A black and white photo of a person with a blurred, ghostly appearance standing in front of an open cabinet or closet with doors. Candle holders with lit candles are positioned on either side, creating a spooky or eerie atmosphere.

SCARLETT ROUGE

From June 18 to August 31

Online Residency

The Veins of the Invisible — New Works by Scarlett Rouge

In her latest body of work, Scarlett Rouge continues her descent — or perhaps her ascent — into the interior landscapes where myth, memory, and matter intertwine. Each canvas feels like a breathing relic, a map drawn not on paper, but on skin, bark, and breath. These are not paintings in the traditional sense; they are transmissions.

Scarlett paints as one invokes, with reverence, intensity, and surrender. Her gestures are at once raw and ceremonial, echoing the slow rhythms of nature: birth, decay, renewal. Textures evoke weathered tree trunks, cracked wombs, shedding skins. Her palette whispers of ashes, moonmilk, and blood, organic tones pulled from earth and dream.

At the heart of this  series lies a quiet invocation of the feminine as elemental, not as identity, but as a cyclical, shape-shifting force. The feminine here is not idealized, but lived: bruised, ecstatic, fertile, forgotten, re-emerging. Symbols surface like ancient fossils — vessels, eyes, flames, threads — calling to something older than language.

There is mysticism, yes, but it is not distant. It is close to the body. Scarlett's mysticism is intimate, earthy, and stained with human longing. Her totems do not seek transcendence, but immanence,  a return to the sacred within the mess, the silence inside the scream.

These works invite not just the gaze, but the soul. They are mirrors for those navigating thresholds, between grief and growth, exile and belonging, rupture and rebirth.

They are not meant to decorate a space.
They are meant to hold it.

Black and white abstract drawing of a creature with a large open mouth, sharp teeth, and pointed features. The creature's body is tall and thin with stick-like arms and feet, and two circular eyes. There are abstract human figures and other shapes surrounding it.
Sketch of a humanoid figure with animal features, standing among tall plants with large leaves, with concentric circles in the background.
A black and white illustration of a squid with elongated tentacles and a streamlined body, featuring a textured background.
Street art mural of three white skulls with hollow eyes and noses on a black background, with a neon-style outline, a hand pointing downward, and a person sitting at the base of the hand.
Black and white photo of a weathered, peeling wall with an adjacent graffiti or drawing, and a reflection of the scene in a shiny surface below.
Black and white graffiti art of a skeletal hand, a hand with elongated finger, and a tree-like figure on a wall.
Black and white artwork featuring a drawn pineapple in the center, flanked by abstract plant-like shapes on either side.
A black and white illustration featuring a tree with a dressed figure hanging from it, a person taking a photo, and a woman carrying an object, with a building in the background.
Chalk drawing of a woman with a turtle shell on her back, surrounded by diverse people taking photos and observing a tree with hanging ornaments and a platform, on a black background.
Black and white abstract drawing of an animal skull, surrounded by various flowers and leaves.
A black and white stylized illustration of a woman with dreadlocks, her mouth slightly open, surrounded by abstract shapes and lines.
Black and white drawing of a surreal scene with a large animal head, possibly a wolf or dog, on the left, and a whimsical human figure wearing glasses and a crown of flowers on the right, surrounded by tall plants and a background of a labyrinth or maze pattern.

“From Ashes to Dust”

A continuation of her exploration of cycles, rituals, and symbolic dissolution, From Ashes to Dust is a textile tapestry that reimagines the sacred within the domestic. Drawing inspiration from the original Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust rug created in collaboration with cc-tapis, this new work extends Scarlett Rouge’s deep fascination with impermanence and spiritual transformation.

Rich in texture and layered symbolism, the tapestry acts as both a visual mantra and a meditative landscape. Shades of earth, shadow, and ember converge in woven form to speak of what fades, what remains, and what is reborn. Like a relic retrieved from an ancient rite, it whispers of mourning and renewal, of disintegration as necessary passage.

Wall art with black silhouettes of eerie tree-like figures, stylized lightning bolts, and two cartoonish crows with wide eyes.

ASHES TO DUST TAPESTRY x SCARLETT ROUGE

  • Fabric, leather on cotton canvas.

