Rose Cameron Philippines, b. 1965
Memory Over Circumstance #2, 2025
Acrylic on Canvas
182.88 x 121.92 cm (Diptych)
Interwoven States is the growing and evolving body of work created and presented by New York based Filipina American artist Rose Cameron. The collection represents Rose’s journey to rediscover and...
Interwoven States is the growing and evolving body of work created and presented by New York based Filipina American artist Rose Cameron.
The collection represents Rose’s journey to rediscover and reconnect with her lost past and identity. Displaced and arriving in the United States at the age of 12 from the Philippines, she was met with the strong pressure to forget the life she left behind, deny her true identity and build a completely new one to be accepted and discourage discrimination.
Rose sources experiences and memories from her childhood and reveals, remembers and celebrates the rituals, people, language and colors of her native country. The art and tradition of basket weaving which she learned from her mother serves as the vehicle to moderate her revelation like a powerful shield obscuring deeper thoughts and connections and only providing abstracted glimpses of the beauty and culture underneath. The sampaguita flowers stand for the values of love, dedication, and truth that Rose witness from the resilient women of her country, particularly her mother. She weaves these elements and the story of her past together with her passion for contemporary abstract expression to create a deeply engaging dialogue between her desire to reveal and her need to remain obscure.
The collection represents Rose’s journey to rediscover and reconnect with her lost past and identity. Displaced and arriving in the United States at the age of 12 from the Philippines, she was met with the strong pressure to forget the life she left behind, deny her true identity and build a completely new one to be accepted and discourage discrimination.
Rose sources experiences and memories from her childhood and reveals, remembers and celebrates the rituals, people, language and colors of her native country. The art and tradition of basket weaving which she learned from her mother serves as the vehicle to moderate her revelation like a powerful shield obscuring deeper thoughts and connections and only providing abstracted glimpses of the beauty and culture underneath. The sampaguita flowers stand for the values of love, dedication, and truth that Rose witness from the resilient women of her country, particularly her mother. She weaves these elements and the story of her past together with her passion for contemporary abstract expression to create a deeply engaging dialogue between her desire to reveal and her need to remain obscure.
