Corinna Rosella

Corinna Rosella (they/she) is a multidisciplinary artist, folk herbalist, anthropologist, and practicing witch living on unceded Cohuilla/Serrano land known as Joshua Tree. Corinna’s work is inspired by grief, ecology, magic, storytelling, and finding hope in desolate spaces.


Artist Statement

Queen of the Mountain and Shadow Queen of the Mountain is a two-piece series—a collage of analog photos with acrylic marker accents. It tells the story of the everyday spells we cast within, unseen to the outside world, that choose to either break or uphold patterns in our lives. A call to ancestors and past lives, a quiet moment in winter to remember to integrate the shadow with the light. Inspired by desert landscapes, depth psychology, candle magic, and superblooms.

Messages from Past Selves is a collage of analog photos with acrylic star drawings. A long-exposure self-portrait at dusk taken with a Holga pinhole camera, and a double-exposure black-and-white photo of datura flowers blooming at the oceanside. A memory of the self from someone we’ve never known, a spell for recovery after a period of exhaustion.

Underground Circus is a piece from a larger body of work called Blue Shadows on Earth—a 35mm photo taken at a circus on the beach of Oaxaca, Mexico, with pressed Globe Mallow flowers. The dried flowers represent ancestors and past lives coming through to celebrate our joy and expressions of emotions through art.

Primrose at Sunset is a piece from a larger body of work called Blue Shadows on Earth—a 35mm photo taken at sunset on the beach of Oaxaca, Mexico, with pressed Desert Evening Primrose flowers. The flowers represent the death and rebirth cycles that welcome us every day through the cycles of the sun and moon.


www.corinnarosella.com