Studio Visits | Support Page | PayPal Page | Selected Clients: BBC, Getty Images, Nordre Aker Bydel, Smelteverket, Ekebergparken, Boffi Studio, Open House Oslo, 22nd Century Media, Outdoor Illinois/Dept. of Natural Resources, Jesse Bornstein Architecture
BIOGRAPHY
Rachel Wolfe is a synesthete and an artist moving between photography, studio practice, and installation. Seeing the body as the generative force in cognition, her work looks at the ways places make people, anthropogeny, and obscured histories. The wonder in the everyday and human connection with nature is brought into light with the ways technology manipulates forms in the imagination and sublime. Realized artworks nurture reverence for eros and beauty, the earth and site-specific histories. Several project-processes became experience-based learning courses. Wolfe’s award-winning work is held in private and public collections, including 1st place by the jury for her monolithic image and text, Omniscient, in the Imaging New Eurasia exhibition in Gwangju, South Korea.
RESUME | ARTIST STATEMENT | AUTOBIOGRAPHY | ARTIST CV:
EDUCATION
2019 Art of Washi Paper in Japanese Rare Books | Online via Keio University, Japan
2018 Mushimaru Fujieda Butoh Workshop, KHiO | Oslo, Norway
2018 Japanese Avant-Garde, Sino-Japanese Interactions Through Rare Books | Online via Keio University
2018 Music Moves: Why Does Music Make You Move | Online via UiO
2015 Norwegian Language, Rosenhof Voksenopplæring | Oslo Norway
2013 – 2015 Master Fine Art, Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles, California, United States
2013 Social Psychology, Ehime University | Matsuyama-shi, Japan
2012 Darkroom & History of Photography, College of Lake Country | Grayslake, Illinois, United States
2011 – 2012 Yoga Teaching Certification, 200hour, Akasha Yoga Center | Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States
2003 – 2006 Bachelor Art, Advertising, Illinois Institute of Art | Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
2003 – 2005 Interior Design, Illinois Institute of Art | Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
1993 – 2003 Classical Piano | Byron, Illinois, United States
1990 – 2003 Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Hip-Hop | Various studios in Ogle County, Illinois, United States
RESIDENCIES
2020 Kerringøy Land Art | Bodø, Norway
2019 UKS/PNEK | Oslo, Norway
2019 Atelier Nord Prosjektrom | Oslo, Norway
2019 Angelot Trélex | Chéserex, Switzerland
2017 PRAKSIS: A Global State of Pareidolia | Oslo, Norway
2017 The Past and the Curious, Praxisfestivalen, DansensHus | Oslo, Norway
AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS & COMMISSIONS
2020 Bi-Monthly Semi-Finalist, Dumbo Film Festival | NYC, United States
2019 Ello Getty Images Selected Artist | California, United States
2018 Mushimaru Fujieda Butoh Scholarship, KHiO | Oslo, Norway
2018 2017 ND Photo Awards, Honourable Mention
2018 Mouvement, Photography, Oslo Art and Fashion Festival, Vérité, Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway
2018 Et Dypt Nett, Installation, Elvelangs i Fakkellys, Smelteverksted, Vulkan, Oslo, Norway
2018 Vesper Monumenter, Sculpture and Video Installation, Elvelangs i Fakkellys, Nordre Aker, Oslo, Norway
2017 Memoria Technika, Photography, Stop Bath Video,Oslo Fashion & Art Festival, Lekter’n, Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway
2017 Teknovisuell Experience, Installation, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California, United States
2015 Juried 1st Place, Here, There, and Everywhere: Eurasian Cities, Asia Culture Center | Gwangju, South Korea
2015 Woelffer Scholarship, Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles, United States
2014 Academic Merit Award, Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles, United States
2012 Academic Scholarship, Social Psychology, Ehime University | Matsuyama, Japan
2010 Historic Pathways Photography Award | Indiana University, United States
2003 Pi Sigma Pi, Illinois Academic Honour Society in History | Byron, United States
TEACHING & LECTURES
2020 AiR Kjerringøy, Artist Talk, Kjerringøy, Norway
