RACHEL KERWIN

EDUCATION

2006               BFA Painting, Cornell University Ithaca, NY

2005               Cornell in Rome Program, Rome, Italy

GRANTS, AWARDS, AND RESIDENCIES

2015               Artist Fellowship Program Grant, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

2014               Outstanding Emerging Artist, DC Mayor’s Art Awards

2012               Juried into the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA

2007               Alumni Astral Grant, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2017               Dreams and Recollections, Artists & Makers, Rockville, MD

2016               Collective Remix, Franklin Arts Center, Brainerd, MN

2015               Visual Arts Exhibition featuring Grantees of AFP15, Gallery at 200 I Street, Washington, DC

2014               Framework, The Gray Gallery, Winchester, VA

2013               LUMEN8Anacostia, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC

2013               Solo Exhibition, Flocking, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA

2012               Solo Exhibition, Flocking, Salve Regina Gallery, Washington, DC

2012               Stimulus, RAW, Washington, DC

COMMISSIONS

2016              "Migration," Smoke on paper, Hyatt Place, Arlington, VA

2016              Private Commission, "Riverside Sunset," phototransfer and acrylic on panel, Chicago, IL

2015               Private Commission, “Flight Patterns VI,” pencil on paper, Washington, DC

2014               Private Commission, "The Tobacco Barn," oil on reclaimed wood, Alexandria, VA

2014               Mural, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA

2013               Cover Art for Work of Fiction, “Sundidos,” pastel on paper

2013               Cover Art for Anthology of Essays, “SPEAK,” charcoal and graphite

2013               Private Commission, “Fallen Tree Triptych,” oil on canvas, Tampa, FL

2012               Cover Art for Work of Fiction, “Sovereign Soil,” linocut and watercolor

COLLECTIONS

Hyatt Place Arlington/Courthouse Plaza, VA

Art Bank, Washington, DC

Capital One, Richmond, VA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jessica Godart, “Torpedo Factory’s Anniversary Mural Brings the Center ‘Outside the Lines,’” Northern Virginia Magazine, August 2014. www.northernvirginiamag.com

Katie Callahan “Make Art, Not War: Torpedo Factory Art Center celebrates 40 years of creativity,” Alexandria Times, June 26, 2014. 10.  alextimes.com

Karen Gross, “The Impact of Speaking Out: When Silence Stopped Being Golden,” Huffington Post, March 19th, 2014. www.huffingtonpost.com