Resume

Mettle (2009) by Rachel Popowcer

 

Education
BFA, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

MFA, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

 

Teaching

Current adjunct faculty for Central New Mexico Community College, Fine Arts Department, and private painting group workshops. 

Other positions have included The University of New Mexico Art Department, UNM's Continuing Education Program, Harwood Art Center, and more.

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009

(April) Small Pieces - Mariposa Upstairs Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2008

(November) Glimmer: Paintings by Rachel Popowcer, Artspace 116, Albuquerque, NM

2006

Counting Days - Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2005

Collective - Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2004

SPIN - Box Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2003

Rachel Eve Popowcer - Valentine Fine Art, Livingston, Montana

2002

Rachel Eve Popowcer - Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California

2000

Durations - The Harwood Arts Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1999

Interior Balance - John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011

Miniatures and More, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM

2011

18 Days, presented by The New Mexico Committe for Women in the Arts & The Center for Contemporary Arts, Munoz Waxman Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2010

Drawn to Painting, AC2 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM         

2008,2009,2010 

12 x 12, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM

2007

New Work, New Space, Ellis West Gallery, Durango, CO

2006

100% Centennial Exhibition, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA
2006 Tzedakah: The Art of Giving, The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
2006 Pittsburgh Alumni, Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2005

Weave, Contemporary Albuquerque Virtual Gallery, with Suzanne Sbarge
2005 Nina Bean Memorial Foundation Invitational Art Exhibition and Silent Auction, Albuquerque, NM

2004

an ECLECTIC group, Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernalillo, New Mexico
2004 Abstract International, Valentine Fine Art, Bozeman, Montana

2003

Nina Bean Memorial Foundation Art Invitational and Silent Auction, Albuquerque, NM
2003 Inedible Edibles, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2002

December Invitational - Nuart Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 Fresh Paint - Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 Wood you please? - Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2002 NOW, Fort 105 Studios, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2001

Rachel Eve Popowcer and Jann Rowley - Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
2001 Abstraction 9 - invitational exhibition, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2000

Matrixarts International 2000: Women Consuming, Women Consumed Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California, juried exhibition

 

Reviews of Exhibitions

2008

Pulkka, Wesley, "Painter has audience stop, think.", The Albuquerque Sunday Journal, December 21, pg. F5.
2008 Pulkka, Wesley, "Visual Art: Despite difficult economics, cultural wealth shines through", The Albuquerque Sunday Journal, December 28, pg. F3.
2008 Coyle, Pamela, "Light, Space and Freedom Draw Artists to Albuquerque", IMAGES of Albuquerque Magazine, Culture Section, June 4th.

2006

Shaw, Kurt, "Gallery rounds up Pittsburgh alumni", Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Sunday Edition, September 17.

2005

Pulkka, Wesley, "Monoprints, Abstracts on Display", The Albuquerque Journal, Sunday Edition, April 24th, pg. F5

2002

Cline, Lynn, "BALANCING ACT, Rachel Popowcer's Technique", Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, April 26, pgs. 18-19.

2001

Garriott-Stejskal, Richard, "Touchy, feely, smelly art at the Harwood", Crosswinds Weekly, October 18-25, pg. 15.

2001

Pulkka, Wesley, "Dartmouth show a fine overview of abstract evolution", The Albuquerque Sunday Journal, April 15, pg. F5

2000

Pulkka, Wesley, "Alternative Energies", The Albuquerque Journal, October 20, no. 294, West Side Edition, pg. 8.

1999

Allen, Steven Robert, "Art vs. Commerce", Albuquerque Weekly Alibi, vol. 8, no. 40, October 7-13, pg. 23.

1999

DellaFlora, Anthony, "Window displays dress up Downtown area", The Albuquerque Journal, September 17, no. 260, Venue, pg. E10.

1999

Mobley-Martinez, T.D., "Bold, expressive art rolls through original sampling in three waves", The Albuquerque Tribune, January 29, pg. C6.

 

Publications

2005

Garcia, Nasario, "Albuquerque, Feliz Cumpleanos, Three Centuries to Remember", La Herencia Publications, Santa Fe, NM, p. 81.

2003

Southwest Art Magazine, September, pg. 84.
2003 Sources & Design magazine, January/February 2003, pg. 68.

2001

Cimarron Review, Winter Edition, Issue 134, cover and back issue art.

1999

Interior Balance Exhibition Catalog, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1999  Young Voices, New Worlds: selected works from the Magnifico Arts Workshops for Community Center Youth Spring 1999 and 2000, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1998

Parenting New Mexico, "Art, Music and Dance for Children", August/September Vol. IV, No.VII, pgs. 4-8.

 

Collections

Arjo Wiggins Paper Company, South Hadley, Massachusetts
New Mexico Bank and Trust
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Red Rock Resort and Spa, Las Vegas, NV
Numerous private collections in the United States and Europe.

© 2012 Rachel Popowcer

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