Rachael Wren
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EDUCATION
2002Master of Fine Arts in Painting
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1998Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts and Communications, Magna Cum Laude
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011

2008
2006
2004
Thought Patterns: Julie Shapiro & Rachael Wren, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Rachael Wren: Small Paintings, Burrison Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
An Impulse to Order: Michael Mancari & Rachael Wren, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Vicinity, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
New Work, Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery, Providence College, Providence, RI
Paintings, Knight Campus Gallery, Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2002
2001

1999
Boundary Hunters, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY (upcoming)
Of White, Nuartlink, Westport, CT
Grey Full, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
Hybrid, Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY
B-Sides, York College, Jamaica, NY
Beyond Measure, C2 Fine Art, St. Petersburg, FL
Major Grey, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Outer Space, Exit Art, New York, NY
The Industry Art Show, The Industry, in conjunction with Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Art on Paper 2010, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Strategic Abstraction, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Group Show Benefit, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
New Walls/Fresh Paint, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Source, City College of New York, New York NY
Funktionlust, Local Project, Long Island City, NY
Fuzzy Logic, Thompson Gallery, Weston, MA
Alchemy: Art and Science, Clark University, Worcester, MA
Metro 26, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Abstraction Now, Firehouse Plaza Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
Waves of Change, St. Jospeh's College, Brooklyn, NY
Emerge 9, Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Inquiry: Five Painting Practices, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Fletcher Boote, Alisha Kerlin, Austin Shull, Rachael Wren, Repetti Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Out of Me, Out of You, Subdivision, Long Island City, NY
Open Painting Exhibition, Brian Marki Gallery, Portland, OR
LIC Now, The Experimental Space, Long Island City, NY
The 181st Annual Exhibition, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
Making Your Mark, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY
Small Works, Attleboro Musuem, Attleboro, MA
Seeded, RKL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Winter Invitational, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
Four Women, Great Neck Arts Center, Great Neck, NY
Specimen, Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Three Artists, Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Young Talent Show, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Art In Motion, Meany Auditorium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Works in Progress - 1st Year MFA, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
National Juried Exhibition, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
New Art 1999, MPG, Boston, MA

AWARDS
2007
2006
2005
2003
2001
2000
1998
1997
Aljira Emerge Fellowship, Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art
Julius Hallgarten Prize, National Academy Musuem
Juror's Award of Merit, Attleboro Arts Museum
Artist's Grant, Vermont Studio Center
Marsh Scholarship, University of Washington
Recruitment Scholarship, University of Washington
Fine Arts Senior Major Award, University of Pennsylvania
Lawrence Shprintz Travel Grant, University of Pennsylvania

RESIDENCIES
2009
2008
2007
2006
2004
2003
Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY
The Artist House, St. Mary's College, St. Mary's City, MD
Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, NY
Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES/CRITIQUES
2011
2010

2008
2007
2006

2004
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Art Lab at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
Pratt Institute, Utica, NY
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
2010

2008
Farina, Matthew. “Thought Patterns,” Beard & Brush blog, January 25, 2011
Price, Marshall. "Process and Perception," catalog essay for Thought Patterns, November 2010
New American Paintings, Edition #86, February/March 2010
Birke, Judy. "CAW Faculty and Their Guests Show Wide-Ranging Creativity," New Haven Register, October 5, 2008
Butler, Sharon. “Faculty & Friends: The Creative Arts Workshop,” Connecticut Art Scene blog, September 27, 2008
McFarlane, Tim. "Summertime, Summertime," www.timmcfarlane.com. July 29, 2008
Kasrel, Deni. "Arts Picks," Philadelphia City Paper, July 1, 2008
Calhoun, Drew. "Evolution Through Space," The Carolinian, April 29, 2008
Glancy, Marie. "L.I.C.'s Repetti Celebrates Free-Form Expression," Queens Chronicle, February 14, 2008