    200 × 150cm

  • 1/1

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"The Faun Sister & The Faun Brother": Two portals. Two passages. One cycle.

Scarlett Rouge presents a diptych of spiritual metamorphosis:
"The Seed of Life is Death (Sister Faun)" and
"Death is the Seed from Which I Grow (Brother Faun)"
two deeply symbolic canvases that mirror and complete one another.

These works are more than paintings, they are ritual thresholds, visual meditations on the sacred cycles of death, rebirth, and transformation. Each faun, feminine and masculine, embodies a force of nature in transit, not fixed in identity but becoming, dissolving, re-emerging.

In Sister Faun, we see the dark womb of mystery: the feminine energy of retreat, introspection, and decay as fertile ground. Deep tones, velvety shadows, and the ambiguous gaze of the faun evoke the sacred feminine as a keeper of thresholds, a guide between worlds.

In Brother Faun, death becomes fertile, a seed sprouting in stillness. The composition is charged with tension and emergence, offering the image of growth as an act of surrender. The body is no longer a container, but a conduit.

Together, the two works form a mythic dialogue : yin and yang, seed and bloom, the known and the unknowable. Scarlett Rouge invites us into a symbolic forest where transformation is not a metaphor but a necessity. Where every end carries within it the whisper of a new beginning.

DEATH IS THE SEED FROM WHICH I GROW (BROTHER FAUN) X SCARLETT ROUGE DEATH IS THE SEED FROM WHICH I GROW (BROTHER FAUN) X SCARLETT ROUGE
THE SEED OF LIFE IS DEATH (SISTER FAUN) X SCARLETT ROUGE THE SEED OF LIFE IS DEATH (SISTER FAUN) X SCARLETT ROUGE

REBIRTH

Scarlett Rouge continues to unfold her symbolic universe, among a monumental painting titled "Mia Cena" reinterprets spiritual archetypes with radical intimacy. The work questions our obsessive need for control, over nature, destiny, even divinity and instead proposes surrender, ritual, and reflection as acts of quiet rebellion.

Alongside this central piece stand two sculptural totems:
• "Thumb Totem" : subtle yet powerful piece, symbolizing the primal force of creation. Its spiral of thumb forms evokes nature’s cycles and reminds us of the deep significance held in even the smallest human gestures.
• "Skull Totem" : striking and evocative work that embodies humanity’s timeless fascination with death and the afterlife. Rich in detail and symbolism, it invites viewers to reflect on the deeper meaning of life and the sacred role of death within the cycle of existence..

Nearby rests “Gorgoneia Urn”, minimal and symbolic, a vessel for what has been shed, lost, or transformed. Together, these works speak a common language of rebirth, reverence, and ritual.

  • Paint on Canvas

    183 X 318cm

  • 1/1

  • Included (issued by gallery)

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    Ship from Milan (Italy)

Both totems are deeply inspired by mysticism, religion, and the mysterious aspects of the world, and invite the viewer to contemplate their place in the grand scheme of things. They are unique and powerful works of art that speak to the human spirit in ways that words cannot express, and serve as a reminder that there is always more to discover and explore beyond the confines of our everyday lives.

A modern sculpture of a snarling animal head mounted on a black stand against a white draped background.
A contemporary abstract sculpture made of black wood, resembling a pitchfork with a curved U-shape at the top and an elongated handle, set against a white fabric background.
GORGONEIA URN x SCARLETT ROUGE GORGONEIA URN x SCARLETT ROUGE

Crafted from black oxide terracotta, the vessel exudes an aura of primordial mystery, evoking the depths of the oceanic abyss where ancient secrets lie dormant. The 'antique' bronze finish lends an air of timeless elegance, hinting at the cyclical nature of existence and the eternal dance of creation and destruction.

A black and white photograph of a bird skull surrounded by a decorative circular structure made of string and beads, possibly a piece of art or jewelry.

Scarlett Rouge

For Her, art is a bridge between the mystical and the material.

Raised between France and California by artist parents and shaped by both Catholic and esoteric influences, her work explores the cycles of life through ritual, femininity, and transformation.

Her practice reflects the journey of the human psyche — offering comfort in sorrow, joy in connection, and light within darkness.
Without boundaries or form, art becomes her quiet guide and gift: a reminder that we are never alone.