Art of the Black Experience

Born and raised in New Orleans’ French Quarter, Ti-Rock Moore emerged in 2014 with protest works created, in part, in response to the devastating, lingering effects of Hurricane Katrina. Moore renamed herself in homage to colorful and controversial twentieth-century painter Noel Rockmore, a New Yorker turned New Orleanian who, like Moore, had been the child of artists. Moore’s self-identification (petit or ’tit in local parlance) with the mercurial Rockmore as a kind of spiritual protégé positions her within both local history and artistic traditions. Yet there is nothing small about Moore’s driving vision and ambition for her work, which focuses on dismantling the structures that support racism, a distinctly American narrative she seeks to unravel through her work.

Moore’s work has been exhibited across the country including The Houston Museum of African American Culture, the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series and Louisiana Contemporary at the Ogden Museum. Her work is in several prominent collections including Beth Rudin DeWoody (NYC / Palm Beach/ Los Angeles), Lester Marks (Houston), Ric Whitney and Tina Perry-Whitney (Los Angeles), The Lauren and Richard Nijkerk Collection (Singapore), Peggy Cooper Catfriz (Washington D.C.) and the TV series Empire.