Evan Rosenberg

My work utilizes silk as a medium to capture, interpret and cope with the chaotic and uncontrollable
realities of the world around me. My interest in this material was born out of my research at a biotech
start up, which uses silk protein to stabilize vaccines.
The work I do is grounded in repetition and meditation. When I acquire the silk, I separate the large
hank of silk into hundreds of smaller bundles of about 200 strands each. After hand-dying the bundles, I
weave the four-foot strands individually into a shadowbox-like frame that is completely wrapped in a
polyester burlap. I attach the silk to the frame by hand-sewing it to the burlap and then tying it in place
using tweezers. This is repeated over and over again, hundreds of times, until the piece is complete. As I
create, I am driven deeply into self-reflection and meditation. I use the work to disconnect from my
thoughts and impulses and guide me into a flow state.

B.A. in Chemistry from Washington & Jefferson college.

Mantra 2022 - Galatea Fine Arts, Boston MA