Biography
Rachel Rickert was born in 1990 in Bethesda, MD, and lives and works in Joshua Tree, CA. She received her MFA from the New York Studio School in 2015, and her BFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2012. Rickert has exhibited with galleries including Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles, CA; Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY; Alice Gauvin Gallery, Portland, ME; Auxier Kline, New York, NY; Danese/Corey, New York, NY; Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York, NY; The Painting Center, New York, NY; and Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China. She has participated in residencies including ACI Artists, Writers and Scholars Residency, Corciano, Italy; Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY; the Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT; and the James Castle House, Boise, ID. Her works are represented in public and private collections such as the Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Shandong, China, and the Boise City Department of Arts and History, Boise, ID. Rickert’s work has been reviewed and discussed in publications such as Two Coats of Paint, The Paris Review, Art Spiel, Canvas Rebel, The New Criterion, and Art Critical.
Recent Shows and/or Exhibitions
2024
Rock and Sun, Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Rachel Rickert: Landscapes En Plein Air, Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York, NY
The Guild of Adventure Painters: Yellowstone, Visions West Contemporary, Livingston, MT
Size Doesn't Matter (Small Works With Big Impact), Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Wind and Rattlesnakes, Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles, CA
A Room with a View, Vardan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Interlude: A Five-Year Residency Retrospective, James Castle House, Boise, ID
DESERTLAND, Hey There Projects, Joshua Tree, CA
Body Language, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
Good Sports, Auxier Kline, New York, NY
Blush, Auxier Kline, New Yor
2022
Group Exhibition presented by Capsule Shanghai, West Bund Art and Design 2022, Shanghai, China
Ophir and Friends: a tribute to Ophir Agassi, New York Studio School, New York, NY
Picnic, Auxier Kline, New York, NY
Tide Pools, Ground Floor Cont
Close Range, Alice Gauvin Gallery, Portland, ME
Cold Shower: Rachel Rickert & Alexandra Smith, Auxier Kline, New York, NY
2021
IRL, Auxier Kline, New York, NY
The Body in Question, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Group Exhibition presented by Capsule Shanghai, West Bund Art and Design 2021, Shanghai, China
A Species of Writing, Auxier Kline, New York, NY
Stages, Alice Gauvin Gallery, Portland, ME
Group Exhibition presented by Capsule Shanghai, JingArt Fair, Beijing, China
Looking out, looking in: an introspective, Alice Gauvin Gallery, Portland, ME
Significant Others, Auxier Kline, New York, NY
Female Sensibility, Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art, N2020
Intimate Anxiety, Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York, NY
Reverie, Danese/Corey, New York, NY
2020
Work by Five Women Artists, Art on Paper, Danese/Corey, New York, NY
Suddenly Last Summer, Auxier Kline, New York, NY
Elements of Existence, Public Swim, New York, NY