Rachel Niffenegger, born 1985, Evanston, IL
Lives and works in Chicago, IL and Amsterdam, NL
Education
2012-present
de ateliers, Amsterdam, NL
2012
MFA, Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2008
BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2013
Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Club Midnight, Berlin, DE
2011
Rachel Niffenegger and Paul Nudd, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2010
As you pass by and cast an eye as you are now so once was I, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2009
Trichotillomania, The Post Family, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man, Tracy Williams, LTD, New York, NY
Physical and Virtual Bodies, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, NL
Psychosexual: An exploration of the abstracted gesture (curated by Scott Hunter), Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012
Limbodrome, de ateliers, Amsterdam, NL
Power of Consumption, Club Midnight, Berlin, DE
Ground Floor, The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Big Youth II, curated by John Corbett and Jim Dempsey, Bourouina Gallery, Berlin, DE
NADA New York, with Western Exhibitions, 548 W 22nd St., New York, NY
Facial Expressionism: Immanence Envisaged, Cerritos College Gallery, Norwalk, CA
Painted, curated by Tyson Reeder, Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI
2011
Female Artist Auction, Dejoode and Kamutzki, Berlin, Germany
Ryan Travis Christian Collaborates, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Editions/Artist's Books Fair with Anchor Graphics, Former Dia/Former X Initiative, New York, NY
Doomsday Film Festival Art Show, 92Y Tribeca Art Gallery, New York, NY
Seeing is a Kind of Thinking, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
MDW Fair, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
The New New Chicagoans, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
West, Wester, Westest Part 2 (curated by Ryan Travis Christian), FFDG, San Francisco, CA
Heads On Poles, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2010
Editions/Artist's Books Fair, Former Dia/Former X Initiative, New York, NY
Exhibition 7.06052010, Mvseum, Chicago, IL
Breakout Artists, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
If You Can Hold Your Breath, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Ox-Bow Centennial Exhibition, Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapid, MI
Pink Paint, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
Volta NY: No Guts No Glory, Imperfect Articles, New York, NY
2009
NADA Fair, booth with Imperfect Articles, Miami Beach, FL
Big Youth, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
The Volta Show, booth with Imperfect Articles, Basel, Switzerland
Artists Run Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, Hyde Park, IL
Now That’s What I Call Painting, Scott Projects, Chicago, IL
Luther Tiny Toother, Roots and Culture, Project Window, Chicago, IL
2008
Portrait, Hallway Projects, San Francisco, CA
Ah, Decadence!, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Staff Infection, OxBow School of Art Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
Thesis Exhibition BFA, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Covert Prestige, Deckelew and Bensley, Chicago, IL
Grants/Fellowships/Residencies
2012
Cary Lane Graduate Stipend, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Joan Mitchell Foundation Nominee (TBD)
2011
Art Theory and Practice Graduate Fellowship, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship Nominee
2008
Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist’s Residency Fellowship, Saugatuck, MI
Graduating Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Excellence in Leadership Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2004-08
Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Academic Incentive Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Lectures
2009
Visiting Artist, Harold Washington College, Chicago IL