Rosanna Raymond was born in Auckland, New Zealand, of Samoan descent. She currently lives and works in London with her family. A Tusitala (Teller of Tales) at heart, her art practice takes a variety of forms, ranging from installation works to spoken word pieces and body adornment. She fuses traditional Pacific practices with modern innovations and techniques.

A published writer, with art works held in museum and private collections around the world, Raymond has forged a role for herself over the past 15 years as a producer and commentator on contemporary Pacific Islands culture, both in Aotearoa (NZ), the UK, and the USA, working within museums and higher education institutions as an artist, performer, curator, guest speaker and workshop leader.

Raymond has undertaken art residencies at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, University of Hawaii, Manoa, and the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, UK, where she curated the internationally acclaimed Pasifika Styles exhibition with Amiria Salmond.