Biography

Alyse Rosner earned her BFA from the University of Michigan and her MFA from The American University. Rosner is recognized for her large-scale abstract paintings acknowledging the contradictions within the natural and synthetic world and the loss and regeneration continuing around us. Each of her series are informed by an arc of life experience, a deep connection to nature, and the process of painting. 

Rosner is based in Connecticut and exhibits nationally. She has had seven solo shows with Rick Wester Fine Art in New York since 2012. Other solo exhibition venues include ARC Fine Art, Mark W. Potter Gallery, Artspace, The Gallery at Three Rivers, Westport Arts Center, and Washington Art Association.

Her work has been included in group exhibitions such as Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists, Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; Mind Leaves Body, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY; Venus Fly, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT; Art in Embassies, Geneva, Switzerland; Bigger Bolder Better, a Chashama show in Brooklyn; as well as The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (Ridgefield, CT), University of Connecticut, BravinLee Programs (New York, NY), Odetta Gallery (Harlem and Brooklyn), Real Art Ways (Hartford, CT), Artspace (New Haven, CT), and Barbara Krakow Gallery (now Krakow Witkin Boston, MA)

Rosner’s work is in the collections of Google Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Eastern Connecticut State University, NYU Langone Health, The Fine Art Collection at Montefiore Einstein, The Kirkpatrick Bank Collection, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Aramco Americas, The Connecticut Artist Collection, Southern Connecticut State University, U.S. State Department, as well as selected private collections in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.

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  • MFA The American University, Washington, DC

    BFA The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Magna Cum Laude

  • 2023 Bracing Against the Wind, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY

    2021 Trusting the River, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY

    2019 Day to Day: Recent Drawings 2017-2019, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY 

    2019 Regeneration, ARC Fine Art, Fairfield, CT

    2019 Time Release, Mark W. Potter Gallery, Taft School, Watertown, CT

    2018 Alyse Rosner: A Little Bit of Time, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY

    2016 Alyse Rosner: Recent Paintings, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY

    2013 Alyse Rosner: 7 Paintings, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY

    2013 Premonitions, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY

    2012 Alyse Rosner: Large Scale Work, Curated by Harry Philbrick, Artspace, New Haven, CT

    2011 Presence / Presents, The Gallery at Three Rivers, Norwich, CT

    2006 Alyse Rosner: New Paintings, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT

    2001 Alyse Rosner: Recent Works, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT

  • 2024 I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like, Curated by Terri Smith, The Stairwell Space, Bridgeport, CT

    2024 Artist Book month II: The World is a Scandal, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY

    2024 Mind Leaves Body: Elisabeth Condon, Susan Luss & Alyse Rosner, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

    2024 Invincible Summer, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY

    2023 Art in Embassies, Chief of Mission Residence for the Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, Switzerland 

    2023 Off the Wall, Art06857, Greenwich, CT

    2023 Dear March, Come In, curated by Alexandra Rutsch Brock, The Birdhouse, Brooklyn, NY 

    2022 Summer Selections, ARC Fine Art & Schoelkopf Gallery, East Hampton, NY 

    2022 MAGIC, Metaphor Projects , Brooklyn, NY

    2022 Among Friends, Equity Gallery, organized by Alexandra Brock, Beth Dary & Patricia Fabricant, New York, NY

    2021 Color Cure: Women in Abstraction, Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut, Avery Point, Groton, CT

    2021 Love Devotion Surrender Dedication, curated by Mary Shah, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY

    2021 If 6, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY

    2021 Flow to Form, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT

    2020 With the Grain, curated by Patricia Fabricant, Equity Gallery, New York, NY

    2020 Suburban Salon, BAM Art Advisory, Larchmont, NY 

    2020 USPS Art Project Traveling Exhibition, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY; ELY Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT; InLiquid Art Philadelphia, PA

    2020 HomeMADE, BAM Art Advisory, Larchmont, NY 

    2019 Ornament: Ho-Hum All Ye Faithful, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY

    2019Turner’s Patent Yellow, ODETTA Gallery, New York, NY

    2019 Circles and Squares, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY

    2019 Among Friends, organized by Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Beth Dary & Patricia Fabricant, The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, New York, NY

    2018 Among Friends, organized by Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Beth Dary & Patricia Fabricant, Brooklyn, NY

