Education
2014 BFA in Studio Art, Painting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Grants/Awards
2018 Third Place, CT Women Artist (CWA) 89th Annual National Open Juried Exhibition (painting: Veiled)
2018 Best in Oil/Acrylic, Brilliant: Summer Open Show, (painting: Where I Stood)
2017 Dr. David Cugell Memorial Prize (Best in Show), New Haven Paint & Clay Club 116th Annual Juried Exhibit, (painting: She Used to be
Mine)
2017 Samuel E. Armour Memorial Award, Academic Artists Association 67th Annual National Exhibition of Traditional Realism, (painting:
Sitting Still)
2016 Adele K. Paier Prize, New Haven Paint and Clay Club 115th Annual Juried Exhibition, (painting: Ascending. Descending)
2016 Purchase Prize, New Haven Paint and Clay Club 115th Annual Juried Exhibition, (painting: Ascending. Descending)
2015 Best in Painting, Oils or Acrylic, 71st Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition (painting: Absence of Being)
2014 Honorable Mention, Chamard Vineyard Exhibition (painting: Solitary)
2013 UMass Arts Council Grant Recipient
2013 UMass Studio Arts Study Abroad Scholarship
2013 2nd Best in Show from the Internal Jury, 25th Annual Junior/Senior Awards
2013 4th Best in Show from the External Jury, 25th Annual Junior/Senior Awards
2013 Dina Brodsky Award, 25th Annual Junior/Senior Awards
Solo Exhibitions
2013 In Asylum: A BFA Thesis Show by Rachel Carlson, Augusta Savage Gallery, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA December 3 - 6
Group Exhibitions
2019
Along the Banks of the River, Earth and Fire Gallery, Essex, CT January 26 - April 13
75th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT January 13 - March 15
2018
CWA 89th Annual National Open Juried Exhibition, Barnes Franklin Gallery, Tunxis Community College, Farmington, CT Sept.1 - 28
Brilliant: Summer Open Show, Essex Art Association, Essex, CT June 30 - July 21
48th Annual Nor'Easter Members Juried Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
New Haven Paint and Clay Club 117th Annual Exhibition, Creative Arts Center, New Haven, CT
2017
Elements, Earth & Fire Art Studio, Essex, CT October 21 - December 31
Self -Indulgence, Hampden Gallery, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA September 10 - October 4
Singlefare 4, Highline Stages, New York, NY, September 16 - 17
CWA 88th Annual National Open Juried Exhibition; Arts Center East, Vernon, CT September 1 - 29
New Haven Paint and Clay Club 116th Annual Exhibition, Creative Arts Center, New Haven, CT July 16 - 30
Academic Artists Association 67th Annual National Exhibition of Traditional Realism, Arts Center East, Vernon, CT May 3 - 19
47th Annual Nor'Easter Members Juried Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT April 29 - May 28
Book Ends, Herter Art Gallery, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA March 1 - 28
73rd Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT January 22 - March 17
2016
8th Annual Figurative Painting & Drawing Exhibit, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA Oct. 22 - Dec. 11
New Haven Paint and Clay Club 115th Annual Exhibition 2016, Creative Arts Center, New Haven, CT May 13 - June 10
Academic Artist Association 66th Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism, Arts Center East, Vernon, CT May 4 - 20
72nd Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT February 7 - March 18
46th Annual Nor'Easter Members Juried Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT January 9 - February 14
2015
Academic Artist Association's 65th Annual National Exhibit of Contemporary Realism, Vernon Community Center, Vernon, CT May 3 - 22
CT+6, Clubhouse Gallery, West Hartford, CT April 23 - May 31
71st Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT February 8 - March 20
Our First Show, SEEN Gallery, Pawtucket, RI February 7 - March 8
2014
Kindness of Strangers, Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT November 21 - January 11
Allurers Perogative, Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton, CT September 26 - November 19
CWA 85th Annual National Open Juried Exhibition; Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT, August 30 - September 26
Chamard Vineyard Exhibition, Chamard Vineyards, Clinton, CT July 20 - October 1
Through the Glass, Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, New London, CT July 20 - September 14
70th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT, February 9 - March 21
WICKED: 2014 Juried Art Show, Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery, Framingham, MA, January 30 - March 2
2013
25th Annual Junior/Senior Awards Show, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
2012
Means to End: Five College Advance Studio Seminar Show, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Gallery & Art Organization Affiliations
CT Women Artists (CWA), elected member, 2018 - present
New Haven Paint and Clay Club, member, 2018
Maple and Main Gallery, 1 Maple Street, Chester, CT, gallery director & member artist 2014- 2018
Permanent Collections
New Haven Paint and Clay Club, New Haven, CT (painting: Ascending, Descending)
Various Private Collections in Connecticut, California, and New York
Residencies
2016 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT January 31 - February 26
2013 University of Massachusetts Amherst Studio Program, Paris and Chateau de La Napoule, France, July 4 - August 15
Publications
2017 Oct. 4, Deep River Historical Society, "Deep River Stories" (Illustration: "Ghost in the Library")
2015 Dec. 1st, Starry Night Retreat, "Artists to Look Out For" www.starrynightretreat.com/alf/
2015 Feb.16th, Hartford Courant, "Slater's Annual Juried Show Draws Artists from Across the State" www.courant.com
2015 Feb. 7th, Middletown Press, "Norwich Slater Museum Exhibition has Local Winners" www.middletownpress.com
2015 Jan. 20th, MassLive, "Western Massachusetts Artists Display Artwork at SEEN Gallery in Rhode Island"