-
OverviewAmerican born artist Rose Masterpol has worked for decades as a contemporary abstract painter. Her work is distinctive and ever-evolving because of her vast array of interests - her poetry, music, graphic design, sculpture, and landscape photography. They all feed her creativity. Masterpol’s work is the language of non-objective, organic and pure painting. Her work consists of abstract shapes, lines, instinct, and intuition made from either acrylic or oil on large canvases.
-
WorksVideoBiography
"I work in series. This allows me, and the work, to progress and never stop evolving. Working this way I can explore all forms of abstraction without limitations. My influences are nature, sound and truth. They alter me in many ways I cannot explain. It's like jumping off a bridge -- into an abyss. In that depthless space I can compose, permit, surrender and give birth to something unanticipated. I relinquish conscious thought so that something else can emerge, something inexplicable. The space in between existence and non-existence is my playground. I gain access to unearthly realms of the unseen and the unknown through my human experiences. Because I cultivate my sensitivity, vulnerability and intuition, I remain wide open to possibilities not otherwise apparent or available. Ever since I can remember, I have had the irresistible drive to create. In the end, the result/work is a living, breathing, self-actualized entity, a whole and part of the whole, much like the universe."
— Rose Masterpol
American born artist Rose Masterpol has worked for decades as a contemporary abstract painter. Her work is distinctive and ever-evolving because of her vast array of interests - her poetry, music, graphic design, sculpture, and landscape photography. They all feed her creativity. Masterpol’s work is the language of non-objective, organic and pure painting. Her work consists of abstract shapes, lines, instinct, and intuition made from either acrylic or oil on large canvases. She is larger than life as are her works. Often poetic with unrivaled breadth and depth, always strong and boldly colored—the work is uncanny and balanced. Her technical approach changes to the mood and flow of the next thing that emerges on a new canvas at any given time. Her abstractions stream from De Stijl to Fauvism to expressionism to the pure abstract realm. Masterpol’s inspiration since a child has been from the New York school of painters, Pollock, de Kooning, Kline and Motherwell, to name a few.
Masterpol is self-taught which lends to a naked and raw untainted work of art. There are no limitations for her work to constantly progress. She graduated from CalArts with a BFA in graphic design and has worked in many ad agencies in Los Angeles. Still today, ranking as a creative director to a few clients, she is working as a full-time painter. And—in between design and painting, she always has a camera in her hands ready for the next great shot.
Exhibitions-
LA | Bergamot Station 30th Anniversary | Rose Masterpol + Connie Goldman
Geometric Dialogues 7 Sep - 5 Oct 2024Exhibition Overview: Geometric Dialogues positions the works of Rose Masterpol + Connie Goldman in a nuanced conversation about the nature of abstraction. Masterpol’s organic, flowing compositions on linen contrast with...Read more -
Winter Selections | 2024
A Group Exhibition 12 - 28 Jan 2024Nüart Gallery is pleased to present Winter Selections, our annual exhibition featuring a curation of our artists whose abstract and figurative work celebrate a constrained winter palette. The exhibition will open on January 12th and through January 28th, 2024.Read more -
Peter Stephens + Rose Masterpol
Rational + Emotional Interrelations 1 - 17 Sep 2023In 'Rational + Emotional Interrelations,' artists Peter Stephens and Rose Masterpol unveil a thoughtfully crafted collection of distinct and emotive abstractions. Their works delve into inner depths, blending technical dynamism with emotional equilibrium, inviting viewers to explore their own reflective possibilities.Read more -
R-E-D
A Group Exhibition 10 - 19 Feb 2023Nüart Gallery is excited to announce the opening of ' R-E-D,' a Valentine's Day exhibition featuring a curated collection of paintings that celebrate the color red and its connection to...Read more -
Winter Selections
A Group Exhibition 20 Jan - 5 Feb 2023We’re excited to share our annual exhibition Winter Selections, featuring a curation of our artists whose abstract and figurative work celebrate a constrained winter palette . The minimalist environment of...Read more -
Alberto Gálvez + James Tyler + Rose Masterpol
Connections 23 Sep - 9 Oct 2022Nüart Gallery presents “ Connections, ' a group exhibition featuring new work by Rose Masterpol, Alberto Gálvez, and James Tyler . This multi-media exhibition presents abstract and figurative paintings by...Read more -
Red Show
The Color of Love 11 - 25 Feb 2022A selection of works by our artists, reflecting their interpretations of one of the most celebrated human emotions – love. We invite you to join us in celebrating one of the most powerful colors of the spectrum.Read more -
Nüart 20th Anniversary Show
24 Dec 2021 - 9 Jan 2022Nüart Gallery 20th Anniversary Show (SANTA FE, NM) Nüart Gallery is pleased to celebrate its 20th year of offering fine art with a special group exhibition of 36 established and...Read more -
Abstractions 2021
19 Nov - 12 Dec 2021Featuring Work by Beverly Kedzior, Emilio Lobato, Joseph Ostraff, Willy Bo Richardson + Judy WoodsRead more -
Rose Masterpol + Sunny Taylor
Patterns of Expression 20 Aug - 5 Sep 2021Join Nüart Gallery for a two person show featuring new works by Rose Masterpol and Sunny Taylor, two abstract artists express their worlds with singular perception and insight. Masterpol’s paintings offer whimsical abstraction of shapes and lines in bold, precise color, while Taylor’s meticulous textured and dimensional surfaces play on the disruption of order and beauty, followed by the resolve.Read more -
Rose Masterpol
The Language of Shape 11 - 27 Sep 2020'The source of imagery comes from the choreography of metamorphosing organic shapes which embody and influence a formal relationship between structure, form, movement, tension, transparency, hierarchy, flotation and emotion. They...Read more -
Abstractions Group Exhibition 2019
Shar Coulson, Cecil Touchon, Joseph Ostraff, Claire B Cotts, Rose Masterpol, & Anne Kaferle 8 - 24 Nov 2019Nüart Gallery is pleased to present, “ Abstractions 2019 ' a group exhibition of new work by six contemporary artists working in abstraction. The exhibition will run November 8 th...Read more