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Rosalba Breazeale (they/them, b. 1989) is an artist, educator and studio director at 205 Ocean Ave studios based on the traditional lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, so-called Portland, ME. They hold an MFA from the University of New Mexico and BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Their multidisciplinary art practice encompasses analog, digital and alternative process photography, soft fiber sculpture and installation with an emphasis on regenerative practice. Breazeale’s identity as a Queer, Jewish, transnational adoptee from Peru forms the foundation from which they create work addressing connection to land, diasporic experience, European colonization and related environmental issues.

Their work has been exhibited across the United States and internationally including with the London Alternative Photography Collective in England, The Halide Project, SPACE Gallery and most recently, with Tiger Strikes Asteroid: Greenville gallery. Breazeale created a photographic topics class on sustainable photographic processes at the University of New Mexico and has been published in the Sustainable Darkroom’s publication, Re Source. They received Shared.Futures and David C. Driskell fellowships in 2023, attended the Hewnoaks residency in 2024 and gave an artist talk with scientist and collaborator, Jessica Begay, at the 2025 Society for Photographic Education annual conference on their SciArt collaboration, 500 Unheard Legacies. Breazeale has created new work for exhibitions in Rockland, ME and at the Maine Jewish Museum.