Rachel Luciani, Washington, D.C.
Member Since March 2011
Artist Statement Rachel was born in Burbank, California. She began studying art formally in high school and went on to major in studio art at California State University, Channel Islands. While in college she studied abroad for one year in Florence, Italy at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenz where she developed her unique “paper painting” style of collage, using posters from local Italian events. She was the Associate Director of CSUCI’s downtown art gallery and also served as an intern and gallery assistant at the Sylvia White Gallery in Ventura. She graduated with her B.A. in Fine Art from CSUCI in the spring of 2009. Rachel now lives in an up-and-coming arts community in Washington D.C. where she continues to create her paper paintings in addition to fulfilling her responsibilities as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development of Volunbeer.com.
Education:
2009 B.A. Fine Arts, California State University, Channel Islands,
2007-2008 Accademia di Belle Arte di Firenze, Florence, Italy
2007-2008 California State University, Florence, Italy
2002-2003 California Art Institute, Newbury Park, CA
Shows:
2009 27th Annual Juried Exposition, Pleiades Gallery, New York, New York
2009 Fields of Expression, CSUCI, Camarillo, CA
2008 Un Nuovo Fiato, Studio di Firenze, Florence, Italy
2007 Assimilation and Annotation, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
2006 Concept to Completion, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
2005 Interpretation and Innovation, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Public Works:
2008 Group Mural, Tortillas Restaurant, Camarillo, CA
Awards:
2005 1st Place: Drawing, Interpretation and Innovation, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
2009 1st Place: Painting, Fields of Expression, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Volunteer Work:
2009 Arts in Education Aid Council, 9th Annual Valley Wide Student Art Show
2008 – 2009 Relay for Life “Team Basta”
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