ARTISTS : RACHEL OWENS view selected artwork EXHIBITIONS AT ZIEHERSMITH Overthrows, 2006 Scatter Hoarder, 2005 RACHEL OWENS BIO 1972 Born in Atlanta, Georgia Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York Education 1999 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago 1995 BA, University of Kansas, Lawrence 1994 Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2007 Wishing Well, presented by ZieherSmith, NADA Art Fair, Miami Ground Swell, Fellowship Project, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York 2006 Empathetic, curated by Elizabeth Thomas, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia Collage Party, ZieherSmith, New York Overthrows, solo exhibition, ZieherSmith, New York Ionesco's Friends, curated by Irina Zucca, Francosoffiantino Artecontemporanea, Turin 2005 Rachel Owens & Elizabeth Huey, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Watermill, New York No Apology for Breathing, curated by Matthew Lusk, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Watermill, New York Scatter-Hoarder, solo show, ZieherSmith, New York Rubble, solo show, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Watermill, New York 2004 Some Exhaust, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York Postcards from the Edge, Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York Andy Warhol’s Living Room, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Watermill, New York Falling in Love with the Jailer’s Daughter, Project Green, Brooklyn 2003 Fear of Flight, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, New York An Accord, Weather Records, Brooklyn Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, DUMBO, Brooklyn Talent Show, Project Green, Brooklyn, NY Occurrences: The Performative Aspects of Video, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago 2002 One Day, In a Day, Everyday, part of Sans, APEX art, New York New Homes for America Under Construction, Weather Records, Brooklyn Parallel Sensations, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn Bellwether Summer Show, Bellwether Gallery, New York Untitled Storefront, Weather Records, Brooklyn 2000 Hit and Run 4, New York Project 1: The Green Room, New York Ship of Fools, The Frying Pan, New York 1999 House, Wicker Park, Chicago Crashpad, Best Western Hotel, Chicago Video Performance, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago 1998 Lagattuta, etc., Gallery 2, Chicago Navy Pier Art Expo: Art Park, Chicago Welcome to the Madrid, Madrid Theater, Kansas City, Missouri BIBLIOGRAPHY Nicholas Hirshorn, “Site Goes from Trash to Treasure,” Daily News, January 31, 2008 "A Reassessment of Feminism," M/E/A/N/I/N/G #4, Artkrush.com, 2007 "The Approval Matrix: Brilliant & Highbrow," New York Magazine, September 24, 2007 Edith Newhall, "Empathy," The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 06, 2006 Roberta Fallon, "Feel the Pain," The Philadelphia Weekly, November 5, 2006 R.C. Baker, "Shortlist: Rachel Owens ," The Village Voice, June 8, 2006 Holland Cotter, "No Apology for Breathing," The New York Times, August 12, 2005 Stephanie Cash and David Ebony, "Front Page," Art in America, May 2005, image Walter Robinson, "Weekend Updates," Artnet.com, March 29, 2005 C.C. McGurr, "Hodge Podge Collage," PaperMag, March 24, 2005 Merrily Kerr, "Some Exhuast," Flash Art, November - December 2004, image Benjamin Carlson, Time Out New York, Sept 2, 2004 "Goings On About Town: Some Exhaust," The New Yorker, Sept 6, 2004 Kim Levin, "Critic’s Pick: Some Exhaust," Village Voice, September 2004 "Arts and Leisure Guide," The New York Times, August 15, 2004, image Helen A. Harrison, "Fear of Flying," The New York Times, November 2, 2003 "Rachel Owens and Matthew Lusk: After School Special," M/E/A/N/I/N/G #2, Artkrush.com Art V-8 Chicago, Chicago Reader, May 9, 1998 Alice Thorson, "Figuring the Body," The Kansas City Star, November 17, 1997 AWARDS 2007 Artist Grant, Harpo Foundation, Coconut Grove, Florida Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York 2002 G.K. Baum Travel Grant, travel to England and France 1997-99 Private Graduate Studies Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Student Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1995 Top Jurors Award, River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City, Missouri 1994 Richard Hollander Family Foundation Award, Kansas City, Missouri