ABOUT THE ARTIST
Marcella Rose traces her artistic roots and love for the natural world back to her formative years growing up on a western Minnesota farm. Following graduation from Minnesota State, Moorhead, Marcella’s art career carried her to Phoenix, Kansas City and Spokane, designing, sculpting and illustrating for major licensing companies. Acting upon a longstanding desire to focus on her core passion for the fine arts, she then moved to Santa Fe. More recently, she returned to Minnesota and now resides on Prairie Lake, just north of Pelican Rapids. Marcella’s fine art encompasses sculpture, jewelry design and oil painting. Feminine figures and animals have long been a central focus of her work. Marcella currently operates Marcella Rose Studio & Gallery in Pelican Rapids, offering Inspirational art — including the acclaimed bronze sculpture of Spirit Rising™, the monumental Minnesota Woman, her artistic rendition of what is, to date, the oldest human archaeological find in North America. ART Business News magazine shortly thereafter published an article about Marcella's sculpture inspiration for 'Spirit Rising.’ Her art likewise has been featured in several western art magazines. More re cently, her sculpture was juried into the international 'Wisdom Across the Ages' exhibition created in concert with the online ASWM, ( Association for the Study of Women & Mythology) Symposium (July 16-18, 2021) in honor of the late Dr. Marija Gimbutas. In both 2014 and 2015, Marcella was commissioned by the National Bison Association to sculpt its Gold Trophy Award, presented to the group’s ‘Producer of the Year.’ She was a featured artist at the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Museum in 2013, and has participated in a variety of solo and group exhibitions around the Midwest, Northwest and Southwest. She also has been featured in numerous Upper Midwest newspaper and magazine articles and radio and television programs. Marcella is a mentor for art students through the Lake Region Arts Council of western Minnesota. Marcella Rose is a member of the National Sculpture Society, Society of Minnesota Sculptors, Oil Painters of America, The Association for the Study of Women and Mythology, International Society of Female Professionals, American Women Artists, The Arts Partnership, MN Arts, Made in Minnesota, Fargo-Moorhead Visual Artists and Art of the Lakes. For more than there decades Marcella Rose has been represented by prestigious galleries throughout the United States