About ROsy SUnshine

Rosy Sunshine Galvan (she/her/ella) is a Queer, Dominican-American artist from the pre-gentrified, Lower East Side of Manhattan, currently residing in Baltimore. Her art centers vulnerable conversations and healing. The bright colors, sharp lines, and animated dots conjure joy and connection for liberation while compassionately representing the desire to mask mental illness and complex trauma. Sunshine's work is designed to lift the vibrational frequency of its viewers as an antidote to oppressive stifling forces that dull our shine and keep us in a state of shame. Her paintings are purposefully textured for an interactive, sensory, and tactile experience, inviting the audience to touch the pieces and break traditional barriers between subject and viewer. Rosy Sunshine is also a macro social worker who helps organizations operationalize equitable principles in programming, practices, and workplace dynamics. Using frameworks rooted in community-led development, she specializes in helping teams turn concepts and intentions into bold and actionable outcomes across settings. Rosy uses the intersection of her creativity and social work practice to create change, believing our imaginations are critical tools for transforming harmful systems into centers for healing.