Born in the United Kingdom, Rosie moved to California in 2016. She has been certified as a California Naturalist via the University of California’s Environmental Stewards program, and teaches interdisciplinary workshops combining sculpture, storytelling, and naturalism at various community spaces across Southern California, including Feminist Center for Creative Work and Heavy Manners Library. She is an advocate for alternative education and a founder and facilitator of the artists’ collective, worm school.
Brand’s graphic narratives appear in literary journals The Rumpus, and Air/Light!
Her sculptural work is currently on view at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden in the exhibition Seed: A Living Dream through June 2025.
Publications
On choosing to collaborate instead of compete, An Interview with Artist and Naturalist Rosie Brand for The Creative Independent, April 2025
Spiderhands, Substack
The Rite, The Rumpus, March 2025
Spider, Air/Light! Magazine, Issue 10
The Pace of a Stitch, A.Y.F.P, Issue 2
Khôra Issue 17 Featured Artist