Rachel Owens
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Rachel Owens (born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1972) is an American artist. She is best known for her multi-media sculptures and installations, which often incorporate a social component. Many of her works are made from crushed glass.[1][2] She lives and works in New York, NY, and is an Assistant Professor of Art and Design at Purchase College, SUNY.[3]
Education
Rachel Owens received a BA from the University of Kansas, Lawrence. She received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999.
Exhibitions
Owens has exhibited internationally.[4][5][6] She is represented by ZieherSmith Gallery in New York.
Public commissions
- Life on the Other Side of a Broken Glass Ceiling, NYC Parks Department, 2017
- Skin (US), Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2012
- Inveterate Composition for Clare, NYC Parks Department, 2011[7][8]
- Privet, Austrian Cultural Forum, 2010
- Groundswell, Socrates Sculpture Park, 2007
Recognition
Owens' work has been discussed in the New York Times,[9][10] Art in America, Hyperallergic,[11] Urban Glass,[12] Sculpture Magazine, and Modern Painters, among other publications. She has received grants from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Harpo Foundation,[13] and the United States Embassy in Russia.
External links
References
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- ^ "This artist made colorful glass casts of the oldest living thing in NYC". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ UrbanGlass (2019-08-09). "HOT OF THE PRESSES: Glass #139, Summer 2015". UrbanGlass. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ "Rachel Owens". www.purchase.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ "Rachel Owens at the 10th Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennial". BAM.org. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
- ^ "Rachel Owens: VOLTA Basel". voltashow.com. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
- ^ "Rachel Owens's Inveterate Composition for Clare - Frist Art Museum". fristartmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
- ^ "Inveterate Composition for Clare by Brooklyn-based artist Rachel Owens Hi-Res Photo - Photo Flash: INVETERATE COMPOSITION FOR CLARE Sculpture Installed at Nashville's Frist Center". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
- ^ "April 2012 Sculpture Magazine - Itinerary". www.sculpture.org. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ Rosenberg, Karen (2010-08-19). "'NineteenEightyFour,' All Eyes, at Austrian Forum". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ Times, The New York (2005-08-12). "Art in Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ "Casting New York City's Oldest Tree in Luminous Glass". Hyperallergic. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ UrbanGlass (2019-03-30). "Rachel Owens' majestic works in cast resin and glass…". UrbanGlass. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ "The Harpo Foundation | Rachel Owens and Socrates Sculpture ParkNew Work Project Grant". Retrieved 2019-03-30.