Rachel Warkentin


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Born in Portland, Oregon Lives and works in Los Angeles, California rachel.warkentin@gmail.com

EDUCATION	2009 2007 2006	MFA, Claremont Graduate University Oregon State University Kremer Pigment Egg tempera workshop, New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS	2009 2007 2006	“Figment,” MFA thesis show, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University “Take One, Leave One,” Installation, Portland Building, Portland OR “Family Portrait,” West Gallery, Oregon State University "Mornings and Nights," West Gallery, Oregon State University

GROUP EXHIBITIONS	2009 2008 2007 2006 2005	“Discovered/Undiscovered,” University Art Gallery, CSU Long Beach, with a preview show at the Smog Shoppe, Culver City, Los Angeles. “Supersonic at the LA Art Show,” Los Angeles Convention Center “Don’t Be Shy,” East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University “Biennial Juried Exhibition,” Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles CA “Inaugural Show,” Tree House Gallery, Riverside, CA “Way Too Overhung,” Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, CA “Figures” Claremont City Hall “The 4th Leg,” Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University “The Edge of Excess,” Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO “Recent Graduates,” Blackfish Gallery, Porltand, OR “Graduating Seniors Exhibition,” Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University “Plinkiewisch Scholars,” Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University “Women’s Art Show,” Student Gallery, Oregon State University “Student Show”, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University "4X4,"Collage Gallery, Portland OR “Group Show,” Atrium Gallery, Corvallis OR “Fresco”, West Gallery Oregon State University “Encaustic” Student Gallery, Oregon State University


AWARDS AND GRANTS	2008 2007 2006	Claremont Graduate University Fellowship Walker Parker Memorial Fellowship Hill Crest Transdisciplinary Grant College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Senior, Oregon State University Waldo E. Cummings award, Oregon State University Regional Arts and Culture Council: Portland Building Installation Project Grant Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship & Creativity Grant Plinkiewisch Art Scholarship, full tuition, OSU Department of Art

PUBLICATIONS	2008 2007 2006	Claremont Graduate University MFA Catalog, “Between Installments,” 2008 Regional Arts And Culture Council Press Release “Take One, Leave One” 2007 OSU Research News, Volume 6, Issue 6 “Student/ Artist/Researcher” 2007 “Mornings and Nights,” Prism Magazine, 2007 “Little Scotts,” Prism Magazine, 2006, Editor’s Choice

TEACHING/STUDIO EXPERIENCE	2009 2008-9 2007 2006 2005-7	Visiting Artist, School of Art, Montana State University Graduate Student Seminar leader, “Artist Materials: discussion/experimentation” Claremont Graduate University Art Department Assistant Instructor, First Street Gallery Art Center, Clarmont, CA Studio Assistant, Roland Reiss Egg Tempera workshop, Art Department, Oregon State University Teaching Assistant, Painting I with Professor Julie Green, Oregon State University Department of Art, Spring, Fall Term Teaching Assistant, Figure Painting with Professor Shelley Jordon, Oregon State University, Winter Term Teaching Assistant, Painting I with Professor Joe Mcmurrian, Oregon State University, Spring Term Visiting Artist and Scholars Committee Student Assistant and Student Host Department of Art, Oregon State University