Based between Chicago and San Francisco, Adrienne Renée Weiss (she/her) is a research based artist and educator whose work is an earthly and sensual investigation of textural intimacy, lesbian histories, and esoteric lore. She spins yarn, weaves, welds, molds clay, and performs rituals. Weiss considers ancient technologies and encoded materials as a method of subversion, a way to participate in the collective endeavor to radically imagine life beyond the dark age we currently find ourselves in.  Community participation is integral to her creative process, as she is interested in the alchemy of shared meaning-making as a form of palliative care.

Weiss currently serves on the Board of the American Tapestry Alliance as the Director of Exhibitions and is a fellow at the New Jewish Culture Fellowship. She taught in Bay Area public schools for years and began her studio education by attending classes at Laney Community College in Oakland. She has exhibited in such institutions as the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Evanston Art Center, ARC Gallery, 465 Collective, Instit für Alles Mögliche, Applied Contemporary Craft Gallery, among others. She is a member of the Jewish Museum of Chicago Artist Collective and has performed in Ecosexual Walking Rituals with Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens.  Weiss holds Bachelors of the Arts in Art History and American Studies from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters of Fine Arts in Fiber and Material Studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.