Rachel Dobkin is a painter who lives and works in Philadelphia. She recieved her MFA from Tyler School of Art in 2008 and her BA from Grinnell College in 2005. She has recently exhibited at Temple Gallery (solo thesis exhibition) in Philadelphia and Dorin Gallery in Boston.
Rachel Dobkin
Education
- MFA Candidate, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA, 2008
- BA Studio Art, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, 2005
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Concentration on Drawing and Installation, Chicago, IL, 2002-3
Exhibitions
- 2008
- White Hole, MFA thesis exhibition, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
- 2007
- TwoFold, Dorin Gallery, Boston, MA
Works on Paper, Greenstone Gallery, Lincoln, UK
Swap Meet, ISB Gallery, Icebox Gallery, Providence, RI/Philadelphia, PA
Powers of Ten, The Barbershop Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - 2006
- There’s No Place Like Home, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Group Show, Seed House, Grinnell, IA
Patterns, Gallery 221A, Grinnell, IA (solo) - 2005
- Prints and Drawings by Rachel Dobkin, Gallery 221A, Grinnell, IA (solo)
Awards
- 2008
- Recipient of Temple University Rome Arts and Culture Scholarship
- 2006-8
- Tyler School of Art Graduate Assistantship
- 2005
- Grinnell College Ninth Semester Fellowship in Art, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
- 2003-4
- Grace and Walter Smith Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- 2001-5
- Grinnell College Merit Scholarship, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Panels / Lectures
- 2008
- Inquiries into Empathy, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- 2007
- Artist Talk, There’s No Place Like Home, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Bibliography
- 2008
- Kurczynski, Karen. "Reconfigurations: Painting as Drawing" Twofold Online Catalogue
- 2007
- Allison, Maya. "Generalizing Generations" Swap Meet Exhibition Online Catalogue
Professional Experience
- 2008
- Research Assistant, Tyler Exhibitions and Public Programming Department, Philadelphia, PA
- 2007
- Curatorial Assistant, Dona Nelson, Fluid Field, Abstraction and Reference, Tyler Gallery, Elkins Park, PA
Teaching Assistant, Critical Dialogues, Professor Karyn Olivier, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Instructor, Illustration and Cartooning, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
Instructor, Beginning Painting, Continuing Education, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Installation Internship, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR - 2006
- Teaching Assistant, Senior Painting Studio, Professor Frank Bramblett, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
- 2005
- Assistant Preparator, Print and Drawing Study Room, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Assistant Conservator and Preparator Internship, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL - 2004
- Gallery Assistant, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2003
- Exhibition Installation, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR