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Dark sunset over the ocean, sun breaking through clouds
Auto Pilot2024, TCB Gallery, Melbourne — with Andrea Illes
Auto Pilot, two CRT televisions facing each other on concrete plinths
Auto Pilot, single CRT television on a concrete plinth showing a video portrait
Auto Pilot performance, backstage moment with two performers in gowns
Auto Pilot performance, two performers singing into microphones on stacked plinths
Auto Pilot performance, close-up of tangled gowns and microphone cable
Performance Photography
Black and white photograph of two figures embracing in a field with standing stones
Black and white photograph of two figures embracing in a field with standing stones
An older man bending to look at a younger man's leg, seated on a standing stone
Two figures embracing among standing stones, a red barn behind them
Two figures embracing among standing stones, an electrical cord trailing across the grass
Two figures embracing, seen from behind, among standing stones and a burial mound
Two figures embracing among standing stones, seen from behind
Two figures kissing among standing stones
Two figures embracing among standing stones, one in a long patterned skirt
Two figures embracing, one leaning back with feet lifted off the ground
Black and white photograph of a woman standing among standing stones, smiling
Black and white photograph of two figures embracing among standing stones
Black and white photograph of two figures in long skirts embracing among standing stones
Black and white photograph of two figures embracing among standing stones
Black and white photograph of an older woman adjusting another figure's face among standing stones
Black and white photograph of two figures embracing among standing stones
Performance in a white gallery room, a figure seated at a desk
Villa Peculiar2025, Collingwood House, Melbourne · Review
Two performers in matching brown suits embracing in front of a large crescent moon backdrop
Two performers in grey suits with mismatched ties standing close together
Performance at a bar, a performer holding up a small photograph on a ribbon
Two performers in grey suits with mismatched ties, one in a floral dress, standing against curtains
A figure behind a rain-streaked window, hand raised
A performer seated as another hangs upside down from a table, a dollar bill pinned to a sleeve
Two performers in a kitchen, one leaning over a table, one reaching for pots on a rack
Two performers embracing on a balcony, seen from below
Two performers leaning toward each other over dinner plates, about to kiss
Two performers at a dinner table, one holding up a torch
Two performers kissing at a dinner table, close up
A performer carrying a blue laundry basket through a crowd of onlookers
A performer in a lace top and headscarf standing on a checkered floor in a church, with band equipment set up behind her
A performer in a white dress and twig crown, smiling, in front of a plastic-draped ladder in a derelict room
A performer in a white dress seated in a church pew, lit by colourful light through stained glass
A performer in a powdered wig and cream blouse standing before a stained glass window
Two performers in wigs and white blouses leaning on a stone pulpit
A performer in a powdered wig and ruffled blouse standing in dappled light in a garden
An unmade bed lit by a small lamp on a red bedside table, curtain blowing at an open window
“This has become a real issue of intimacy between the Clowns and while it seems trivial, several people admitted—after the show—that they too are all-night humpers. But isn’t it remarkable that this becomes the product of performance? The more absurd and playful the work, the more acceptance the audience grants themselves.”
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Family
Portrait of a family, two seated and one standing, in a green living room
Portrait of an older woman in a black dress standing in front of a framed painting of the Mona Lisa
A person swimming in a creek while another stands watching on a rock, upstate New York
Woman in a striped knit hood and cardigan resting on rocks by a creek
A person lying on a blanket by a creek, another sunbathing on rocks in the distance
Two women standing together in a bedroom doorway
Woman sitting in an armchair by open doors leading to a jungle-like garden
Woman in a striped bikini top sitting on a velvet sofa beneath a painting
Woman in a bikini top holding an open book up over her face on a velvet sofa
A moth resting on a crumpled piece of pale fabric
Bikini bottoms hanging over the edge of a bathtub
An older man in profile looking out toward a sunlit window, curtain drawn back
A plaster bust beside a fireplace, a flowerpot set inside the hearth
Portraits
Portrait of a person seated at a glass table in front of a bookshelf and painting
Portrait of a shirtless man sitting cross-legged on a bed with a patterned blanket
Portrait of an older woman kneeling in a field of daisies
Portrait of an older woman smiling in front of a bush of red flowers
Portrait of a young woman leaning at a painting table, holding a paintbrush
Portrait of a man standing beside stacked folding chairs
Portrait of a woman in a linen dress standing in front of a mossy rock
