Sheena Rose is a visual artist who lives and works in Bridgetown, Barbados. Her multi-disciplinary practice includes painting, drawing, performance, new media, public art, and mixed media. Her heroic figures explore accessibility of personal power, referencing symbols of affluence and place. Her painting style is characterized by flat coloring, bold patterns from the seventies and eighties, and vivid, comic-book-like palettes and vignettes. Her proud figures take up literal and figurative space, donning clothes, hair and confidence that command attention. Situated in a myriad of contexts – the tropics, interiors, athletic platforms – they are symbolic celebrations of the artist’s imagination. Rose is curious about a generous world, where she can move freely and be present as her whole self in any space. She unlocks a certain freedom while querying real life strategies on how to get there. “We are more than just the Sea, Sand, and Sun, we are our ancestors, our roots, and our heritage.”