2020 Art, hike, meditation courses (ages 6 – 15), Tverrbakken Ungdomshuset, Kjerringøy, Norway
2020 AWMAS AfjordanceExhibition | Corwin Pavilion, University of California, Santa Barbara
2018 Movement Course (freelancers) | Blank Space Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2017 Body Architecture Course (family activity) | Barnas Open House, Sentralen, Oslo, Norway
2013 – 2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant | Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California
2014 Subtle Energy & Colour Artist Talk: Bodily Perception & Visual Stimulation | Otis Studios, Culver City, California
2013 The Personal & Universal: Social Media & Photography Artist Talk | Walker Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2011 – 2013 Yoga/Movement Instructor | Greater Chicagoland Area
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2016 – 2020 LensCulture | Art Photography Reviews | Online
2008 – 2020 Creative Producer: Photo & Video, Writing & editing, Graphic & Web Design, Events | International
2016 – 2017 Gradudate & Undergrad Admissions Counselor | Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California
2012 – 2016 Photographer | 22nd Century Media, North Shore Chicago, Illinois
2012 – 2013 Gallery Manager and Events | College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois
2012 – 2012 Gallery Assistant and Framer | ZIA Gallery, Winnetka, Illinois
2008 – 2010 Author of The Art of Advice | Chicago Now, a Tribune Co., Illinois
2009 – 2012 Copywriter | Creative Circle, Momentum Worldwide, Marketing Support Inc., Chicago, Illinois
2006 – 2009 Graphic Design and Print Production | Alphagraphics, Freelance, Chicago, Illinois
2004 – 2006 Library Assistant | Illinois Institute of Art, Schaumburg, Illinois
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Mouvements, Photography, Akers Mek, Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway
2019 Over a Stream a Body Formed in the Light Refracted in Waves, Torso Kunstartikler, Oslo, Norway
2019 Magenta Minds & Amber Hearts, Trance& Bernt Ankers Gate 31, Oslo, Norway
2018 Mouvements, Photography, Oslo Art and Fashion Festival, Vérité, Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway
2018 Et Dypt Nett, Installation, Elvelangs i Fakkellys, Smelteverksted, Vulkan, Oslo, Norway
2018 Vesper Monumenter, Sculpture and Video Installation, Elvelangs i Fakkellys, Nordre Aker Bydel, Oslo, Norway
2017 Memoria Technika Photography, Stop Bath Video, Oslo Fashion & Art Festival, Lekter’n, Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway
2017 Teknovisuell Experience, Installation, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California, United States
2015 Image Architecture, Installation, Otis Studios, Los Angeles, California, United States
2015 Making Sense, Installation, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States
2010 Not Even But Almost, Photography, The Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2008 Contemporary Photographs of Chicago, Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, Illinois, United States
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Planned Exhibitions in Italy and Greece
2020 Windows Into The Virtual, Teknovisuell Experience photography, LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2020 The Performer, Solfége Souche video, LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2020 Kvinnekroppen, Afjordance video projection, Arteriet, Kristiansand, Norway
2020 Afjordance, video projection, AWAMS 2020, Santa Barbara, California, United States
2019 Heat Wave, The Print Atelier @Artsy.net
2019 Solfége Souche, video projection, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2019 Feel the Burn, Kamikazee Edition, MIM gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States
2019 Mouvements Active Wear Samples, Trance& Bernt Ankers Gate 31, Oslo, Norway
2019 Damocles, Sculpture, Elemental Kate Exhibition, Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield, UK
2019 Oslo Open, Photography, Fotogalleriet Atelier, Oslo, Norway