    2017 UNFAMILIAR AGAIN: Contemporary Women Abstractionists, Curated by Monica Ramirez-Montagut including Anne Vieux, Barbara Takenaga, Amy Ellingson, Morgan Blair, Brittany Nelson, Alyse Rosner and Rachel Beach, Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

    2017 Excessive Frugality, ODETTA Gallery, Bushwick, NY

    2017 BIGGER, BOLDER, BETTER, curated by Jaynie Crimmins, Christina Massey and Etty Yaniv, Chashama at 470 Vanderbilt, Brooklyn, NY

    2017 Venus Fly, curated by Tracy McKenna, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich CT

    2017 Tremolo, curated by Carolanna Parlato, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY

    2017 Colormania, ODETTA Gallery, Bushwick, NY

    2017 Rhyme and Reason, The Gallery at Constitution Plaza, Hartford, CT

    2016 Surface Work, Curated by David Borawski, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

    2016 The Art of Now, Curated by Betty Levin, Hearst Galleries, New York, NY

    2015 Surfacing: Carolanna Parlato and Alyse Rosner, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT

    2015 Connecticut Bound: Navigating the Flatfile, Artspace, New Haven, CT

    2014 TEMPEST, Curated by David Borawski, The Institute Library, New Haven, CT

    2013 Looking Forward Looking Back, Curated by Don Kimes, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua, NY

    2012 It's Your Nature, Curated by Susan Classen-Sullivan, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT

    2012 Summer Invitational, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY

    2012 Alyse Rosner & Geoffrey Detrani, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, New Haven, CT

    2011 Out of Line, Curated by Leslie Nolan, Artspace, New Haven, CT

    2010 Everything but Paper Prayers, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA

    2010 Aldrich Undercover, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT

    2010 Conspectus I, Curated by Laura Marsh, Artspace, New Haven, CT

    2010 Chautauqua: A Continuum of Creativity, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY

    2009 After Narrative, Curated By Laura Marsh, Artspace, New Haven, CT

    2009 Full Circle, Curated by Regine Basha, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT

    2009 House Project, Curated by Terri Smith, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT

    2009 12 x 12 x 100, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY

    2009 Soft Serve, Curated by John O’Donnell, The Gallery at Constitution Plaza, Hartford, CT

    2008 Everything but Paper Prayers, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA 

    2007 Aldrich Undercover, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT

    2007 Intricacies, Curated by Debbie Hesse, Haskins Laboratories Gallery, New Haven, CT

    2007 Everything but Paper Prayers, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA 

    2007 Radius, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY

    2007 Introducing… Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

    2006 Aldrich Undercover, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT 

    2005 Works on Paper Invitational, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA

    2004 Radius, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum/RGA Gallery, Ridgefield, CT

  • Aramco Americas, Houston, TX

    Brian and Diane Leyden Collection

    The Connecticut Artist Collection

    Credit Suisse, New York

    Eastern Connecticut State University

    Fine Art Collection at Montefiore Einstein 

    GV (Google Ventures)

    The Kirkpatrick Bank Collection

    Morgan Stanley, New York

    NYU Langone Health 

    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Houston TX

    Southern Connecticut State University

    Selected Private Collections: USA, Europe, Middle East

  • 2020 Clementina Arts Foundation Residency, 6 month studio award, Stamford, CT

    2016 Sustainable Arts Foundation Grant Recipient

    2015 Artist Fellowship, Connecticut Office of the Arts 

    2008 Artist Fellowship, Connecticut Office of the Arts

    2004 Radius Selected Emerging Artist, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield CT 

    1995 Audrey Lavine Glassman Award for Painting, The American University, Washington, DC

    1994 Serge Sacknoff Memorial Sculpture Scholarship, The American University, Washington, DC

    1991 Critic’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT

    1988, 1989 The Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY

  • Etty Yaniv, Art Spiel, Mind Leaves Body at Westbeth, April 9, 2024

    Riad Miah, Two Coats of Paint, Gale Force: Alyse Rosner at Rick Wester, March 21, 2023

    Meg Hitchcock, IN THEIR STUDIOS: Alyse Rosner, March 25, 2023

    John Yau, HYPERALLERGIC, Painting Abstractly in the Midst of Unending Crises, June 26, 2021

    Christina Massey, Artist Spotlight, USPSartproject Newsletter, February 7, 2021

    Paul Schott, Connecticut Insider, Once the site of a Kids Foot Locker, this Stamford storefront now hosts art you can engage with, September 2, 2020

