About Rosa Merlino

Artist Rosa Merlino

Rosa Merlino was born in Orange in NSW and is of Sicilian decent and has been painting for about 30yrs. She has spent the last 20 yrs in South Australia and Rosa now lives in Meninigie and had been there for approximately 16 yrs.

She has sold her work all over Australia and overseas.

After finding herself unable to work in her previous employment due to illness she decided to concentrate on her art fulltime. Rosa was tutoring mature age students and ran around 7 classes weekly until December 2011. She has been concentrating on her own work and studies since.

Rosa is also a Healthy Rivers Ambassador and has been fighting to protect the health of the Murray Darling Basin as an Ambassador now for 4yrs.

Rosa has a Bachelor of Fine Art and Visual Culture attained through Curtin University WA and a Masters Degree in Cross Disciplinary Art and Design from COFA at the University of New South Wales.

Rosa is also a member of NAVA, and Copyright Agency and Viscopy.

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