2019 Les Voyagers, Photography, Nout Art Gallery, 12A Marrashly St. Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
2019 Solfége Souche, video projection, Palazzo Michiel, Strada Nova, Venice, Italy
2018 Photographs, TID (time) CYAN Jubiliem, CYAN Studio, Oslo, Norway
2018 Paintings, Finnskogutstillingen, Grue Finnskog, Norway
2018 Wave, Darkroom Photograph, Benefit Auction, Rockford University, Rockford, Illinois, United States
2017 Paintings and Photography, PopUp Exhibition, Majorstuen, Oslo, Norway
2017 Ex Nihilo, monolithic images, La Macina Di San Cresci, Greve in Chianti, Florence, Italy
2017 Limerence, Paintings and Performance, Olaf Reyes Plass 2, Grünerløkka, Oslo, Norway
2017 9Worlds of Image and Light, Elvelangs i Fakkellys, Smelteverksted, Vulkan, Oslo, Norway
2017 PraksisOslo Kulturnatt, Rådhusgata 19, Oslo, Norway
2016 30seconds of Lake Michigan, Now Trending at Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California, United States
2016 Omniscient, Here, There, and Everywhere: Eurasian Cities, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea
2015 On The Roof, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States
2014 Variations of a Whole, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States
2014 PhotoLA, LA Mart, Los Angeles, California, United States
2013 DC Fotoweek, Washington DC, United States
2013 Robert T. Wright Gallery, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois, United States
2012 2Rules Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
2012 My Own Wilderness, Exhibition & Publication curated by Christopher Paquette
2011 Not Even But Almost, Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2011 Not Even But Almost, Photography Screening, Bristol, UK
2011 Life Support Japan, Wall-Space Gallery, California, United States
2011 Contemporary Portraits by Women Photographers, Northern Trust Bank, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2010 90,000 Miles on I-90 book included in CCNY Exhibition, New York, New York, United States
2010 Slideluck Potshow IV, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2010 Illustration, Johalla Projects Gallery, 50 Alderman/50 Artists, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2010 Photographs from Jamaica, LiveBooks Impact Exhibition, Online
2009 Slideluck Potshow III, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2009 Docks, Photograph, CreateHere Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
2000 Depths of Imagination, Mixed-Media, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois, United States
1999 The Field’s Project, Land Art Viewable by Air, Oregon, Illinois, United States
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Frame Story
2020 Textures & Movements
2014 Bound by Water; Spread
2012 Espla
2010 90,000 miles on I-90
MEDIA & PRESS
Artsy Profile, & Feature | The Wall Pick of the Month | Articulate Magazine | Hauste Magazine | Fletta Magazine | LHSA Member Spotlight | King Goya Travel Magazine | Art Muzeo Magazine Issue 3 | Barbed Magazine Issue 5 | Art Photo Index | Water Poetry Prose | Humble Arts Foundation | Lenscratch Feature: Bound By Water | Majestic Disorder Magazine | Cover VIA Publication 02 Issue, | A New Nothing| The Swap I , II, III / Book Film Painting | 10-Q Interview, Hungry Ghost Collective | E-PhotoReview, Fly Over Art | Humble Arts Foundation | Lenscratch: Backyard, Mother’s Day | La Pura Vida- 90000 Miles on I-90 | Sweet Station | Fraction Magazine | Fine Line Magazine | Urbanautica | Lost At E Minor | Actual Colors May Vary, Feature II | Chicago Magazine | New Landscape Photography | Landscape Stories 1, 2, 3 | Beautiful/Decay Magazine 1, 2 | F-Stop Magazine 40, 35, 45 | BlackFlash Magazine | 1000 Words
INTERESTS
Photography and Imaging, Textile Arts, Canonical Chinese Medicine, Fung Shui, Embodied Cognition, Physiology, Psychology, Behavioural Development, Free Will, Geological History, Art Education
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ARTIST IMAGES
Pictures for use public use and print publications. Right-click to download. Contact for credits: rachel@rachelwolfe.com