    Etty Yaniv, Art Spiel, Christina Massey’s USPS Art Project, June 3, 2020

    Etty Yaniv, Art Spiel, Artists on Coping: Alyse Rosner, May 2, 2020

    Ann Landi, Vasari21, What is a drawing? Part 8, April 19, 2020

    Alexandra Villarreal, Greenwich Time, Artists showcase female strength at the Flinn, Dec 15, 2017

    Harper’s Magazine blog, Browsings, Dec 18, 2017 https://harpers.org/blog/2017/12/all-at-once/

    Karen Sheer, Greenwich Free Press, New Exhibit: “Venus Fly” Soars with Abstract Works by Three Women at Flinn Gallery, Dec 18, 2017

    Liz Daly Culture Digest, Bigger Bolder Better in Brooklyn,

    Fjords Review Women’s Edition, September 2015. Featured artist.

    John Arvanitis, Take Magazine, Women of Abstraction, August 1, 2016

    Susan Dunne, Eclectic Mix of Abstract, Off-Kilter Exhibits at Real Art Ways, Hartford Courant, July 26, 2016 

    365Days365Artists.com. Alyse Rosner. August 10, 2015

    Allen Appel, TEMPEST Strikes Library. New Haven Independent. January 9, 2015

    Anthony Bannon, At Fowler-Kellogg, Surprise and Invention Far Outside the Norm. Chautuaquan Daily. July 6, 2013. 

    Patricia Rosoff, Alyse Rosner: Large Scale Work. Art New England, January 2013.

    All Things Connecticut, PBS television segment profiling artists in the exhibition Full Circle at The Aldrich Museum

    Allen Appel, Obsessives of the World, Unite! New Haven Independent, January 12, 2009

    Susan Hodara, Celebrating a Decade of Nurturing Artists on the Verge. The New York Times. January 4, 2009

    Randi Hopkins, Know When to Fold 'Em. The Boston Phoenix. June 5, 2007

    Raggedy Ann’s Foot blog by Elisabeth Condon, Girls (and Guys) Just want to Have Fun,

    Harry Philbrick, Alyse Rosner: New Paintings, essay in exhibition publication, 2006. 

    Nadia Lerner, It’s All For My Art. Stamford Advocate/Greenwich Time. June 11, 2006

    Abby Luby, Silvermine Guild Shows Off New Members. Stamford Advocate. June 11, 2006

    William Zimmer, Form, Color and More from 25 Artists. The New York Times, August 13, 2000

    Katherine Porter, Recent Work 1994, catalog essay

  • 2024 Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY Panel Discussion: MIND LEAVES BODY Alyse Rosner,  Susan Luss, and Elisabeth Condon,  Moderated by Amy Talluto

    2023 Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY Panel Discussion: FOUR ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION: ROSNER CONDON LUSS SHAH 

    2022 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Visiting Artist zoom talk

    2021 Clubhouse May 24, Ask a Painter hosted by Two Coats of Paint; Sharon Butler talks to EJ Hauser about Voyagers their solo show at Derek Eller & Alyse Rosner about Trusting the River her solo at Rick Wester Fine Art

    University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Visiting Artist talk

    2020 Critical Creative Studies Virtual Seminar, Northwestern University, with Brenda Goodman & Michael Rose, moderated by Varia Serova

    New Rochelle High School, New York, Zoom presentation and discussion with 250 students

    The Developing Artist, CT, Zoom studio visit and Artist Talk

    Smith College, Northampton, MA Visiting Artist Talk

    Eastern Connecticut State University, Artist Talk

    2019 Transcender at Brooklyn Fire Proof, Bushwick, NY Presenter at monthly lecture series.

    Smith College, Northampton, MA Visiting Artist Talk/critiques

    Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT Visiting Artist Talk/critiques

    The Taft School, Watertown CT Visiting Artist Talk for 600 students 

    2018 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Visiting Artist Talk/critiques

    Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY Artist Talk and critiques

    2017 ODETTA gallery, Bushwick, NY Excessive Frugality Artist Talk

    Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT Venus Fly Artist Talk

    ODETTA gallery, Bushwick, NY Colormania Artist Talk

    2017, 2016, 2014, 2013 Smith College, Northampton, MA Visiting Artist Talk

    1998 Yale University, New Haven, CT