Gillian Rosselli’s preoccupation with humanity’s injustices fuels her artwork. Her deceptively soft paintings contain loud messages that reflect a range of socio-political issues including domestic violence, the legacy of colonization and the refugee migration crisis.
Much of Rosselli’s work is influenced by her life in Zimbabwe, both an internal exploration of her identity and a broader examination of the country’s diverse societal challenges.
Rosselli’s paintings unfurl layers of embedded meaning to the viewer through the layering of acrylic paint, sensitive use of colour and ambiguous contours.
Rosselli has exhibited locally and internationally including the exhibition, ‘Five Bhobh – Painting At the End of an Era’ at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town.
Gillian is among other Zimbabwean artists exhibiting at the 60the La Biennale di Venezia under the Pavilion of Zimbabwe in 2024.
The other artists are Sekai Machache, Victor Nyakauru, Moffat Takadiwa, Kombo Chapfika and Troy Makaza.
These six artists will exhibit in Venice Italy as from the 20th of April 2024 up until 24 November 2024. “As Government, we have seen many careers flourish from this platform” said Kirsty Coventry.
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