Artist Research: Rachel Rossin

ARTIST RESEARCH

Rachel Rossin is an American artist born in the year 1987. She enjoys working with unusual mediums such as virtual/augmented reality through Oculus Rift, which can only be seen through another device or headset. Rossin also translates her artwork onto glass-like sheets, that she bends and folds in places in order to add to her unique design. In her piece, Safe Apron, Safe Cape, she places several printed glass sheets upright in the room, in which the viewers can walk around the space feeling like they are in virtual reality.

Rossin loves to place her viewers in the environment of her work, instead of having the piece hang on the wall without any interaction. She also uses a lot of colors and abstracts shapes and lines in order to create the mood in the environment she wants. There is also something pleasing about seeing images on top of a clear transparent material, as if it is floating in air.

ARTIST STATEMENT

"The piece can't exist without the viewer. In order for the piece to exist, it needs to have an audience" -Rachel Rossin