about

rachel is an artist and small person that can be found working between garden state parkway exits 127 and 105. her work is inspired by her passion for bugs, and not just the kind with six legs.

bugs are fixations. they are pests and pestilence; glitches in physical, mental, technological and cultural space. bugs are ephemeral in nature and their behaviors are mysterious, looking at one bug is not telling you much. rachel captures bugs to observe and find patterns in places that would otherwise be underfoot. she is interested in the way bugs manifest in our lives— both literally and metaphorically; her current bugs being Wawa convenience stores, horny house flies and the drone hysteria that possessed local media headlines in 2024. she quickly pins down these fixations using time-sensitive materials like ceramic and ink, and morphs them into collectible objects that are desirable in ways many other forms of bugs are not. collections are multiplied as she works repetitively, and the accumulated collections are meticulously named, archived and released, spreading bugs back into the world from which they emerged.

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Group Exhibitions (** curated, * co-curated)

2025

Personal Landscapes - 200 Monmouth St, Red Bank, NJ

2023​

LUNCHMEATS - Chashama Studios, Matawan, NJ**

No Experience Necessary - Atlantic Highlands Art Council, Atlantic Highlands, NJ

2022

sloppy 2nds - Chashama Studios, Matawan, NJ**

2021

Homegrown - 320 W 23rd, New York, NY

The Chashama Matawan 11 - Atlantic Highlands Art Council, Atlantic Highlands, NJ

2020

LUCK - Chashama Studios, Matawan, NJ

2017

Co-curate Shows: Implicate Order - Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ*

Proverbial Balls - Livingston Arts Building, Piscataway, NJ

CATAWAMPUS - Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ*

2016

Same Boat - Livingston Arts Building, Piscataway, NJ*

When It's Over - Window Displays at Rite-Aid, Highland Park, NJ  

Art in a State of Mobility - Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ*

The Gory Hole - Livingston Arts Building, New Brunswick, NJ

Hit the Showers - Livingston Installation and Performance Space, Piscataway, NJ*

Inhabitance - Rutgers Gardens, North Brunswick, NJ*

I AM: A Group Exhibition with Malala - Con Artist Collective, New York, NY​

​Residencies

Chashama - Matawan, NJ 2020 - present

Education

BFA in Sculpture - Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University 2017 - summa cum laude

Awards

Outstanding Achievement Award - Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University 2017