<p>Carleyrae Weber Tel: 340.784.4913 Italy Tel: 920.743.5605 USA [email protected] www.carleyraeweber.blogspot.com www.society6.com/carleyrae</p><p>Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2007 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), Milwaukee, Wisconsin</p><p>Professional: </p><p>2009: Sketchbook group Exhibition, Dec ‘09, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee. Wisconsin</p><p>Rise and Fall group exhibition to travel to 6 US cities, Nov ‘09, USA</p><p>Communications group exhibition, Oct ‘09, Elder Street Gallery, Houston, Texas</p><p>Marte Live, May ‘09, Live painting national competition, Alpheus, Rome, Italy </p><p>Marte Live Regional Finalist, Live painting competition, April ‘09, The Terminal Club/Gallery, Macerata, Italy</p><p>Decadance Solo exhibition, Mar ‘09, The Terminal Club/Gallery, Macerata, Italy </p><p>Commissions for Private Collectors, Dec ‘09, Wisconsin</p><p>2006-2008: Shared Studio with Senegalese artist, Luloloko, ’08, Firenze, Italy</p><p>Live Art Model, Jésus Villarreal, ‘08, Firenze, Italy</p><p>Live art model, Jordan Sokol, Florence Academy of Art, ‘08, Firenze, Italy</p><p>MIAD thesis exhibition, “White Squares”, May ‘07, Milwaukee, Wisconsin</p><p>Group Exhibition, “Italy, Now and Then”, Italian Community Center, ‘06, Milwaukee, Wisconsin</p><p>Online/Magazine publications: Paper Darts Magazine, November 2009 Featured Artist 22zine Blog Underground Art School Mutual Design Playground Statement:</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>