ABOUT THE ARTIST

Rachel Clark is an artist from Stafford Springs, Connecticut. She received her BFA in 2008 from the School of Fine Arts at the University of Connecticut, where she studied painting and printmaking. Her work ranges from small, personal prints composed from familiar objects, plant life, and carved block prints to large oil paintings that evoke a sense of narrative and place. Her work has been shown in both juried and solo exhibitions and featured in The Slag Review. She has experience teaching art classes for children and adults through UConn's Community School of the Arts in Storrs, where classes focused on a variety of media, including painting, printmaking, and clay. 

"When creating a painting, I am fascinated by the strange ways our world
arranges itself--how shapes compose themselves, fit into, and push against one another. In my imagery, I look for the implied connections between objects,
people, and their environment. Painting is how I record, preserve, and emphasize the subtle strangeness of the world we live in."

​RECOGNITIONS
Honorable Mention / 2018 
Monson Arts Council Juried Show, Monson MA

Featured Artist and Journal Cover / 2017 
The Slag Review Literary Journal

First Place in Painting / 2016 
Monson Arts Council Juried Show, Monson MA

Solo Exhibition:  Same Time, Same Place / 2015
Sabor 44 Gallery, Stafford Springs CT

Jury Commendation, Arches Fifth Biennial Student Print Exhibition / 2007
808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston MA

Biennial Exhibition of Undergraduate College Artwork in Connecticut / 2006 
John Slade Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven CT

Shandel Witryol Memorial Award / 2006 
University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts, Storrs CT

"Same Time, Same Place" show opening at Sabor 44 in Stafford Springs. Photo courtesy of Luis Valentin 2015.