Rochelle Dickerson

Hello! My name is Rochelle and I am a 25-year-old oil portrait painter from La Plata, Maryland. At a young age, I discovered my love for art, spending most of my early childhood drawing in my bedroom. As I grew older, I explored performing arts through dance, inadvertently stepping back from visual art until my senior year of high school. While preparing for the next phase of my life, college, I picked up a paintbrush for the first time since elementary school and hasn’t put it down since. Initially focusing on landscapes, I gradually transitioned into portrait painting over the next few years.

In 2020, I graduated from Regent University with a degree in business management. During my time at university, I further explored my interest in painting outside of my academic pursuits. Becoming an artist was always my dream, though it wasn’t always supported and often seemed unattainable. Art has been my joy, my peace, and my haven for as long as I can remember. I realized that, despite the passage of time, art had always been my true passion. I chose art because I believe it chose me. In times of confusion, chaos, loss, and pain, I found solace in my creative expression.

Eventually, I began to take my art more seriously and started a...

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Raw Artists Art Show - June 2019 & December 2019
Baltimore, MD, USA

Black Girl Art Show - February 4, 2022 & August 4, 2024
Washington, DC, USA

Black Girl Art Show - October 2, 2022
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Pancakes and Booze Art Show - November 10, 2022
Washington, DC, USA

March 150 - March 1 – March 31, 2024
Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, USA

JURIED EXHIBITIONS
She:DC – Shop Made in DC March 8 – 31 2023
Washington, DC, USA

“The Art of the Flower” – Medford Arts Center April 7 – May 11 2023
Jurors: Janine Dunn Wade
Medford, NJ, USA

“It’s the Little Things” – Girls Who Pain...