Rosie Pi is a BIPOC spiritual artist based in Pasadena, California on Hahamog'na land.
I ASKED THE TREES FOR THEIR ADVICE AND THEY SAID
“Stop playing small.
Your roots are set,
it’s time to grow.”
So here I am, showing up as the me I always wanted to be as a little girl.
It wasn’t until recently that I fully embraced the title of artist but it has been a long time coming. Born and raised on Tongva land (Los Angeles, California) to parents from El Salvador (Pipil & Lenca land), I have lived my life in the intersections, experiencing both privilege and sacrifice. A lifelong search for belonging led me on a path of following my curiosities hoping they would lead me to my most authentic expression.
After graduating from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in Sociology and Spanish, I moved to London to earn my Masters in Visual Sociology where I would incorporate documentary style photography into my research on the Latin American diaspora in London. This is where I first merged visuals and culture.
Visual expression has been the golden thread of my journey to connect with myself.
It started off as coloring and drawing in my earliest days, then evolved into typography & design in high school, and later into documentary style photography for my thesis. Since graduating I have continued exploring creativity through fashion design, graphic design, web design, product & lifestyle photography, printmaking, and collages.
In 2015 I began blogging about spirituality (a journey that had started in 2009 after a series of car accidents). The blog weaved spiritual reflections with art and music curation. As my spiritual journey has deepened, especially after becoming a mom in 2019, words continue to help me express but they have their limitations. Exploring the spiritual through art, specifically paintings, is an expansive journey where I have found many treasures, including:
The courage to go directly toward my dreams, the wisdom to keep trusting the journey, and the strength to unlearn & remember.
I found my home in spiritual art. My desire is that the art, words & music shared here bring you the peace I experience when co-creating with Source.
My life and my art are deeply influenced by peace, freedom, wholeness, nature, connection, expression, motherhood, indigenous beliefs, and culture.
Fun facts
Sun Sign - Aquarius
Moon Sign - Taurus
Rising Sign - Virgo
Enneagram - Type 9
Myers-Briggs Personality Type - INFJ
One year I danced samba in carnival with the London School of Samba.
I’ve only been to El Salvador once so I’m planning on a family trip within the next year where I want to dive deep into learning about my indigenous roots and make a mini documentary.
Wanna hear more? Feel free to contact me at hola@rosiepi.com