| Artist | Oceana Rain Stuart | Resides | United States |
| Website | oceanarainstuart.com | Medium | Cast Bronze |
| Print Shop | oceanaraintstuart.com/shop | [email protected] | |
| Representing Gallery | David Anthony Gallery Wausau WI. USA | Themes | Figurative Symbolic Nude Emotionally evocative Dreamy Sensual Psychological Skulls Realism Contemporary Metaphorical |
| Follow the Artist | Instagram | Facebook | oceanarainstuart.com/about-the-artist |
About the artist
Oceana Rain Stuart is a figurative bronze sculptor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Stuart has exhibited in numerous accredited museums and galleries, including the National Sculpture Society, Leonardo da Vinci Society, Natural History Museum, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Sicily, Haggin and the Louvre. Her work is featured in several prominent publications, such as the Arte Libre and Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona: Escultura, Anuario ‘Arte Y Libertad XV, Leonardo A Book of International Art Masters; and Masters of Contemporary Fine Art Volume 3 by Pedro Boaventura of Art Galaxie.
‘Empathy and emotionally evocative subject matter is the driving force behind my work. I’m fascinated by subtle physical gestures; like the tender movement of a hand, the gaze of the eyes and contradictions that are enclosed in body language.’ –Oceana Rain Stuart
Lunar Legacy
In 2024, Stuart’s bronze sculpture Reminiscence made history by landing on the Moon’s South Pole within the Lunar Codex Museum of Art, on-board the IM-1 Lunar lander; Odysseus. She is amongst the pioneering female artists to have artwork on the Moon. Twenty-three images of Oceana Rain Stuart’s work are featured in several places within this museum, including the founder’s curated gallery and gallery H. Future missions with the Lunar Codex and also Lifeship are slated for Lunar, deep-space and Mars missions.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Oceana Rain Stuart is known for her realistic figurative bronze sculptures, often incorporating symbolic elements like masks, skulls, and the circle of life to reflect both light and dark aspects of existence. Her work explores themes of resilience, sensuality, human nature, and the connection between the conscious and subconscious. Blending realism with subtle hints of surrealism, she works from life and employs the lost-wax casting process.
Press
Oceana Rain Stuart’s sculptures has been featured in notable magazines, documentaries and documentaries including: Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, The Art Side of the Moon, Articulate Magazine, NASA, Lunar Codex/Codex Nova, Fox 2 ktvu News, LifeShip, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, American Artists Professional League, Boynes Artist Award, Allied Artists of America, ICON Award, Marin Independent Journal, A Book of International Art Masters, Apple News, News 9, Masters of Contemporary Fine Art, Southwest Art Magazine, The Guide Artists, The Italo Americano, and Agenzia Giornalistica Il Velino.
Upcoming Exhibitions
| When | Exhibition | Gallery |
| June 2025 | Solo exhibition: ‘Celestial Journey: Conversations in Bronze’ | Haggin Museum Stockton, CA. USA |
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Education
BFA, California College of the Arts, California, United States
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
Museum of Art, Online, Germany
2017
Leonardo Da Vinci Society, Italian Institute of San Francisco, CA. United States Introduction by Lorenzo Ortona- Consul General of Italy
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sicily, Italy (Artwork acquired for permanent collection of museum)
Light Space and Time, United States (Online exhibition)
Guide Artists, Spain (Online exhibition)
Creative Complex, CA. Unites States
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Infinity, Lunar Codex/Lunar Codex Museum of Art, The South pole of the Moon
Oceana Rain Stuart’s bronze sculpture Reminiscence made history, landing on the Moon’s south pole aboard the IM-1 lunar lander. Future missions containing 23 of Stuart’s works are planned for the surface of the Moon for 2025 and 2026.
Honor: One of the first female artists with artwork on Moon- declared historic by NASA’s Artemis program.
Infinity, LifeShip time capsule, 23 of Stuart;s works are part of future missions slated for the surface of the Moon, Deep Space and Mars.
2023
American Women Artists, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina, United States
American Women Artists, Customs House Museum, Tennessee, United States
2022
The Haegeumgang Museum, Geoje, South Korea (Artwork acquired for permanent collection of museum)
Allied Artists of America, The Butler Institute of America Museum, Ohio, United States (Award: Ranieri Sculpture)
National Sculpture Society, Bonita Museum, California, United States
American Women Artists, Texas, United States (Honor: Elected Board Member)
Grandmasters of Fine art Online Exhibition, United Kingdom
American Artists Professional League, New York, United States (Honor: Elected Board Member Director)
Art Renewal Center, New York, United States (Award: Finalist)
2021
Figurativas Biennial, Museum of Modern Art Barcelona, Spain (Award: Preselected artist)
Portrait Society of America, Florida, United States (Award: Non-Commissioned Portrait Finalist)
American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, New York, United States (Recipient of Board of Directors Award for Sculpture)
33 Contemporary Gallery, Illinois, United States
Pacific Rim Sculptors, Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, CA. United States
Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Steve and Elaine Bennett, Wisconsin, United Staes
Poets Artists, curated by Daniel Maidman, United States (Online exhibition)
Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, New York, United States (Award: Allied Artists of America Award for Sculpture)
Art Renewal Center, New York, United States (Award: Finalist)
American Women Artists, United States (Online exhibition)
National Sculpture Society, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina, United States
