Rosa Chang
(b. Seoul) | Artist and educator based in Baltimore & New YorkRosa Chang’s work explores the relationship between humans and the natural world through materials, process, and community engagement. Drawing inspiration from natural environments, she creates across diverse forms, mediums, and scales. Her current practice focuses on sharing the cultural significance of Korean and Asian traditional indigo and natural dye processes through workshops, teaching, and cross-cultural exchange.
Rosa currently teaches at institutions including the Maryland Institute College of Art and the School of Visual Arts, New York, and serves as Executive Director of Hand Papermaking, Inc., a nonprofit publication dedicated to advancing traditional and contemporary practices in hand papermaking.
In May 2023, she released her debut picture book, My Indigo World, which she both wrote and illustrated. The book has received widespread acclaim, including recognition as a 2023 New York Public Library Best Book and a 2024 NSTA–CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book. It was also named to the Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List, the 2024 CCBC Choices list, Bank Street College of Education’s Best Children’s Books of 2024, and selected as Maryland’s 2024 “Great Reads from Great Places” Library of Congress Children’s Book for the National Book Festival.
You can also view a feature about Rosa on CBS Mornings:
Korean-born artist passes along centuries-old dye tradition to Maryland art students.
장 로사 (서울 출생)
장 로사는 인간과 자연의 관계를 탐구하며, 작품과 공동체 활동을 통해 한국·아시아 전통 쪽(인디고) 및 천연염색 문화를 알리고 있습니다. 자연 환경에서 영감을 받아 다양한 형식, 매체, 규모로 작품을 선보이며, 현재는 워크숍과 교육, 문화 교류를 통해 전통 염색의 가치를 공유하는 데 주력하고 있습니다.
로사는 현재 메릴랜드 예술대학 (MICA)과 뉴욕 스쿨 오브 비주얼 아트 (SVA) 등 여러 기관에서 가르치며, 수제지 예술의 전통과 현대적 실천을 발전시키는 비영리 출판 기관Hand Papermaking, Inc.전무이사로 활동하고 있습니다.
Press
CBS Mornings: Korean-born artist apsses along centuries-old dye tradition to Maryland Art StudentsArtist preserves the legacy of indigo while teaching the next generation
Perhaps magazine: Weeping Trees and the Art of Indigo
Book A Day: Voices Alive!
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︎ Rosafulgarden@gmail.com
