in an Uncommon World, The Collective Community Arts Center, Lafayette, CO
SAW Studio Open House, SAW, Carbondale, CO
10 x 10 Name Unseen, Silent Auction, Art Base, Basalt, CO
Colorado: An Abstract Exploration of Our Natural World, Solo Exhibit, Bonfire Coffee, Carbondale, CO
SAW Studio Open House, SAW, Carbondale, CO
Formally Speaking curated by Molly Peacock, Aspen Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO
43rd Annual Valley Visual Art Show, R2 Gallery, Carbondale, CO
Pre-2021
SAW Studio Open House, SAW, Carbondale, CO
Small Wonders, Group Exhibit, Aspen Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO
SAW First Friday Open Studio, SAW, Carbondale, CO
Group Makers’ Exhibit, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Assignment: CDC, David J. Sencer CDC Museum, Smithsonian Affiliate, Atlanta, GA
African Masks, Student Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Solo Exhibit, Colby College, Waterville, ME
Group Exhibit, Spéos Gallery, Paris, France
Residencies & Scholarship
NG Creative Residency, Maussane, France, 2024
Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, 2023
Studio Intensive with Letha Wilson, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 2023
Studio Intensive with Leslie Shows, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 2022
Teach For America, Americorps Grant
Professional
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
CDC Foundation, Atlanta, GA
CARE USA, Atlanta, GA
Wake Forest University, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA
Teach for America, New Orleans, LA
Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, France
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Studio:
SAW (Studio For Arts + Works), 525 Buggy Circle, Carbondale, CO 81623, USA
Instagram:
@artbymilarossi
Phone:
+1 (404) 387-2272
Email: