Resume
EDUCATION
1997 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1995 BFA, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (Trustees Scholarship + Art Talent Award)
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
Artist Studios Program, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY (Feb–May, 2016)
Visual Art Grant, Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund (2015)
Brush Creek Arts Residency, Saratoga, WY (summer 2014)
A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY (2013–14)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2018 Looking Forward, Looking Back, Granary Arts, Ephraim, UT (solo exhibition)(catalog)
2017 Beyond the Bed Covers, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Laura Petrovich-Cheney)
Onward, video screened as a prelude to Julia Gleich’s ballet, Martha (The Searchers), Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn, NY (produced by Norte Maar)
Onward, video screened in conjunction with Henning Haupt’s Journey of Magenta, The Projects, Contemporary Art Space, FATVillage, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Ancestors Traversing Quilts, The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York, NY (solo installation)
Expanded Visions: Fifty Years of Collecting, The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York, NY
Immediate Present, Riverside Church, Mormon Arts Center Festival, New York, NY (curated by Laura Allred Hurtado)(catalog)
2015 NURTUREart Benefit Exhibition, The Boiler, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Torn and Fired: new work in collage and clay, Outlet Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Jason Andrew)
Jay Invitational of Clay, Norte Maar at The Jay House, Jay, NY (curated by Jackie Sabourin with Jason Andrew)
2014 If These Walls…, A.I.R. Gallery on Governors Island, New York, NY
We Know What We Like, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY (Triangle Arts Association Benefit)
Land + Place + Performance, Granary Art Center, Ephraim, UT (curated by Laura Allred Hurtado)
2013 Ancestors, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (solo exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship)
#throwbackthursday / #flashbackfriday, Calico, Brooklyn, NY (jurors: Scott Chasse & Hrag Vartanian)
40th Anniversary Lesbian Herstory Archives Art Benefit, Johannes Vogt Gallery (co-sponsored by Alexander Gray Associates), New York, NY
Clay Space 1205 Turns 7, Gallery 1205, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Illegitimate & Herstorical, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Emily Roysdon)
Crest Hardware Art Show, Crest Hardware Store, Brooklyn, NY
Postcards to North Brooklyn, Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
2008 The Sparky Show, Schroeder Romero/Winkleman Gallery Project Space, New York, NY
2007 A Summer Arts 2007 Retrospective, St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation & the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2004 The More the Merrier, Viridian Artists & Friends, Viridian Artists Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Treats, window installation, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1995 NO TRESPASSING, site-specific installation, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (solo BFA thesis exhibition)
1994 B-66: Mud-Wrestling, Gallery 303, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Utah ’94, state juried exhibition, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (juror: Ilene Susan Fort) (catalog)
Drawing ’94, national juried exhibition, Bent F. Larsen Gallery, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Honorable Mention (juror: Sam Gappmayer) (catalog)
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
Communal Societies: Journal of the Communal Studies Association, Vol. 37 , No. 1 (Spring 2017): cover art
Lacanian Ink, Vol. 46 (Fall 2015), images on pages 118, 160 & 161.
Clarity Haynes, “How We Got Here: Portrait of the Artist as a Queer Feminist,” Hyperallergic, 14 March 2015.
Hrag Vartanian, “Your Concise Guide to the 2014 Greenpoint Open Studios,” Hyperallergic, 3 October 2014.
Sally Deskins, ed., “Les Femmes Folles: The Women, 2013,” (anthology) 2014.
Sally Deskins, “Rachel Farmer, Artist,” featured interview, Les Femmes Folles, 5 December 2013.
Carolina A. Miranda, “Calendar. 11.01.13.,” C-Monster, national weekly listings, 1 November 2013.
Martin Esteves, “Check Out My Body of Work – ‘Throwback Thursday’ at Calico,” Greenpointers, 4 October 2013.
Kate Wadkins, “Queer Art Grows in Brooklyn,” review of Illegitimate & Herstorical, Hyperallergic, 18 January 2012.
Exponent II, featured artist (cover, photos and interview), Vol. 31 (Spring 2012): pages 18–20.
PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS
Artist Talk, Looking Forward, Looking Back opening event, Granary Arts, Ephraim, UT, May 26, 2018
Q&A with Gonzalo Casals, Executive Director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum, Ancestors Traversing Quilts opening event, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art, New York, NY, July 27, 2017
Presentation, Artist Studios Program closing event, The Theater at the Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY, June 2, 2016
Workshop, MADmakes!, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY, April 21, 2016
Artist Talk, Ancestors opening event, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, November 7, 2013
Presentation, A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship Welcome Party, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, May 7, 2013
TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012–present School Programs Educator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2007–present School Programs Educator, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2013–2014 Part-Time Lecturer, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY
2012–2013 Adjunct Lecturer, The City College of New York, New York, NY
2000–2012 Senior Associate Producer, Wildlight Productions, Inc., New York, NY
2007 Teaching Artist, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY
2005–2007 Artist Educator, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
1999–2007 Teaching Artist, Studio in a School, New York, NY
1997–1999 Art Education Coordinator, Chicago Children’s Museum, Chicago, IL