Based between Chicago and San Francisco, Adrienne Renée Weiss (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist from California whose practice is rooted in somatics, research, ritual, dreams, and community. She holds BA’s in Art History and American Studies from UC Berkeley and an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Weiss taught in the Bay Area for years and began her studio education by attending classes at Laney Community College in Oakland after years as a self-taught artist. She studied weaving at the Richmond Art Center and the private studio of Tricia Goldberg. Weiss has exhibited in such institutions as the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Evanston Art Center, Arc Gallery, Woman Made Gallery, and Instit für Alles Mögliche, including a solo exhibition at Applied Contemporary Craft Gallery in Oakland, CA. In 2024 she performed in an Ecosexual Walking Ritual in Düsseldorf, Germany with Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens.
Weiss’s work exists in a realm of wild Queer mysticism—an earthly, fluid, and sensual investigation of somatics and direct experience. She spins yarn, weaves, forges and welds steal, molds clay, makes soundscapes, writes, and performs rituals.
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EDUCATION
2025 MFA, Fiber and Material Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2009 Secondary Education Credential, San Francisco State University
2005 BA’s, Art History and American Studies, University of California, Berkeley
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
Solo + Duo
2025 Magnifera, 465 Collective Gallery, San Francisco, CA (forthcoming)
2022 small journey, slow life, Applied Contemporary Craft Gallery, Oakland, CA
Group & Juried
2025
American Tapestry Alliance Biennial, Epiphany Center for the Arts, juried by Poppy Delta Dawn and Crystal Gregory, Chicago, IL (forthcoming)
Thresholds, SAIC Galleries, MFA exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Friends of Dorothy’s, Evanston Art Center, curated by Emma Rose Gudewicz, Chicago, IL
2024
Piel con Piel, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Experimental Portraiture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bio Constellation, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
and other objects, Instit für Alles Mögliche, Berlin, Germany
Connectivity, Woman Made Gallery, juried by Anke Loh, Chicago, IL
Pattern Recognition, ARC Gallery, juried by Casey Whittaker, Chicago, IL
Interplay, Dairy Barn Arts Center with Surface Design Association, juried by Annet Couwenberg, Athens, OH
Every Fiber of Our Being, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2023
Small Stuff, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Dopamining, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Now and Then Print Show, June Steingart Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
Seen and Imagined, Gallery Route One, juried by Jeremy P.H. Morgan, Point Reyes, CA
2022
Spiritual Realms, June Steingart Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
Art in the Time of Corona, Volume 3, Dabart Co., Virtual Exhibit and Printed Exhibition Catalog
Uncommon Threads, Southern California Open Regional Exhibitions, Virtual Exhibit
PERFORMANCE & TALKS
2024 On the new moon the adders converge to make tongue stones and the lesbians assemble to suck mangos, Artist Talk, Fiber and Material Studies Lecture Series, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024 Group Critique, group artist talk and discussion, Porsche Showroom, Chicago, IL
2024 The Park As Lover, an Ecosexual Walking Ritual Performance with Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, props, costumes, and performance, Lantz’scher Skulpturenpark, Düsseldorf, Germany
2024 Feral Intelligence, Artist Talk, Fiber and Material Studies Lecture Series, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017 Queer Art and Culture Wars: The 80’s and 90’s, Lecture in conjunction with the Cary Liebowitz exhibition “Museum Show”, Jewish Contemporary Museum, San Francisco, CA
RESEARCH & TEACHING
2023-24 Teaching Assistant for Advanced Woven Structures and Tapestry, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017-2018 Research Assistant, North Coast Arts Integration Project, $500,000 arts education grant to integrate arts into core curriculum in Eureka and Trinity school districts, Humboldt State University Arcata, CA
2017 Curriculum Development and Workshop Facilitation in conjunction with Cary Liebowitz exhibition “Museum Show”, Jewish Contemporary Museum, San Francisco, CA
2009-2015 Teacher in Art History and Aesthetics, Oakland School of the Arts Oakland, CA
FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2024-25 Pritzker Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024 Study Trip Scholarship, Zeitgeist: Germany, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
CONTACT ME FOR COMMISSIONS, SHOWS, and WORKSHOPS
adrienneweiss@gmail.com