Carleyrae Macdonald Weber

Carleyrae Weber Tel: 340.784.4913 Italy Tel: 920.743.5605 USA [email protected] www.carleyraeweber.blogspot.com www.society6.com/carleyrae

Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2007 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Professional:

2009: Sketchbook group Exhibition, Dec ‘09, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee. Wisconsin

Rise and Fall group exhibition to travel to 6 US cities, Nov ‘09, USA

Communications group exhibition, Oct ‘09, Elder Street Gallery, Houston, Texas

Marte Live, May ‘09, Live painting national competition, Alpheus, Rome, Italy

Marte Live Regional Finalist, Live painting competition, April ‘09, The Terminal Club/Gallery, Macerata, Italy

Decadance Solo exhibition, Mar ‘09, The Terminal Club/Gallery, Macerata, Italy

Commissions for Private Collectors, Dec ‘09, Wisconsin

2006-2008: Shared Studio with Senegalese artist, Luloloko, ’08, Firenze, Italy

Live Art Model, Jésus Villarreal, ‘08, Firenze, Italy

Live art model, Jordan Sokol, Florence Academy of Art, ‘08, Firenze, Italy

MIAD thesis exhibition, “White Squares”, May ‘07, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Group Exhibition, “Italy, Now and Then”, Italian Community Center, ‘06, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Online/Magazine publications: Paper Darts Magazine, November 2009 Featured Artist 22zine Blog Underground Art School Mutual Design Playground Statement:

My ideas come from a combination of intuition and assimilation. I pull inspiration from artists such as Twombly, Rauschenberg, Fred Stonehouse, and many of the emerging artists that I come in contact with, though most of my influence can be found in my ordinary surroundings. Silhouettes and colors found in fabric, the decadence of urban settings, and the decay and restoration of architecture and art play major roles in my work.

My current work depicts a fictional place, a kind of skewed version of the world I am living in. A world occupied by humor, cynicism, adventure, fear, and silence. The images in my paintings are vague and candid, like that of a memory; each piece being congruent to the next, with an illegible story that connects them. Images of birds, rain, electrical wires, dirt, water, boats, serve as souvenirs from this world in an unfamiliar place.