SAM ROSE IS A CONTEMPORARY ARTIST, SPECIALISING IN EDITORIAL MAKE UP AND HYPER REALISTIC PAINTING. A NATIVE OF MANCHESTER, UK, HER AREAS OF EXPERTISE IN THESE TWO DIFFERENT ART WORLDS OFTEN BLEND TOGETHER, WHILST DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE VIBRANT CITY IN WHICH SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED. 

 

HER JOURNEY BEGAN AT BURY COLLEGE, WHERE SHE STUDIED ART AND DESIGN. WORKING ON A PROJECT ENTITLED “BLOW UP”, SHE CHOSE TO REFERENCE CLAES OLDENBURG’S WHIMSICAL, SUPERSIZED SCULPTURES. ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THE WORLD OF BEAUTY, HER FINAL PIECE IN THIS PROJECT WAS A TOWERING 3D LIPSTICK. AFTER COLLEGE, SHE MOVED ON TO STUDY FASHION AND MEDIA MAKE UP AT THE MANCHESTER COLLEGE, WHERE HER LOVE OF FINE ART INFORMED HER WORK FURTHER. ALWAYS LOOKING TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT IS DEEMED TO BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, SHE DREW INSPIRATION FROM THE LIKES OF ALEX BOX, PAT MCGRATH AND VLADA HAGGERTY. THIS HAS TRANSLATED SEAMLESSLY INTO HER WORK TODAY: HYPER ZOOMED BEAUTY, FOCUSING ON DETAIL AND PRECISION ALONGSIDE A VIBRANT, AMPLIFIED COLOUR PALETTE. 

 

HER WORK AS A MAKE UP ARTIST HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY BEAUTY BRANDS INCLUDING JEFFREE STAR COSMETICS AND LIME CRIME COSMETICS.