Rosaline Dou (b. 2002, Wenzhou, China) is an art thinker and cultivator whose work decontextualizes habitual behaviors to resist unconscious routines. Through subtle interventions, her work documents social engagement by evoking physical responses that precede conscious awareness. These moments of disruption plant seeds of wakefulness, inviting participants to reflect on the auto-driven patterns of everyday life.
Dou has been an artist-in-residence at Uncool Artist and GlogauAIR. Her work has been exhibited at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, 4C Gallery, Sojourner Gallery, and 1215 Gallery, alongside various pop-up and site-specific spaces, such as trees, restrooms, windows, and elevators. As the co-founder of the curatorial initiative Our Playground, Dou reimagines idle spaces, transforming them into art-gathering playgrounds that foster communal engagement.
Born 2002. Wenzhou, China
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
2024 BA Honors, Interdisciplinary Visual Art. University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2022 Art History. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (summer)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Murmurs & Roars, curated by Eglė Ambrasaitė, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Life Reimagined 生活重构, 4C Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Unpack the Impact, 1215 Gallery, Montréal, QC, Canada
2024 Unbound Variable, Sojourner Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Open Swim, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 Under Under, The Room, Seattle, WA (two-person)
2024 Archival Ecosystems, Odegaard Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2023 Feast, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 Growing out of the Establishment, Our Playground, Seattle, WA
2023 The Encounter, The Room, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2022 Low Fidelity II, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Unprogressed Memories, La Gran Belleza Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 The Introspective, Restrooms, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, & RESIDENCIES
2024 Artist-in-Residence, GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany
2024 Artist-in-Residence, Uncool Artist, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Mary Gates Research Endowment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2023 SVA Artist Residency, School of Visual Art, New York, NY
2023 P. Rathvon Family Art Legacy Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2022 Boyer-Gonzales Scholarship Award, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2024 Setting: Found Objects and Organic Materials Workshop, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA (in collaboration with Rob Rhee and Hayden Stern)
2023 Remember You Must＿, Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA. Live performance with Whitney Lynn and Till the Teeth
2022 Hold Your Heart, Slip Rabbit Studio, Seattle, WA (in collaboration with Timea Tihanyi)
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024 Interstice & Interfoliar, Our Playground, Seattle, WA
2024 Departing figures, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 Vigil_, Our Playground, Seattle, WA
2023 Growing out of the Establishment, Our Playground, Seattle, WA
2023 Material Latitudes, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 Uninhibited, Our Playground, Seattle, WA
2023 Art as Activism, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Low Fidelity II, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Low Fidelity, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dou, Rosaline. “On the Way to Somewhere Else.” Edited by Carolina Castilho and Nina Seidel. Suboart Magazine, Issue 33 (December 2024): 114–119.
Dou, Rosaline. “Meet the Artist // Rosaline Dou.” Interviewed by Justin Ross. GlogauAIR, December 3, 2024.
Dou, Rosaline. “Familiar Rituals.” Interview with Carolina Paz. Uncool Artist, November 24, 2024.
Jing, Wei. “Life Reimagined.” Artron, July 24, 2024.
Dou, Rosaline. “Translating Meaning through Gestures.” University of Washington, School of Art + Art History + Design, April 30, 2024. https://art.washington.edu/news/translating-meaning-through-gestures.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
2024 Artist Talk, “As we wobble_,” Uncool Artist, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Panel Discussion, “人人人人人都是＿？谈谈处处徘徊的观众,” Virtual
2024 Presentation, “Cake Talk,” Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 “回 (huí),” Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2024 Presentation, “Engager not Viewer: Measuring Engagement in Artistic Meaning-Making,” Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025 Gallery Intern, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Curatorial Intern, Modern and Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2023–2024 Co-Founder & Artist-Curator, Our Playground, Seattle, WA
2023–2024 Henry Art Liaison, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022–2024 Curatorial Assistant, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023–2024 Panelist, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2021–2023 Gallery Manager, Parnassus Café and Art Gallery, Seattle, WA