Aaron Rose

Director

Aaron Rose is an artist, writer, musician, independent curator and film director. From 1992 to 2002, he worked as owner/director of the highly influential Alleged Gallery in New York, and was responsible for breaking the careers of artists such as Ed Templeton, Mike Mills, Terry Richardson, Margaret Kilgallen, Barry McGee, Susan Cianciolo, Mark Gonzales and more. In the 1990s, Rose also worked for MTV Networks directing numerous on-air promos and producing collaborations with contemporary artists and indie-directors including Rita Ackermann, Thurston Moore, and Harmony Korine. Since 2002, Rose has been working as a freelance curator, choosing artists for the Undefeated Billboard Project, a public art billboard project on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, produced in conjunction with Nike with artists including Dennis Hopper, Raymond Pettibon, Mike Mills, Kaws and Geoff McFetridge. Other corporate projects include various touring events produced for Nike, Levis, Virgin Mobile and Motorola as well in-store exhibition and publishing projects with Paris-based clothing designer, Agnes B. Rose co-curated the large-scale museum exhibition titled “Beautiful Losers” which has since toured museums in America and Europe including the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts/San Francisco, Orange County Museum of Art/Newport Beach and the Le Trienelle/Milan, Italy. Rose's first feature documentary, Beautiful Losers, which he co-directed, is based on the artists in the exhibition of the same name. The film debuted at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival and has won numerous awards including the Documentary Jury Prize at Cinevegas 2008 and the Documentary Achievement Award at the 2008 Newport Beach Film Festival. Beautiful Losers opens theatrically worldwide in the summer of 2008. In addition to his various projects for The Directors Bureau, Aaron Rose continues to develop film ideas, produce corporate art/lifestyle projects, and curate exhibitions for galleries and museums worldwide.