Bio
Allyson Rocco is a multi-disciplinary artist residing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Rocco studied Fine Art at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (2012). She was born and raised in Minnesota and currently resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Rocco has formal education in drawing and painting with an emphasis on figurative works and portraiture.
Sewing and fiber arts began as a hobby for Rocco who would create abstract quilts of her childhood in Minnesota or 3-D figurative fiber sculptures in her spare time.
Rocco seeks to express her visual memory through her artwork, preserving and documenting the changing landscapes of the Midwest through plein air paintings, drawings, and fiber works.
By exploring multiple mediums and techniques Rocco appreciates their connecting principle thread: the line.
Using faint and continuous lines, bold marks, or blended roving Rocco builds up form and shadow. Quickly working to capture coffee drinkers, the passing of powerlines along a highway or the subtle shift of light at sunset.
Education
2008 - 2012
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
2006 - 2008
Perpich Center for Arts Education
Exhibitions
Group
2025
Midsummer Festival of the Arts, John Michael Kohler Arts Center
2025
30 X 30 X 30 Exhibition, Var Gallery
2024
Feed Your Soul - Live Figure Drawing Group Performance, Saint Kate The Arts Hotel
2024
Warm and Fuzzy, Small Works
2024
Waukesha Plein Air Competition, Waukesha Art Crawl - Waukesha Civic Theater
2023
Waukesha Plein Air Competition, Waukesha Art Crawl - Waukesha Civic Theater
2022
Waukesha Plein Air Competition, Waukesha Art Crawl - Waukesha Civic Theater
2022
MIAD Alumni Reunion Show, Var Gallery
2016
30 X 30 X 30 Exhibition, Var Gallery
2015
Var Gallery Collective Show, Var Gallery
2012
MIAD Senior Exhibition, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
2008
20 Under 20, Walker Art Center (Finalist)
Awards
2025
Best in Show - Midsummer Festival of the Arts, JMKAC, Sheboygan
2008
Silver Key - Scholastic Art Awards, MCAD, Minneapolis
Collections
2025
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, Cedarburg, WI