Rachel Davis: Biography
Rachel Davis received her B.A. from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh in 1992 and her M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997. Rachel’s paintings have been exhibited in national venues including the Holter Museum of Fine Art, Helena, Montana; Evergreen Galleries, Olympia, Washington; and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters in Madison, Wisconsin. She is represented by Zg Gallery in Chicago, Illinois.

Solo Exhibitions
2008 — Animals Without Backbones, Edgewood College, DeRicci Gallery [announcement]
2007 — Play is Work, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
2002 — Promise, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 — Here, Evergreen State College Galleries, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
2002 — Topophilia, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Madison, WI
2000 — Souvenir, CitiArts Space, Madison, WI

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 — Natural Progressions, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL [announcement]
2006 — 18th Evanston and Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2006 — An Odyssey: UW-Madison MFA Printmakers Return, Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, WI
2006 — Scar Tissue: Fast Pain, Slow Healing, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2005 — 9 × 12 Works on Paper, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2005 — Sextet, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 — 8th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (Honorable Mention; Juror, Lynne Warren)
2005 — Sedges of Wisconsin, Steinhauer Trust Gallery, Madison, WI
2004 — A Decade of Art from the Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison, WI
2003 — 4 Painters 4 Perspectives, The BioPharmaceutical Technology Center, Madison, WI
2003 — Painting Beyond Convention, Bowman, Penelec and Megahan Art Galleries, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
2003 — Compendium, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 — Sketches, Scrawls, Scribbles and Such, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 — 12 × 12”, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 — Slop Showroom Tour, Traveling Exhibition: Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO; University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; St Mary’s College, South Bend, IN; College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
2001 — Four Play, Traveling Exhibition: Bluseed Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY; the Mist Grill Gallery, Waterbury, VT; 113 Ludlow, NY, NY; Arts Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL; The Pro Gallery, College of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
2000 — Abstraction for a New Millenium, Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY (Anne Ellegood, Juror)
2000 — Artful Abstractions, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
1998 — Outside Constraints: Extending the Medium, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI

Awards and Honors
2006 — Professional Artist in Residence, Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2003 — Printmaking Fellowship, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2002 — Residency/Fellowship, Montana Artists Refuge, Basin, MT
1999 — Residency/Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1998 — Honorable Mention, Hand Pulled Prints VI, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
1997 — Class of 1930 Purchase Award, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Education
1997 — Master of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (Printmaking)
1993 — New York University, New York, NY
1992 — Bachelor of Arts, SUNY at Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY

Rachel Davis © 2007