Emily Rose

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Education

• Master of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Academy of Chinese Culture and Health, 2018

• Bachelor of Arts in Film, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 2008

Artist Statement

What draws me most to my work is the awe of the feminine, not as a fixed standard or a reflection of the commodified gaze, but as a phenomenon already present. I move between photography, collage, video, and installation to capture it.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

  • Solo House Show, Emeryville, CA, September 2024

  • Fem/me, Cone Shape Top, Oakland, CA, 2022

Group Exhibitions

  • Soft Power, A Loft of One's Own, Emeryville, CA 2026

  • Remembering Love, Soul Blends, Oakland, CA, 2026

  • In The Fold, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA, 2024

  • The Biggest Little Bay Area Collage Show, Moth Belly, San Francisco, CA, Summer 2023

Film Screenings/Publications & Press

  • Her Protection (short film), Gray Area / Grand Theater, San Francisco, CA, 2022

  • Featured in Artsy, 2026

Clinical Experience

Acupuncturist and Herbalist

Working in abolitionist and community settings that serve those enduring chronic and systemic trauma.

  • Rose and Remedy — Emeryville, CA | 2018–Present

Operate an independent acupuncture and herbal medicine practice focused on chronic illness and PTSD. Own and operate Rose and Remedy, a medicinal herbal company making small batch aromatherapies and bone broths.

  • Anti Police Terror Project (APTP) — Oakland, CA | 2022–Present

     Provide trauma-informed acupuncture and herbal care through an abolitionist organization that offers direct support, political education, and wellness for communities impacted by state violence.

  • The Underground Scholars, UC Berkeley — Berkeley, CA | 2022–Present

     Offer acupuncture and wellness support to system-impacted and formerly incarcerated students.

    The organization builds a prison-to-university pipeline through recruitment, retention, advocacy, wellness, and career services.

  • Medspire Clinic — Paradise, CA | 2018–2020

    Provided acupuncture and herbal medicine alongside Western medical providers to those directly impacted by the 2018 Camp Fire.

  • St. Vincent de Paul Free Clinic — Oakland, CA | 2017–2018

     Co-founded and operated a community acupuncture clinic serving unhoused Oakland residents.


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