Daniel "Rose" Cosentino was born in Lincoln Park, NJ in 1974. His undergraduate studies at Rutgers University focused on Philosophy and Music. Spending summers working and travelling in the western United States, Cosentino taught himself art and photography by seeking intstruction from local and regional artists. After a few years he took a job as a lab technician in a custom photo lab where he became an accomplished printer, exploring both contemporary and antiquated techniques in photography. He used these skills to continue study for a year in Florence, Italy and returned to pursue and develop a contemporary art practice.
Continuing in a spirit of thought and innovation Cosentino pairs the unique teleological aspects of his classical and technical training to explore epistemologies through history, time and personal fiction. His recent work explores this motif through extended and time lapse portraiture that visits historically Romantic themes through the diverse mediums of video, photography, sculpture and performance.
Cosentino is currently an MFA candidate with Rochester Institute of Technology's Imaging Arts program.