Biography | Jennifer Rae Ochs
JRO borrowed from her training as a classical pianist in developing her discipline as a visual artist. After graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1997, JRO immediately embarked on a journey to Europe and ended up traversing five continents over the next three years, before settling in Los Angeles, CA to begin her career as a visual artist.
JRO had her first Gallery showing in 2004 at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, CA. She was invited to present ten paintings the majority of which sold opening night. Following her success at Bergamot Station JRO was invited to show her work at several notable galleries throughout Southern California.
In 2006 JRO began to establish an international presence with an invite to show at the Sejong Museum of Art, in Seoul, South Korea. JRO represented the United States in a global ensemble of emerging artists for the museum show “Today and Tomorrow”. JRO fell in love with South Korea and the feeling was mutual. She received more than a dozen invitations to show her work in and around the capitol. While in Seoul, JRO participated in cultural exchanges promoting peace and friendship between nations through the international language of art.
JRO’s passion for travel continued with sojourns to the Middle East, South America, Asia and Eastern Europe. The places she visited served as muse to create “collections” inspired by landscapes, architecture, culture and the people of each time and place.
In 2013 JRO began exhibiting in various art festivals bringing her one-of-a-kind artwork to art lovers all over the western United States. Invites to notable shows in California such as Beverly Hills Art Show, La Quinta, Sausalito, also, Artfair Jackson Hole, WY, Carefree Fine Art and Wine Festival, AZ, and a host of locations throughout the region, garnered art collectors far and wide.
As a multi-media artist JRO founded Rae Art Enterprises to further explore her passion for visual expression. JRO ART Design Studio emerged as a part of RAE, a design studio dedicated to the creation of wearable art, travel collections, home décor, and accessories, created to ignite the imagination of discerning souls. JRO ART enthusiastically embraces a wide array of opportunities, including licensing ventures, expanding her artistry across various products and collaborations.
In 2023, JRO ART partnered with Evolve Systems to create a custom textile design with intent to style the team with company branded wearables, more inspired than the standard swag. JRO ART has collaborated with many brands; ExpressionMed, New York & Company, and Shoe Dazzle. Her work has been seen in the pages of People Magazine, and shared across social media amongst Hollywood A-Listers. Project Liaison by JRO, creates an opportunity for artist and collector to collaborate in creating commissioned statement artwork of profound significance and inspiration to both artist and collector. While Project JPS utilizes technology with 3D animation synthesis of color and texture to create imagery for use in various art and commercial mediums.
Jennifer Rae Ochs bears witness to the world and herself, and renders the complexity of both in vibrant abstraction. A celebrator of life, JRO illustrates her story with color and texture, her body of work is a wild confessional tethered by the truth of her experience and the discipline of her craft. JRO creates a visual story, grounded in reality and spirited by possibility.
JRO ART is exhibited and collected globally, and creates original artwork for private collectors, public art, hospitality art, and corporate collections. JRO and her work can be seen at art festivals, galleries and museums.
The fine artist and designer indulges her passion for adventure travel whenever possible and remains dedicated to the study of classical piano. Jennifer has been based in Los Angeles since 2000 and now divides her time between the LA studio, the lakes of Minnesota and travel for her art exhibition tours.
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