EDUCATION:
Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 2019
Bachelor of Arts, College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara. 2002
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Artifacts of Affection, Gallery 114, Portland, OR. 2020
Parlor Room, 26Twenty Gallery, Cape Girardeau, MO. 2020
Chimeras & Underdogs, Gallery 114 Portland, OR. 2017
Hydrophilic, Black Pine, Woodland, CA. 2016
Abstract Paintings by Rachael Zur, Mojo’s, Woodland, CA. 2014
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
In Your Absence, with Gary Zur, Gallery 114, Portland, OR. 2018
infield & Zur, with Hillary WinfieldGallery at Cerulean, Portland, OR. 2017
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Domestic Landscapes, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR. 2020
Bull in a China Shop, Tchotchke Gallery, New York, NY. Online. 2020
Love Politik, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR. 2020
Tactile Connections, Ghost Art Project, Omaha, NE. Online. 2020
Flat File Collection Fundraiser for Soul Fire Farm, Collar Works, Troy, NY. 2020
Everything is Different Now, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN. 2020
Either Volume 1, Online, In Passing, New York, NY, 2020
Touch, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Online. 2020
Domestic Interiors, Stay at Home Gallery, Online. 2020
Art in the Time of COVID-19, Online Gallery 114, Portland. OR, 2020
KA Projects, Aqua Art Fair, Miami Beach. 2019
Night Garden, Young Space, Online. 2019
All Together, One Grand Gallery, Portland, OR. 2019
Low Residency MFA Thesis Show, SAIC, Chicago, IL. 2019
Re-Deux, Gallery 114, Portland, OR. 2019
Dwelling in Possibilities, Gallery 114, Portland, OR. 2018
Abstract Sanctuary 5, Verum Ultimum, Portland, OR. 2018
Always, Low Residency MFA Group Show, SAIC Open Studios, Chicago IL. 2017
Kintsugi, Pop up Show, Chicago, IL. 2017
PSA, Ford Gallery, Portland, OR. 2017
Anything Goes, Gallery 114, Portland, OR. 2017
Abstract Sanctuary 4, Verum Ultimum, Portland, OR. 2017
Gala Art Auction 2016, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA. 2016
Bark!, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA. 2016
Tame the Flame, Mojo’s, Woodland, CA. 2015
Bark!, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA. 2015
Mom’s Other Work, Rouge Gallery, Woodland, CA. 2014
Yolo Flyers Club, Woodland, CA. Group Show. 2012
What You See is What You Get, Pop up Show, Los Angeles, CA. 2002
REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS:
Review by David Bates with Oregon Arts Watch, "Domestic Landscapes: Exploring the Residue of Lives Lived" January 4, 2021
Review by Ashley Gifford, Rachael Zur "Artifacts of Affection" at Gallery 114, Art and About Blog, Portland, OR. August 19th.
2020
Interviewed by David Schell, The Semi-Finalist is: Rachael Zur, The Semi-Finalist, Blog, Portland, OR. August 25, 2020
2020
Featured Artist, Young Space, yngspc.com, May 7.
https://yngspc.com/artists/2020/05/rachael-zur/ 2020
Interviewed by Cynthia Mosser, Rachael Zur-painter, ArtChat Northwest, Podcast, Portland, OR. November 24
https://soundcloud.com/user-267937984/rachael-zur-interview 2017
LECTURES/ PRESENTATIONS:
Moderator, Neck of the Woods, Artist Talk, Gallery 114, Portland OR. November 1, 2019
Moderator, Beauty in Contemporary Art, Panel Discussion, Gallery 114, Portland OR. April 13, 2019
Artist Talk, Artist Talk with Rachael Zur and Mark Andres, Gallery 114, Portland, OR. November 17, 2018
Presentation, Artist Talk for Kids, Gallery 114, Portland, OR. December 17th, 2017
Artist Talk, Artist Talk with Rachael Zur and John Cline, Gallery 114, Portland OR. December 9, 2017
Lecture, Juxtapositions in Painting Practices and Themes, Luna Vista Rotary, Woodland CA. 2016
PUBLICATIONS:
Stay Home, Stay Home Gallery and Residency, by Kaylan Buteyn and Pam Marlene Taylor, Paris, TN. 2020
Under The Bridge Painting Issue, 2020
CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
Prepared Space, Group Show, Gallery 114, Portland, OR. 2020
Beauty Untethered, Group Show. Gallery 114, Portland, OR. 2019
C.E. Dingle Elementary History Club Art Show. First Friday Art Walk, Woodland, CA. 2015
C.E. Dingle Elementary History Club Art Show. First Friday Art Walk, Woodland, CA. 2014
EXPERIENCE:
Program Mentor, Low Residency MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 2020
Interim Chair of the Board of Directors, Gallery 114, Portland 2020-2021
Member of WAVE Artist Collective, Portland, OR. 2020
Secretary of the Board of Directors, Gallery 114, Portland, OR. 2018-2020
Facilitator, Film Club for Low Residency MFA SAIC, Chicago, IL. 2018-2019
Facilitator, Beauty and Sublime Book Club, for Low Residency MFA SAIC, Chicago, IL. 2017-2018
Member of Gallery 114, Artist Collective in Portland, OR. 2016-present
Established the “Hands on History for Kids” event for the Stroll Through History nonprofit in Woodland, CA. 2013
Founded and Ran C.E. Dingle Elementary History Club, Woodland, CA. Engaged students in learning local history through art projects, historical reenactment and field trips. 2012-2016
SCHOLARSHIPS:
Ox-Bow Loretta Grellner Scholarship. 2018