Young emerging artist Rosemary Lucy  Cosentino, first generation of Italian decent, was born in Montreal, Quebec. She was exposed to art at an  early age  with  the  influences of her Uncle Salvatore  Marino, and aunt- recognised Italian painter Angela  Leonardi.   Walter  Leonardi  famed  photographer also  had  his  influences  on  her   with  his   eccentric   travels   and  exotic celebrity photographs published internationally.

She received a DEC in Fine Arts at Dawson College established for it's Art programs in 1995.   There  she studied under  many established  artists such  as  Myles Tyrell, Murray McDonald, Michael Smith and Giuseppe Di Leo.  She also received a  Bachelor  in Fine Arts  with  distinction  at Concordia  University ( largest  Fine  Arts  Program   in   Canada ), in  1998.  There she studied with Guido Molinari, François Sullivan, Susan G. Scott, Marian Wagschal, Leopold Plotek and Russell Gordon to name a few. Two  time  winner  of  the  prestigious  Elizabeth Greenshields  Foundation Grant,  she was  the  youngest to have  received it the first time at the age of 21 in 1997/2000. She was  also awarded with a  special commission  from  Pfizer  USA  inc., in  which she  was  Internationally  exposed  in  a touring exhibition in Austria, London UK, Japan, Istanbul, Turkey & New York. Since then, Rosemary Cosentino has been confined in  her studio  building  a body of work, which consists of  very  large  to miniature  works.  Her  strong  attachment to  the  Old  Master  Techniques  with  influences  from  Rembrandt, Gentileschi, Ingres, and  Bouguereau  to  name  a  few-  has  lead her to explore and  come up  with  her own  distinct  color  palette and style.   Currently, she  is  experimenting  with a  new technique, in which some of the works can be viewed in Gallery II.The artist  is an  Active  member  of the RAAV (Régroupement des Artists en Arts Visuels).  She is represented by The James Baird Gallery, in St. John's, Newfoundland, and her work is in Corporate and Private Collections Internationally.