Portrait of a woman with round glasses smiling in a forest
Portrait of a woman crouched beside a pole in a bedroom, a mirror reflecting her behind
Portrait of a woman in a dark linen dress seated in front of a hanging white sheet
Close portrait of a woman wearing a chain necklace, hand resting at her collarbone
Portrait of a woman in a sheer pink and green dress, reclining against a tree branch
Portrait of two women standing close together in a field
Portrait of a man in a leather jacket and glasses seated in front of a large charcoal painting
CommissionedWedding — Tayte & Darcy
A bride and groom celebrating under white drapes as guests throw rice
A bride and groom laughing and embracing under hanging white fabric
Portrait of a bride in a burgundy velvet dress holding dark flowers
Children watching a woman in a navy dress adjust her shawl in a field
A woman dancing with young children in a field as a man looks on
A bride and groom kissing in the shade of trees
A bride and groom embracing in golden evening light in a field
Portrait of a bride and groom lit by warm evening light against a dark background
A mother breastfeeding her toddler while seated in a sunlit field
A family of three embracing in a field with their dog
Parents walking a toddler by the hand through a field
A family walking away through a field with their dogs, seen from behind
A pregnant woman and man embracing under a floral garden arch
Black and white photograph of a pregnant woman and man embracing forehead to forehead
Black and white double-exposure self-portrait, pregnant, by the bath
Auto Sun2023, Victorian College of Arts, Melbourne
Inkjet photo, handwritten poem, single-channel video with sound, 12 minutes — conversations between dad and I, read aloud
Auto Sun installation, orange partition wall in gallery
Auto Sun installation, framed diptych and projection of dunes
Auto Sun, framed diptych detail with handwritten text and orange gradient
Auto Sun performance, artist speaking into a microphone before the projection
Auto Sun, two framed works, one with handwritten text, one with an orange gradient
Auto Sun installation, projected video of two figures embracing on a couch
Still of two figures embracing on a couch, from Auto Sun video work
Auto Sun performance, audience seated watching a garden video projection
Auto Sun performance, artist speaking into a microphone to a seated audience
i must be living twice2023, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University
i must be living twice, hanging vellum print with taped diptych
Black and white photograph, two figures in a landscape, Mallorca
Two figures floating in shallow water
Portrait against green shutters
Portrait of two men against a stucco wall
Portrait on a rope swing in dappled light
Two figures standing in a dry field under an olive tree
Portrait of an older man and woman seated in a garden
Candid portrait outdoors, hand raised to chest
Studio wall with work prints pinned up during development
Studio wall with further work prints and test images pinned up
FoshanLuohang ArtHill Residency, Foshan, China
Figure bent forward in a bamboo grove, holding a bamboo stalk
Close-up black and white photograph against a fallen tree trunk
Figure standing in tall grass with high-rise towers in the background
Seated portrait in a stark white corner
Close-up black and white portrait, hand across the face
Figure resting against a tree branch in shallow water
Figure floating in a river holding an electrical cord
Portrait detail from the Luohang residency series
Portrait detail from the Luohang residency series
Portrait detail from the Luohang residency series
A woman in a pink shirt bending to wash greens at the water's edge, with a red bag and cut grass beside her
Group portrait of the Luohang residency cohort sitting and lying on a fallen tree trunk
ArtelesFinland, 2024
Figure in a knit sweater standing among overturned rowboats in a field
Figure resting in tall grass wearing a knit sweater
Figure climbing over a fallen tree in the forest
Figure from behind, arms raised on a fallen tree branch
Wildflowers in a glass of water on a windowsill
Figure lying on a wooden dock by a lake
Self portrait of the artist floating in a lake
Figure leaping into a lake
A single lupin flower on a studio wall
Portrait seated on a bed in the residency studio
An office chair resting on an unmade bed
Figure standing among wildflowers near overturned rowboats
Figure lying on a wooden jetty among reeds
Blurred figure at the edge of a forest
Close-up of a figure lying with their head on a mossy log, looking at the camera
Figure bent forward on a wooden jetty, looking down at a lily-pad-covered lake
Moonlit swims I wasn’t there for Rosa Spring Voss

Rosa Spring Voss (b. 1996, Australia) is an Australian/German photographer, artist, and postpartum doula based in Naarm/Melbourne. In 2023, they graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours) from the Victorian College of Arts, Melbourne.

They exhibit solo both nationally and internationally, as well as with Villa Peculiar, an experimental performance duo formed with their sibling, Pearl Spring Voss.

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rosaspringvoss@gmail.com · @pop_rocky
Rosa Spring Voss crouching in a garden bed, planting among brick borders and bamboo stakes