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:
Haunt, Stone House Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC. 2021
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
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
Across an Impossible Distance, with Penny Cagney, Eric Fischl Gallery, Phoenix, AZ. 2023
Told and Untold, with Heather Lee Birdsong, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR. 2022
Parting Gifts, with Penny Cagney, Clovis Community College, Fresno, CA. 2022
Home/Body, with Ruth Ross, Anita S. Wooten Gallery at Valencia College, Orlando, FL. 2021
In Your Absence, with Gary Zur, Gallery 114, Portland, OR. 2018
Winfield & Zur, with Hillary WinfieldGallery at Cerulean, Portland, OR. 2017
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
The Women's Room, Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR. 2023
Homemaker, Archer Gallery at Clark College, Vancouver, WA. 2023
It's Complicated, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR. 2023
Thresholds in Parameters of What it is to Be..., Phebe Conley Gallery at California State University, Fresno, CA. 2023
Painting at Night, Collar Works, Troy, NY. 2022
Through Mossy Ways, I Like Your Work, Online. 2022
Here Together, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR. 2022
Blind Date, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR. 2022
A Provocation, after/time, Portland, OR. 2022
Porous Modes, Field Projects, New York, NY. Online. 2021
In Painting Thinking is Painting, Erickson Gallery, Portland, OR. 2021
Artworks Northwest Biennial, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR. 2021
Ordinary Lives, ACSEMO Gallery, Cape Girardeau, MO. 2021
Residual Dwelling, Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, TN. 2021
What's Different?, SOIL, Seattle, WA. 2021
True Home, Gallery 114, Portland, OR. 2021
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
Everything is Different Now, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN. 2020
Either Volume 1, In Passing, New York, NY, Online. 2020
Touch, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Online. 2020
Night Garden, Young Space, Online. 2019
All Together, One Grand Gallery, Portland, OR. 2019
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
Bark!, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA. 2015
PUBLICATIONS:
Friend of The Artist Volume 15, 2022
New American Paintings, MFA Annual, issue #159, 2022
New American Paintings, Pacific Coast, issue #151, 2020
Stay Home, by Stay Home Gallery and Residency, TN. 2020
Under The Bridge Painting Issue, 2020
REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS:
Interview by The Hopper Prize Journal Insights Into Contemporary Art, October 18 2022 https://hopperprize.org/rachael-zur-interview/
Interview by Outback Projects: “Virtual Studio Visit: Rachael Zur” November 5, 2021 http://outbackprojects.weebly.com/rachael-zur.html
Close Look by Burnaway Magazine, Residual Dwelling at Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, May 2, 2021 link
Review by David Bates with Oregon Arts Watch, "Domestic Landscapes:https://www.orartswatch.org/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.
http://www.artandaboutpdx.com/blog/rachael-zur-artifacts-of-affection-at-gallery-114 2020
Interviewed by David Schell, The Semi-Finalist is: Rachael Zur, The Semi-Finalist, Blog, Portland, OR. August 25, 2020
https://www.thesemi-finalist.com/artist-interviews/the-semi-finalist-is-rachael-zur
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
ARTIST TALKS & PRESENTATIONS:
Artist Talk, Archer Gallery Artist Talks, with Rachael Zur, in conjunction with Homemaker Exhibition, Archer Gallery at Clark College, Vancouver, WA. February 22, 2023 link
Artist Talk, Artist Talk with Rachael Zur and Penny Cagney, in conjunction with Parting Gifts Exhibition, Clovis Community College, Fresno, CA. Via Zoom, March 16, 2022
Virtual Studio Tour, in conjunction with Home/Body Exhibition, Anita S. Wooten Gallery at Valencia College, Orlando, FL. Via Zoom, July 6, 2021
Artist Talk, In Conversation with Rachael Zur, Laura Drey and Raquel Mullins, in conjunction with Residual Dwelling Exhibition, Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, TN. Via Zoom. April 25, 2021
Artist Talk, Weekly Happy Hour, in conjunction with Bull in a China Shop Exhibition, Tchotchke Gallery, New York, NY. Via Zoom. December 2, 2020
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
CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
Atlas, Co-curated with Marcelo Fontana and Jason Triefenbach, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR. 2021
Prepared Space, Group Show, Gallery 114, Portland, OR. 2020
Beauty Untethered, Group Show. Gallery 114, Portland, OR. 2019
EXPERIENCE:
Member of Carnation Contemporary, Artist Collective in Portland, OR. 2022-present
Program Mentor, Low Residency MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 2020, 2022
Interim Chair of the Board of Directors, Gallery 114, Portland 2020-2021
Member of WAVE Artist Collective, Portland, OR. 2020-present
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. 2016-2021
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS:
Hopper Prize Finalist, 2022
Ox-Bow Loretta Grellner Scholarship. 2018
School of thee Art Institute of Chicago, Enrichment Grant. 2017
RESIDENCIES:
Stay Home Gallery and Residency, Paris, TN. 2021
Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI. 2018