ROSE MAMAKOS | KINGSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
As an entirely self-taught artist living on the south coast of Massachusetts, Rose Mamakos’ practice emerges from the authority of lived experience. Rose works intuitively, entering each piece without a predetermined destination, allowing emotion to guide the evolution of form. Emotions—the full spectrum of human complexity become catalysts in her process, resulting in paintings that operate as visceral records of life. Every piece holds a fragment of her story—a continuation of the creative coping practices she developed as a child and a testament to her belief in artmaking as a powerful therapeutic tool for people of all ages.
Rose’s current body of work is created with fluid acrylics, manipulated entirely without brushes. She relies on blow dryers, palette knives, catalyst wedges, and the unpredictable physics of liquid paint to shape each composition. Gravity, viscosity, density, and chemistry collaborate with her hand, ensuring that no two pieces can ever be replicated. The work becomes a negotiation between control and surrender, intention and natural force.
Rose’s commitment to experimentation fuels a continual search for an authentic and evolving visual language. Her hope, always, is that viewers not only see her work but feel it.
I am constantly experimenting trying to find my own voice. Recently I worked on a very special project curated by Juniper Rag “Artists Touched by Addiction” which has given me much time for reflection on my past and made me realize that it has guided me to a strange path of artistic exploration of which I am thankful. My hope is that my art makes you feel.

