Gossamer Rozen (a.k.a grelysian) is a transgender, nonbinary, femme, Filipino, and black fine artist and tattooer in New York City. Gossamer has worked with and collaborated with brands such as The Boston Globe, Patagonia, Squarespace and Dr Martens.

Gossamer has been making art primarily to understand their identity and to examine and to connect the world around them. Gossamer began as a maker with an interest in game design, narrative illustration, comic books, and children's' book illustrations. Their current body of work explores a variety of media post-graduation from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2012, including but not limited to tattooing, woodcarving, textile art, soft sculpture, digital media, animations, and fashion design.

The slow process of hand sewing, hand carving, tattooing, and machine knitting is meticulous and repetitive, a type of meditation that is integral if not more important than the finished work. Gossamer is particular about history and material, exploring their heritage through tattooing and artifacts.

Gossamer founded the Tigerbob brand in 2022, an artist-led and artist-first character brand focusing on lifestyle, slow, luxury fashion, and fine art that supports Gossamer’s artistry rather than extracting from it.

Pronouns: They/them and she/her.

AWARDS & SHOWS

DIAMOND EXHIBITION, April 2023
PROOF Collective
Digital
Group exhibition

NFT.NYC DIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, May 2022
NFT.NYC
New York, New York
Group exhibition

GRAILS, February 2021
PROOF Collective
Digital
Group exhibition

STRATUM, July 2019
Ori Gallery
Portland, Oregon
Group exhibition

PERTURBATION, February 2019
Indiana University Kokomo Art Gallery
Kokomo, Indiana
Juried exhibition

MENAGERIE - WILD AND WONDERFUL, January 2019
The Contemporary Art Exchange
Washington, North Carolina
Juried exhibition

3RD ANNUAL SMALL WORKS SHOW, November 2018
Waverly Small Works Gallery
Waverly, Pennsylvania
Juried exhibition

SHOUTOUT: BLACK ART EXHIBITION, November 2018
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Group exhibition

QUEER AND COUNTING ART SHOW, June 2018
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Group exhibition

SCRANTON ZINE FEST, June 2018
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Panel speaker

MONOCHROMATIC PRINT EXCHANGE, March 2018
Richmond, Virginia
Group exhibition

MASSART SENIOR SHOW, May 2012
Boston, Massachusetts
Group exhibition

MASSART ALL SCHOOL SHOW, Fall 2010
Boston, Massachusetts
Group exhibition

MASSART ALL SCHOOL SHOW, Spring 2009
Boston, Massachusetts
Group exhibition

MASSART PRESIDENTS' AWARD, Fall 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
Scholarship

HAZLETON ART LEAGUE SCHOLARSHIP, Spring 2008
Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Scholarship

MARIAN SUTHERLAND KIRBY LIBRARY ART SHOW, Spring 2008
Mountain Top, Pennsylvania
Group exhibition

FINE ARTS FIESTA POSTER CONTEST, Spring 2008
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Juried competition

TOKYOPOP RISING STARS OF MANGA 6, Spring 2007
Online Event
Juried competition

TOKYOPOP RISING STARS OF MANGA 5, Spring 2006
Online Event
Juried competition

 

PUBLICATIONS

Gossamer’s work appears in the following print compilations for sale now:

Tattoo You: A New Generation of Artists, 2024
Queer Tattoo Tattoo Catalog, 2022
The Blue Book Tattoo Flash Catalog, 2021

EDUCATION

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

  • Certificate in Project Management, Received December 2018

  • Certificate in Introduction to Business Management, Received April 2016

  • Certificate in Corporate Communication, Received December 2016

MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
Boston, Massachusetts

  • B.F.A. in Sculpture, Received May 2012

  • Graduation with Academic Honors and Distinction