ABOUT THE ARTIST
Rochelle Weiner Carr
Rochelle Weiner Carr is an american artist whose subjects include abstract, the figure, and the world around us. mediums include traditional watercolor, drawing, collage and monoprinting, encaustic and oil/cold wax as well as digital mediums.
Rochelle is now showing her work in the permanent collection at the Milwaukee Bucks Fiserv Forum and in a public art piece at the intersection of Maryland and Capitol Avenues in Shorewood Wisconsin. Rochelle’s work was featured at the Charles Allis Museum in Milwaukee during the Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now group show in 2016-2017. She also won honorable mention in the 2014 Watercolor Showcase national competition with Watercolor Artist Magazine and her work was published in the April 2015 issue of the magazine. Rochelle has been a member of the ARC Gallery in Chicago, and also the Illinois Watercolor Society, she won honorable mention at the 2014 Members show, the “Award of Excellence” at their 2012 Members show, and was juried into the 2012 national exhibition. Rochelle’s work has been featured on the sets of NBC’s Chicago Fire, NBC’s Chicago PD, ABC’s Mindgames, USA Network’s Sirens, and the series Sense8 on Netflix.
Rochelle has a bachelor’s degree in painting and drawing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She works professionally as owner of Andiamo Creative, a full service branding and web development company in Milwaukee. Rochelle recently moved back to her home town, Milwaukee Wisconsin, after 20 years living in Chicago.
Currently showing
Permanent Collection
Portrait of Milwaukee ProgressPUBLIC ART COMMISSION Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) downtown campus 11 canvas installation
Permanent Collection
Family FarmPUBLIC ART COMMISSION Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) downtown campus
Permanent Collection
Remember the DaySHOREWOOD VILLAGE PUBLIC ART Located on the corner of Maryland Avenue and Capitol Drive in Shorewood, Wisconsin
Permanent Collection
The Girls TeamTHE MILWAUKEE BUCKS FISERV FORUM Installed outside of suite 4, 1111 Vel R. Phillips Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Shows and Exhibitions
June 2021 - August 2021
SECURA Fine Arts Exhibition | 41st AnnualTrout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
October 2016 – February 2017
Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art NowCharles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI
March 2016 – February 2017
Strata+Sphere and Discarded - One-woman showTease, Milwaukee, WI
July 2016 – August 2016
Strata+Sphere - One-woman showARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
October 2015 – July 2016
Strata+Sphere - One-woman showPizza Rustica Bistro & Bar, Chicago, IL
July 2015 – April 2016
Strata+Sphere - One-woman showJuniper 61, Wauwatosa, WI
July 2015 – January 2016
Strata+Sphere - One-woman showCafé Lulu, Milwaukee WI
September – October 2015
Urban Threads - ARC Gallery Members ShowARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
September – October 2015
Feminism Across the AgesKoehnline Museum of Art, Oakton College, Des Plaines, IL
May 2 – June 5 2015
ARC Gallery 40th Anniversary ShowBeverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
March – June 2014
One-Woman ShowCafe Vocar, Milwaukee Wisconsin
September 25 – October 25 2014
12x12Blick Art Supply, Chicago, IL
August 23 – September 27 2014
Illinois Watercolor Society Annual Members ShowHonorable mention for “Faded Chalkboard Memories” The Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Bloomingdale IL
November 5 – December 11 2013
Illinois Watercolor Society Annual Members ShowMayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, Illinois
July 2013 – July 2014
One-woman showUrban Brain and Body, Lobby Gallery, Chicago Illinois
May 10 – June 14 2013
Art is for the Birds - Group ShowDeer Path Art League, Lake Forest, Illinois
December 2012 – March 2013
One-woman showPizza Rustica Bistro & Bar, Chicago Illinois
November 2012
Illinois Watercolor Society Annual Members ShowAward of Excellence for painting, “And then I lost it” The Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Bloomingdale IL
May 2012
Illinois Watercolor Society National Juried ShowNext Picture Show Gallery, Dixon, Illinois
May 19 – June 20 2012
Discarded MemoriesPhantom Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
May 2012
Illinois Watercolor Society National Juried ShowNext Picture Show Gallery, Dixon, Illinois
March 2012
AquaInternational Artists Group – Phantom Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
September 2011
Illinois Watercolor Society Member ShowThe Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Bloomingdale IL
Awards and Honors
Public Art Piece - Portrait of Milwaukee Progress
Selected to create public art piece for Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC). Installation consists of 11 canvases, portraits of citizens of Milwaukee history that significantly contributed to the furtherance of progressive values. Installed Oct 2021.
Public Art Piece - Family Farm
Selected to create public art piece for Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), installed October 2021.
Public Art Piece - Remember the Day
Selected to create a public art piece for Shorewood, Illinois, installed in August 2020
Public Art Piece - The Girls Team
In 2018, chosen as one of 32 artists (out of 1300 artist applicants) to be included in the Milwaukee Bucks permanent art collection at display at the Fiserv Forum, the new arena in Milwaukee
Published
Featured as a case study including color images of my work within the book “Artists Write to Work: A Practical Guide to Writing about Your Art” by Kate Kramer, published 2019, Schiffer Publishing, LTD
Award and Published
Awarded Honorable Mention for “Faded Chalkboard Memories” in Watercolor Artist’s 2014 Watermedia Showcase, published April 2015
Award
Awarded Honorable Mention for “Faded Chalkboard Memories” at IWS Annual Members Show 2014
Award
Chosen as one of 60 contenders in Illinois Watercolor Society’s 2012′s national juried exhibition, May 2012
Award
Award of Excellence for “And then I lost it” from Illinois Watercolor Society at their annual member show, November 2012
As seen on
NBC
Featured on the set of NBC’s Chicago Fire
ABC
Featured on the set of ABC’s Mindgames
NBC
Featured on the set of NBC’s Chicago PD
NBC
Featured on the set of NBC’s Chicago MED
USA Network
Featured on the set of Denis Leary’s Sirens on the USA Network
Netflix
Featured on the set of the Netflix series, Sense8, by the Wachowski brothers