RACHEL EMILY SIMPSON
EDUCATION
2019 MFA in Photography and Intermedia WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
2016 BFA University of North Carolina Charlotte
1991-93 SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE
EXPERIENCE
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY- MORGANTOWN WV-GTA, AUGUST 2017-2019 Photography professor of record.
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY- MORGANTOWN WV-GTA, AUGUST 2016-2017 Assists professors with classes and undergraduate student education.
PHOTO EYE BOOKS- SANTA FE NM-BOOK KEEPER, AUGUST 2015-MAY 2016 Basic book keeping.
BULLSEYE GLASS- - SANTA FE NM - RETAIL SALES, 2016 Worked in store and taught classes.
RENAISSANCE ART- POJOAQUE NM-STUDIO ASSISTANT, 2014-2016
Operated industrial sewing machines and produced handmade goods for sale.
BINDERS ART SUPPLIES– CHARLOTTE NC-FRAME SHOP MANAGER/RETAIL SALES, 2007-2013 Fine Art Framing and customer service.
WONDER WORLD FILM AND VIDEO – CHARLOTTE NC - PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, 2005-2006 Location PA, edited video, worked in office.
BENHAM STUDIO GALLERY- SEATTLE WA – GALLERY ASSISTANT, 2002-2003 Studio portraits and gallery duties.
PHIL BORGES PHOTOGRAPHY- MERCER ISLAND WA – PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSISTANT, 1997-2002 B&W printing and toning. Framed and shipped finished works to galleries and
museums. Traveled and assisted on international photo shoots.
Edited and printed photographs for publication.
EXHIBITIONS
ARTIFACTS OF IMAGINATION 2019
Paul Mesaros Gallery University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV
CONFLUENCE 2018
Artist Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA
PRINTMAKERS SHOW 2017
The Diamond Shop, Morgantown WV
RAW-GROUP SHOW 2017
The Diamond Shop, Morgantown WV
THE OLD COLLEGE TRY 2017 Artist Image Resource, Pittsburgh PA
PACTS AND INVOCATION: MAGIC AND RITUAL IN CONTEMPORARY ART 2016 Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg SC
INTERSTATED SHOW 2015
OFF Road Productions- Michael Freed Studios, Santa Fe NM
ART-I-FACT GROUP SHOW 2014 Art-I-Fact Gallery, Santa Fe NM
NORTH CAROLINA ARTISTS EXHIBITION 2013
Betty Ray McCain Gallery, Raleigh NC - Juror’s Choice Award
2 PLUS 1-COLLABORATION WITH ANDREA VAIL 2012 McColl Center for Visual Art Charlotte NC
UNCC FACULTY SHOW COLLABORATION WITH MALENA BERGMAN 2011 UNCC Campus, Charlotte NC
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VOLUNTEER WORK
MEOWWOLF-ARTIST COLLECTIVE, SF NM 2015 Production worker on The House of Eternal Return
AUGUST MUTH-HOLOGRAPHIC ARTIST, SF NM 2015 Assist at studio on special projects
LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE, CHARLOTTE NC 2012-2013
Artist in Residence –The Creative Center Brooklyn and Live Strong Foundation Taught art classes to cancer survivors
THE PINK HOUSE, CHARLOTTE NC 2013 Taught art to cancer survivors
BLUE EARTH ALLIANCE, SEATTLE WA 2002 Attended meetings and preformed secretarial duties