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Selected Exhibitions:
2009 "People," invitational group exhibition, Louie-Meager Art Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
Invitational group exhibition, Art Object Gallery, San Jose, CA
2008 "One Night Stand," group exhibition, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sobrato Community Center invitational group exhibition, Sobrato Community Center Gallery, Milpitas, CA
2007 "Fall Art Invitational," Art and Blues Festival, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Evergreen Valley College Faculty Exhibition, Library Gallery, San Jose, CA
2005 "Spring Sampler," group exhibition at Gross McLeaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 "Abstracteractions," solo exhibition, Wine Galleria, San Jose, CA
"Contemporary Abstracts," group exhibition, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
"Affirmative Abstraction," group exhibition, Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA
West Valley College Faculty Exhibition, Campus Art Center, Saratoga, CA
Evergreen Valley College Faculty Exhibition, Library Gallery, San Jose, CA
2003 West Valley College Faculty Exhibition, Campus Art Center, Saratoga, CA
Ohlone College Faculty Exhibition, Smith Center, Fremont, CA
2002 Berkeley Art Center 19th Annual Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Painting included in the Sunset Idea House, Palo Alto, CA
2001 Group exhibition, Heritage Bank, San Jose, CA
Group exhibition, Schlumberger corporate offices, San Jose, CA
"Arts on Fire" exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2000 "Out of State" group exhibition, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
Group exhibition, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1999 Group Exhibition, Heritage Bank, San Jose, CA
Group Exhibition, Applied Materials Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA
1998 "Tools of the Trade" group exhibition, Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
1997 "Beyond Boundaries" group exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1996 Berkeley Art Center 12th Annual Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
"Beyond Boundaries Preview Exhibition," Bank of America Concourse Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Watermark" group exhibition, Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
1995 "Aesthetics of Archetypes" group exhibition, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA
"Home Grown" 3-person show, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 "Every Picture Tells A Story," figurative group exhibition, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Awards, Publications and Reviews:
2004 Recipient of the "Black Cat Studio Award" for painting in "Contemporary Abstracts" group exhibition at the Alameda Art Center
2003 Featured artist, California Home & Design magazine, Sept 2003 issue.
Rachel organized a collaborative project for her 2D design students which showed at the Oakland Museum of California's Art of Seeing: Nature Revealed Through Illustration exhibition.
2001 Vermont Studio Center Artists in Residency Program Full Fellowship Award
2000 Review of "Out of State" exhibition at Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
1996 Coast Weekly and Monterey County Herald newspapers, publicity for "Aesthetics of Archetypes" exhibit at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA
1994 Book illustration for Redcrane Books titled La Cuentista

Professional Experience:
2005 to present
Tenure faculty at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, CA

1998 to 2005
Art department faculty at various Bay Area colleges, including Ohlone College in Fremont, Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, West Valley College in Saratoga and Santa Rosa Jr. College.

Education:
MFA in Pictorial Arts, San Jose State University, 2000
BFA in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, 1989
Foundation Studies, Rhode Island School of Design, 1985-86




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