Dr. KC Rosenberg: Raised by Wolves

Dr. KC Rosenberg creates her work on the floor of her studio, where raw canvas and paper are walked on, soaked, and marked through movement and touch. Her background in printmaking and textiles informs a material-driven approach that values impressions, repetition, and layered surfaces as records of action. Lines and bands of color function as spaces where stories can unfold. In her newest series, Rosenberg introduces narrative fragments into these abstract forms. Images and words appear like passing thoughts or half-remembered moments—sometimes humorous, sometimes dark—forming a personal visual vocabulary. Using collage, she brings together abstraction, text, and imagery to create poetic connections rather than fixed meanings. The work invites viewers to slow down, look closely, and make their own associations. At its core, Rosenberg’s practice explores how memory, language, and the body intersect, transforming process itself into a form of storytelling.

Bio:
Born in Marin County, California, Dr. KC Rosenberg was raised in a bohemian household shaped by intellectual rigor and domestic improvisation; while her mother worked and studied law, Rosenberg and her siblings were cared for by a shifting network of caretakers, an environment whose chaos fostered early strategies of invention through imagined companions, substitute characters, and close observation of animal behavior. In 2021, medical complications during the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a significant shift in her practice toward abstraction, reducing narrative certainty and temporarily setting aside personal history, which later returned as material rather than subject; these formative experiences now register in her work as form and emotional traces rather than representation. Rosenberg has exhibited with Patricia Sweetow Gallery, and her work is held in the collections of the California Arts Council and the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. She holds an Ed.D. and conducts social research on collective mentorship systems among artists.

Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)
Artists’ Reception: Saturday, February 21, 3 – 5 pm, artist talks at 4:00 pm
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday, March 6, 5 – 9 pm

Image: KC Rosenberg, “Men Named Merle,” 2025 from Raised By Wolves series, 2026, Acrylic paint and yarn on wood panel, 8″ x 8″, photo courtesy of the artist