Originally from Germany, internationally acclaimed artist Simone is currently based in Sydney. She has won and been selected for numerous national and international awards. Her work has been showcased in USA, Europe, Australia, Russia, Asia and Africa at places such as Aperture Gallery (NYC), Expo Chicago, Paris Photo, Laurence Miller Gallery (NYC), AIPAD (NYC), Musée d’Elysée (Switzerland), Les Rencontre d’Arles (France), Flash Forward Festival (Canada), Art Miami (USA) and PhotoSpring Festival Beijing (China).
Rosenbauer’s work is held in various public and private collections. She studied Photography at University of Applied Sciences Dortmund (Germany) where she received her MA in 2006. In 2008 she received the European Endeavour Award from the Australian Government to study for her MFA (Research) in Photography at the University of New South Wales, which she completed in 2010. She is represented by Laurence Miller Gallery (New York), M Contemporary (Sydney) and Sanderson Contemporary (Auckland).
Simone Rosenbauer has filtered her views of the self, fleeting moments and chequered memories in her photographic series, Like Ice in the Sunshine. Rosenbauer takes the happy simplicity of an ice block to capture moments loved and lost, to dwell on ephemeral experiences and to chart the strength – and frailty – of changing identities. Leaving the natural sun to shape a mix of perennially loved paddle pops, ice becomes liquid, pooling around the melting whole. Bitter or sweet, all memories eventually melt into the flow of life.
