Rosie Mudge was born in 1988 in Knysna, and currently lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. She obtained her BAFA with distinction from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town in 2013.

In 2023, Mudge presented a solo booth at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair, in the TOMORROW’S/TODAY Section, with SMAC Gallery at Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. In 2022, she presented TALKING BACK, her third solo show, at SMAC Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa. Further solo exhibitions include: From My Balcony to Yours, with SMITH Studio, in Cape Town, South Africa; Long Shadows with SMAC Gallery in Stellenbosch, South Africa, both in 2020; In my room with Mazzy Star, with SMITH Studio, in Cape Town, South Africa (2018).

Mudge has participated in numerous group exhibitions and presentations, including Naughty Aughties at SMAC Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa; Artisssima with SMAC Gallery in Torino, Italy; FNB Art Joburg with SMAC Gallery at Sandton Convention Centre in Johanneburg, South Africa; Investec Cape Town Art Fair with SMAC Gallery at Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa; Soft/Loud, a group exhibition curated by Eliana Blechman, at the Travellers Towers Gallery, Michigan, USA; Smalls, at Otomys Gallery in Melbourne, Australia; and The Absolutely Fabulous Spring Show, at Everard Read in Johannesburg, South Africa, all in 2021; Home is where the art is, at Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2020; Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa in 2020, 2019 and 2018 and FNB Art Joburg, in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2019, 2018 and 2017, all with SMITH Studio; as well as an international group exhibition and residency at The Third Dot in Mauritius in 2019. Mudge has also co-founded two transient project spaces, Cubicle and Jnr, in Cape Town, South Africa.