about

rachel is a new jersey-based artist who is working between garden state parkway exits 105 and 132. her sculptural practice is conceptually inspired by bugs in her environment, and not just the kind with six legs.

bugs are fixations; they’re a nuisance and obsession, paranoia and conspiracy. bugs are glitches present in physical, psychological, and mechanical space. by nature they are short-lived and evasive. bugs are elusive.

rachel uses ceramic sculpture to capture her bugs; which are currently Wawa convenience stores, horny house flies and the drone hysteria that possessed media headlines in 2024. she turns ephemeral concepts into small, handleable objects with longevity, which lends to their own collectible nature. to hold an object is to better understand its behavior, to collect objects is somewhat of its own bug. by repeatedly hand-sculpting and kiln-firing the metamorphic material, rachel attempts to grasp the elusive nature of her bugs.

the accumulation of works are then meticulously archived for intended release, spreading bugs back into the state from which they emerged.

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Group Exhibitions (** curated, * co-curated)

2025

Personal Landscapes - 200 Monmouth St, Red Bank, NJ

2023​

LUNCHMEATS - Chashama Studios, Matawan, NJ**

No Experience Necessary - Atlantic Highlands Art Council, Atlantic Highlands, NJ

2022

sloppy 2nds - Chashama Studios, Matawan, NJ**

2021

Homegrown - 320 W 23rd, New York, NY

The Chashama Matawan 11 - Atlantic Highlands Art Council, Atlantic Highlands, NJ

2020

LUCK - Chashama Studios, Matawan, NJ

2017

Co-curate Shows: Implicate Order - Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ*

Proverbial Balls - Livingston Arts Building, Piscataway, NJ

CATAWAMPUS - Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ*

2016

Same Boat - Livingston Arts Building, Piscataway, NJ*

When It's Over - Window Displays at Rite-Aid, Highland Park, NJ  

Art in a State of Mobility - Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ*

The Gory Hole - Livingston Arts Building, New Brunswick, NJ

Hit the Showers - Livingston Installation and Performance Space, Piscataway, NJ*

Inhabitance - Rutgers Gardens, North Brunswick, NJ*

I AM: A Group Exhibition with Malala - Con Artist Collective, New York, NY​

​Residencies

Chashama - Matawan, NJ 2020 - 2025

Education

BFA in Sculpture - Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University 2017 - summa cum laude

Awards

Outstanding Achievement Award - Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University 2017