RACHAEL A. VATERS-CARR, ART

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND REPRESENTATION

Solo

2004

Vista. Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

2003

Open Systems. Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut.

1999   

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition. Hiestand, North Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Group

2007

101 Dresses. Artspace. New Haven, Connecticut.

Connecticut Contemporary. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Hartford, Connecticut. Curated by Joanna Marsh.

2006

City Wide Open Studios. New Haven, Connecticut.

Radius: Emerging Artists from Connecticut and Southeastern New York. Juried by the Aldrich Contemporary art Museum Curatorial Staff. Ridgefield Guild of Artists Gallery, Ridgefield, Connecticut.

SCSU Faculty Exhibit. Student Center Gallery. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Wish You Were Here V. A.I.R. Gallery. New York, New York.

Postcard International. Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Small Space Gallery. New Haven, Connecticut.

Ourchitecture. Rhode Island Transit Authority. Providence, Rhode Island.

Generations IV. A.I.R. Gallery. New York, New York.

Southern Women in the Arts, part of the 64 Days of Non-Violence Program. Lyman Center, Southern Connecticut State University. New Haven, Connecticut

2005   

Ourchitecture. Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island. 

Mark the Line. Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University.  Hammond, Louisiana. 

City Wide Open Studios. New Haven, Connecticut. 

SCSU Faculty Exhibit. Kehler Liddel Gallery. New Haven, Connecticut.

Boats. Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York.

Wish You Were Here IV. A.I.R. Gallery. New York, New York. 

In the Round.  The Arts Council of Greater New Haven.  New Haven, Connecticut. 

Artspace Benefit Auction. Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut. 

2004-05          

Top Drawer! An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing. John Slade Ely House, New Haven, Connecticut. 

2004   

City Wide Open Studios. New Haven, Connecticut.

SCSU Faculty Exhibit. Kehler Liddel Gallery. New Haven, Connecticut. 

2002   

City Wide Open Studios. New Haven, Connecticut. 

Out to Lunch. Southern Connecticut State University, Earl Hall, New Haven, Connecticut. 

Artspace Benefit Auction. Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut. 

Flat Files. Untitled Space, New Haven, Connecticut. 

2001   

Faculty Exhibition. Earl Hall, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut. 

Connecticut State University Faculty Exhibition. Western Connecticut State University Library, Danbury, Connecticut. 

2000   

City Wide Open Studios. New Haven, Connecticut. 

Installation. The Carnegie, Covington, Kentucky.

Representation

2004-present  

Slide Registry. New Haven Percent for the Arts Registry, New Haven, Connecticut.

2002-present  

Viewing Program/Curated Slide Registry. The Drawing Center, New York, New York. 

Curatorial

2004   

Curator of Inverted World. A group exhibition at Untitled Space Gallery/Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut.

Publications

2004

Inverted World Exhibition Catalogue/Brochure. Untitled Space Gallery/Artspace New Haven, Connecticut.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007

101 Dresses. Catalogue published by Artspace. New Haven, Connecticut. Essay written by Denise Markonish.

2006

Radius: Emerging Artists from Connecticut and Southeastern New York. E-catalogue published by the Aldrich Contemporary art Museum Curatorial and Ridgefield Guild of Artists Gallery, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Essay written by Richard Klein.

2005   

Harrison, Helen A.  Islip Show Sets Sail on a Metaphor, New York Times.  Arts & Entertainment, Sunday, August 21, 2005.

Goglia, Lois.  Top Drawer: An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Art New England.  April/May, 2005.

2004   

Birke, Judy.  Realities shift in internal, external and invented worlds at Artspace, New Haven Register.  June 13, 2004.

Lewis, Nathan. Inverted World @ Untitled (Space), The Big Red & Shiny.  A Boston-based web journal of the Arts and Culture: www.bigredandshiny.com

2002   

Southern Students, Faculty Gearing Up for Major Art Show. SouthernLife.  October 2002.  Vol. 6, No. 2, Pg. 5.

Buxton, Elinor.  12 Artists Featured in Recent Exhibition, West Haven Voice.  October 24, 2002

Food is Focus of Exhibit in New Haven, Sunday Republican, Waterbury, Connecticut.  March 10, 2002

Talent of CSU Systems Art Faculty At West Conn This Month, The Newton Bee. Friday, March 8, 2002.

Art Students, Faculty Dish Up Food for Thought, SouthernLife.  March 2002.  Vol. 5, No. 6, Pg. 6.

2000   

Art in America Gallery Guide, Annual 2000-01. August 2000.  Pgs. 213 + 318.

RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:

2007-08

CSU Research Grant. Opposition, conflict, and the sublime: metaphor in the sculptural landscape. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Curriculum Development Grant. Co-written with Jeff Slomba, to create digital resources for use in the Sculpture curriculum within the Studio Art Major at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut.

2005-06          

CSU Research Grant, Internal/External Landscape. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut.

2003-04          

Faculty Development Grant.  Co-written with Tina Re for The Library Project, a presentation by Jeffery Schiff. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut.

2001-02          

Curriculum Development Grant. To develop the Sculpture specialization within the Studio Art Major at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut.

RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:

Sculpture and Drawing  

CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Opposition, conflict, and the sublime: metaphor in the sculptural landscape. The focus of this research includes travel to Arizona, California, and Hawaii, and the creation of work that is focused on the contrast of volcanic structures. This body o work will continue to explore landmasses that are forged by activity beneath the surface (internal) compared to those that are formed above (external).  I see this as a metaphor for the human condition reflecting the internal and external landscape of our lives.