Randy Rosenberg

Lives and works in Oakland, CA, USA

Artist statement

My art grows out of a lifelong intimacy with the landscape, beginning in childhood amid the wild woods of rural Upstate New York. Among vines, trees, fireflies, and animals, I found both refuge and belonging, discovering nature as more than a backdrop: it is collaborator, teacher, and mirror. Its cycles of kinship, loss, and renewal resonate with my own experiences and emotional states. My creative process is informed by psychoanalysis, my work as an art therapist, and my curatorial practice. Each involves weaving together imagery, memory, and insight into a greater whole. Whether making art or organizing exhibitions, I strive to create cohesion, foster dialogue, and open pathways toward healing. Photography anchors much of my work—not only as documentation but as a means of fragmentation and reconstruction, echoing the layered revelations of psychoanalysis or the flow of therapeutic conversation. Intuition and improvisation shape the process, allowing new images to surface unexpectedly—sometimes a gesture, sometimes a fragment of a body or figure. I often incorporate materials such as mica, soil, acetate, metal, lead, and paint, emphasizing impermanence and transformation. These elements speak to the fluidity of natural systems, as well as the shifting terrain of lived and felt experience. By resisting preciousness, I leave space for experimentation, renewal, and surprise. In my large-scale, immersive installations, I invite viewers into a shared space of reflection and...

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