Dion Rosina

Dion Rosina (1991) is a Dutch Afro-Caribbean painter. His work often begins with collages made from a variety of found images, which he manipulates and reassembles into his paintings – a work process heavily influenced by sampling culture found in HipHop music.

Rather than focusing on a single image, Rosina is more interested in how different themes, ideas, and visuals can influence one another through the act of assembling, which mirrors life itself, where everything is interconnected and constantly shaped through interaction. This approach reflects his broader interest in how meaning can be constructed through symbiotic relationships between different fragments.

Rosina is influenced by themes such as spirituality, existence, alternative histories, and image culture. His paintings move between abstraction and figuration, using a range of techniques to create atmospheric, layered, and cryptic compositions that typically contain human presence and invite deeper contemplation.

Rosina began his practice in 2020. Since then, his work has been exhibited at institutions including Museum MORE, museum Rembrandthuis, Drents Museum, and Museum Catharijneconvent, as well as Alice Amati Gallery in London, Documenta Fifteen in Kassel, Art Brussels (represented by GoMulan Gallery), Stevenson Gallery in Amsterdam and more.

He has been nominated for the Royal Award for Modern Painting (2022, 2023, 2024) and the Volkskrant Visual Arts Prize (2024). In the same year, he took part in the Bed Stuy Art Residency in New York City.