Jim Rose (artist)

{{Short description|American sculptor}}

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Jim Rose (March 29, 1966 - February 6, 2023) was an American sculptor who constructed steel furniture, decorative objects, and sculpture with steel reclaimed from scrapyards. Rose was born in Beech Grove, Indiana. He earned a BFA in sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1988, and established a studio in Forestville, Wisconsin in 1990. Over three decades, he created a body of work inspired by Shaker furniture, the quilts of Gee's Bend, and early Chinese furniture.{{cite web |title=Artist Jim Rose |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/jim-rose-27259 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum |access-date=21 October 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Bulgrin |first1=Kendra |title=The Works of Jim Rose |url=https://doorcountypulse.com/the-works-of-jim-rose/ |website=Door County Pulse |date=3 April 2020 |access-date=21 October 2023}}

Rose's work is represented in numerous museums, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC), Milwaukee Art Museum (WI), Carnegie Museum of Art (PA), Museum of Arts and Design (NY), and John Michael Kohler Arts Center (WI).{{cite web |title=Jim Rose Arts/Industry |url=https://www.jmkac.org/artist/rose-jim/ |website=John Michael Kohler Arts Center |access-date=21 October 2023}} His work has been featured in American Craft Magazine,American Craft, Feb/Mar 2012, Vol. 72, No. 1, pp 60-65 Architectural DigestArchitectural Digest, December 2005, #08430, p. 178 and Door County Living.Door County Living, Winter 2019/2020, Volume 17, Issue 4, pp 34-37

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