Sheree Rose

Sheree Rose (born 1941) is an American photographer and performance artist. She is best known for her collaborative work with performance artist Bob Flanagan, and her photography documenting a wide range of Los Angeles subcultures, especially in relation to BDSM and body modification.

Early life Rose was raised in a Jewish family in Los Angeles. She was married in 1964, and she and her first husband both worked as teachers. In the 1970s, after divorcing, she earned a master's degree at California State University, Northridge and became active in socialist feminism, consciousness-raising groups, and the punk scene. Ron Athey, and others.

Rose and Flanagan's performance art, which explored BDSM, sexuality, death, and Flanagan's experience of living with cystic fibrosis, began in 1989 with the piece Nailed, presented in conjunction with the release of the RE/Search publication Modern Primitives. Visiting Hours, Rose and Flanagan's most widely toured museum exhibition, specifically explored the convergence of illness and SM and was first shown at the Santa Monica Museum of Art in 1992, combining text, video, and live performance.

Rose and Flanagan's life together is documented in the 1997 film Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist, and their collected archives are maintained at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the University of Southern California Libraries.