Rachel Reynolds
Special Lecturer of Studio Art
Office Wilson Hall Rm 315
Phone: 248-370-3603
reynold2@oakland.edu
EDUCATION
2007 MFA in Visual Art, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
2000 BFA, College for Creative Studies, Magna Cum Laude, Detroit, MI
COURSES TAUGHT
Beginning Drawing, Beginning Painting, Life Drawing, Intermediate Drawing
Painting for Non-majors, Drawing for Non-Majors
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2011 40 minute interview for public television by Farmington Hills Cultural Division,
filmed in artist’s Hamtramck studio
2008 35 minute filmed artist talk by the art dept. at Cranbrook Kingswood
2005 Merit Scholarship, Vermont College
2004 Best in Show, Scarab Club
LECTURES
2011 Madonna University, invited by Art Dept. Chair, Doug Semivan, Livonia, MI
2011 Oakland University Visiting Artist Series, Rochester, MI
2010 College for Creative Studies, Invited by Prof. Lester Johnson, Detroit , MI
2009 Visiting Artist, F.A.F., Farmington Art Foundation, Farmington Public Library, MI
2008 Guest Artist for Critiques at Coyahuga Community College, Cleveland, OH
2008 Lecture on “Isolated Observations:D-DOT” to Cranbrook Students & CCS Students at Kingswood Gallery
2006 Lecture on “Witness to the Means of Circumstance” in Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts
2007 College for Creative Studies, Lecture and Critique Advanced Painting students
2006 College for Creative Studies, Detroit MI
SELECTED EXHIBITION RECORD: (1 & 2-person exhibits marked by asterisk)
10/12 Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens MI “Oakland University Faculty Exhibition”
4/12 Valade Family Gallery, Detroit MI “ Review: CCS Alumni Exhibition” juried by George N’Namdi
10/11 Zahorsky Studios, Hamtramck, MI “Hamtramck Studio Crawl: 2011”
10/11 Popps Packing, Hamtramck, MI “Pinewood Derby Car Exhibit/Auction”
9/11 Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI “Actual Size Biennial”
8/11 City Gallery, Costick Center, Farmington Hills, MI “Art Adventure”
11/10 Bishop Gallery, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI “F.I.A. Faculty Exhibition”
10/10 Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI “Oakland University Faculty Exhibition”
4/10 Brooklyn Public Library, NY “The Color Project”
11/09 Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI “F.I.A. Faculty Exhibit”
10/09 Creative Art Center, Pontiac, MI “Sought/Found:Oakland University Faculty Exhibit”
10/09 CAID, Detroit, MI “Actual Size Biennial”
8/09 * City Gallery, Costick Center, Farmington Hills, MI “Studies of Place & Views of Place”
1/09 Motor City Brewing Works, Detroit, MI “Anniversary Show”
10/08 College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI “Juried Alumni Exhibition”
9/08 Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI “Annual All Media Art Exhibition”
4/08 * Kingswood Gallery, Cranbrook Bloomfield Hills, MI “Isolated Observations: D-DOT”
3/08 Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME “Treading Lightly: One Foot at a Time”
2/08 BreadBox Gallery, Hamtramck, MI “Presents:…”
2/08 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI “ Detroit to Ann Arbor Show”
10/07 The Ladybug Gallery & CAID, Detroit, MI “Actual Size”
8/07 * Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT “This Is It.”
1/07 * Marygrove College Gallery, Detroit, MI “(re)collect”
12/06 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, (PCCA) Rochester, MI “Tick Tock”
5/06 14801 E. Jefferson, Detroit, MI “Installation-Transformation”
3/06 * Detroit Institute of Arts, “Visiting Artist”
3/06 Michigan Institute for the Arts, (MIA) Pontiac, MI “Michigan Now II”
12/05 Juris Gallery, Detroit, MI “Kinder Show”
11/05 Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, (CAID) Detroit, MI “Actual Size”
5/05 Oakland Community College, Farmington, MI “A Woman’s Perspective”
CURATED EXHIBITIONS:
10/10 Jason Ellison Memorial Exhibition, Boll Family YMCA, Detroit, MI