Jasmine Lillian Rose is an American Illustrator, Graphic Designer and Owner/Operator of Laws of Nature who lives and works in Dallas, Texas. Jasmine's work has been featured on Fly, Afri-Love and AphroChic among others. Her current work explores African-American visual and popular culture from the mid to late twentieth century in the form of illustration, collage and experimental film. Her work encompasses the ethereal beauty and essence of African-American femininity, sexuality and sociopolitical history.
Each work takes on a life its own through bold use of color, layers, subject matter and overall composition. Many of the collages and film reflect an interest in two specific types of African-American visual culture: beauty and fashion print advertising and events surrounding the civil rights movement, as well as the black power movement of the 1960s to mid-1970s. Jasmine is interested in this particular time frame in American history due its revolutionary impact on American society. Her own upbringing as the daughter of two baby boomers also contributes and influences her interest in exploring this particular shift in history. Her mother was heavily involved in both the civil rights movement and Black Panther Party in Detroit, Michigan in the early to mid 1970s while her father actively fought in the Vietnam War.
Each work takes on a life its own through bold use of color, layers, subject matter and overall composition. Many of the collages and film reflect an interest in two specific types of African-American visual culture: beauty and fashion print advertising and events surrounding the civil rights movement, as well as the black power movement of the 1960s to mid-1970s. Jasmine is interested in this particular time frame in American history due its revolutionary impact on American society. Her own upbringing as the daughter of two baby boomers also contributes and influences her interest in exploring this particular shift in history. Her mother was heavily involved in both the civil rights movement and Black Panther Party in Detroit, Michigan in the early to mid 1970s while her father actively fought in the Vietnam War.
