Introduction
Quinnely Rose is a London-based multidisciplinary artist and designer whose practice explores the relationship between the body and the fold. Working across micropleating, origami-informed construction, wearable sculpture, and material experimentation, they investigate how textiles can adapt to bodies that are constantly changing.
Their practice began as a way of understanding their own body when words felt insufficient. Over time, that personal exploration evolved into a broader investigation of transformation itself: how bodies grow, move, age, heal, and shift throughout life, and how clothing might respond to those changes.
Currently completing an MA in Fashion Futures at London College of Fashion (UAL), Quinnely combines heritage craft with emerging technologies, drawing from biomechanics, biomimicry, and traditional pleating to develop adaptive textile systems. Each project acts as both artwork and research, using the logic of the fold to better understand the geometry of living bodies.
Rather than treating garments as fixed objects, Quinnely sees them as responsive structures. Their work asks how clothing can become more accommodating, more expressive, and more attuned to the people who wear it.
AWARDS:
The Haberdashers Company Scholarship (2025 - 2026)
MullenLowe Nova Awards Shortlist Nominee (2025)
RESIDENCIES:
Koppel Project x “We Exist” Residency in City of London, London (May 2022 - June 2022)
Koppel Project x “We Exist” Residency in Holborn, London (16th Nov 2020 - 25th Jan 2021)
EDUCATION:
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London (UAL). MA Fashion Futures, School of Design and Technology. (Sept 2025 - Current)
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London (UAL). BA Hons Fine Art, Pathway XD. (Sept 2021 - June 2025)
Fashion Retail Academy, London. UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Fashion Design (Sept 2019 - July 2021)
EXTERNAL COURSES:
Maharishi International University, Arts for Enlightenment Master Series (Feb 2025 - April 2025)
Young Urban Arts Foundation, Thrive and Connect: I am great. Drama (Online: Jan 2021 - Feb 2021)
Central Saint Martins (UAL) Insights course for Fine Art BA (Online: Nov 2020 - Feb 2021)
Tramshed, Progression Lab (Online: May 2020 - July 2020)
FAD: Fashion Futures in Hackney (Dec 2019 - Mar 2020)
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS:
“Textile Junction”, West St Leonards, Sussex. (July 2026)
The Crypt Gallery, St Pancras Church, London. (March 2025)
Central Saint Martins: Open Studios (December 2024 and March 2025)
“Reclaim the Mundane” exhibition. Piccadilly Circus, London. (March 2023)
“In Dedication” presented by We Exist at Koppel Project Hive, Holborn Viaduct (26th May 2022 - 17th June 2022)
We Exist x Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest x Dalston Superstore: Online Fundraiser for ‘We Exist’ Trans Healthcare Fund (Online: 27th February 2021)
PRESS & ONLINE:
Life in isolation for trans men and transmasculine people: 5 Top Tips (Written by Quinnely Rose)
Trans and Non-binary artists building a community in Lockdown
Meet the trans and non-binary artists forging a community in lockdown | Dazed (dazeddigital.com)
Trans day of Joy review
Trans Day of Joy is raising urgent funds for trans people across the UK | Dazed (dazeddigital.com)
Radio Ranginkaman interview: Introduction to Quinnely and his new film “Oh my hearttttt”
Press enquiries can be sent to Quinn@quinnely.org
