Education
M.F.A. 2000 Glass, Alfred University
B.F.A. 1997 Studio Art, University of Wisconsin—Madison
Certificate 2011 Conservation and Environmental Sustainability, Columbia University
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Climate Archives, City Roots, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Distorted Senses of Proportion, Juergensen Gallery, Utica, NY
2014 Distorted Senses of Proportion, Richardson Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
2013 Distorted Senses of Proportion, Northcutt Steele Gallery, Billings, MT
frustrules, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA
2010 Biological Accumulations, Earlville Opera House, Earlville, NY
Inurements, Lipscomb Gallery, Greenville, SC
2007 Neologisms, Go North Gallery, Beacon, NY
2005 Conflate, Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT
Corollaries, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV
2003 Palimpsest, Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC
Two Person Exhibitions
2023 Distorted Senses of Proportion, Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery, Dayton, OH
2017 Selected Works from Rachel Abrams & Meredith Setser, Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN
Distorted Senses of Proportion, College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia, CA
2011 (human) natures,Skylight Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Dissection in Whole, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Group Exhibitions
2022 Heirloom, Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Gallery, Huntington, WV
2022 Watching the Seasons Change, Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth, NH
2021 Women Artists in the Arctic, Espace des Femmes, Paris, France
FIRE and ICE, Cummings Art Center, New London, CT
2020 Mapping Symmetries, The Art Gallery at Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Pleasantville, NY
Climate Archives, Flora Kirsch Beck Gallery, Alma, MI (Cancelled due to Pandemic)
2019 Water Shapes, Fed Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Take Back the Walls, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
O, Portmanteau Project Space, Dayton, OH
2018 Transitions, Paul Robeson Campus Center Gallery, Newark, NJ
2017 On and Off/Off and On, UCBA Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2015 Behind the White Walls, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
Botanical Musings, Kaviar Forge & Gallery, Louisville, KY
Boston 2050: High Water, Boston Public Library, Dorchester, MA
Located Place, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
2014 Process, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY
The Last Brucennial, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
Sustainability, The Diane Kidd Gallery, Tiffin, OH
2013 Checks and Balances, HEREart, New York, NY
This Land, Salisbury University Art Galleries, Salisbury, MD
2012 Doomsday, 92YTribeca, New York, NY
The Last Picture Show, Skylight Gallery, New York, NY
RE: Green, Martha Gault Gallery, Slippery Rock, PA
Innovations, Dowd Gallery, Cortland, NY
Under 30, Skylight Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Oddly Alive, The Arts Center, Troy, NY
2009 State of the Union: Contemporary Craft in Dialogue, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2008 In The Beginning: Exploring Origins in Contemporary Art, Fox Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Organics, Robert A. Peck Gallery, Riverton, WY
2007 Sublime Climate, The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA
A Natural Order: Art Exploring the Organic and Artifice, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead, KY
2006 The Thread Counts Project, Gallery Artist Studio Projects (Gasp), Brookline, MA
2005 Subanatomy, Sonoma Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA
The Obsessive Surface, Tower Fine Art Gallery, Brockport, NY
Technicolor, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead, KY
2003 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Faculty Invitational, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2002 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Empathy, Tremont Gallery, Boston, MA
Thirteenth National Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists @ Chelsea, New York, NY
Digital Visions, The Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
Dimensions 2002, Associated Artists, Winston-Salem, NC
2001 It Makes Me Sick, Longwood Arts Project, Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronx, NY
Outdoor Light Exhibition, Glass Art Society Conference, Corning, NY
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Beecher Digital Art, Beecher Center for Technology in the Arts, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
24th Harper National Exhibition: Small Works, Harper College Art Center, Palatine, IL
4th Biennial Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
16th Annual Greater Midwest International,Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO
23rd Annual Contemporary Crafts, MCA, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ (catalogue)
2000 Outdoor Light Exhibition, Museum of Luminous Phenomenon, Alfred, NY
Eclectic, Davies Building, Wellsville, NY
1999 Outdoor Light Exhibition, Museum of Luminous Phenomenon, Alfred, NY
Print Exhibition, Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
1998 Neon and Light, Madison, WI
1997 John A. Logan College 3rdBiennial Crafts Regional, Museum and Art Galleries, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL
Vitriguanius, Gerhke Gallery, Madison, WI
Unconfined Creative Illuminations, 611 Langdon Street, Madison, WI
Exploring the Abyss, 611 Langdon Street, Madison, WI
SHE, 611 Langdon Street, Madison, WI
1996 13 Even, University of Wisconsin Gallery, Madison, WI
144 Hrs. Soak Salon, University of Wisconsin Gallery, Madison, WI
1996 Stateline Vicinity Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
University of Wisconsin 1996 Invitational Neon & Light Exhibition, Stock Pavilion, Madison, WI
1995 Photography Exhibit, Madison, WI
Coming Out Show, University of Wisconsin Gallery, Madison, WI
Artist Grant
2020 The Puffin Foundation, Ltd., Teaneck, New Jersey
2018 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
Artist Residencies
2018 The Arctic Circle, Svalbard, Norway
2002 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Assilah Forum Foundation, Assilah, Morocco
2001 Cité Internationale des Arts,Paris, France
Bibliography
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East Bay Express, Oakland, CA, July 3-9, 2013, Alex Bigman, page 24.
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Visiting Artist Talks & Workshops
2017 Juergensen Gallery, Utica, NY
2014 Denise Bibro Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY
2013 Northcutt Steele Gallery, Billings, MT
Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA
2005 Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT
State University of New York, Brockport, NY
2004 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2001 Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
1997 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Corporate Collections
Weil, Gotshal, & Manges, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA
Private Collections
New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Michigan, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, Canada, Austria, Morocco, Australia
Commission
1995 PIMA,Commission, University of Wisconsin Health Services, Madison, WI
Publication
2006-2008 Arts Information Resource, http://rbabrams.blogspot.com
2002-2006 Contributing Editor and Writer, Art For Real, http://www.artforreal.org