Rachel Van Wylen
Education
2009 New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, M.F.A., Painting, cum laude
2007 Gordon College, Wenham, MA, B.A., Art and English, summa cum laude
Professional Experience
2021-present Archmere Academy, Claymont, DE, Art Teacher
2016-2021 The White Mountain School, Bethlehem, NH, Chair of the Fine Arts
2012-2015 Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, MI, Assistant Professor of Art
2010-2012 Boston Trinity Academy, Boston, MA, Art Teacher
Awards and Honors
2020 Third Place in the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition at the Mystic Museum of Art
2015 Winner of the Ray and Nancy Loeschner Art Competition at Frederik Meijer Gardens
2013 Ruth Katzman Scholarship for Artist’s Residency at the Vytlacil Campus of the New York Art Students League
2007 Membership in the Phi Alpha Chi Academic Honor Society at Gordon College
Exhibition Record
2021
New England Collective XI, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, Connecticut
Juried Regional Exhibit, Library Arts Center, Newport, New Hampshire
2020
Artists for Artists, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
Rockport Art Association and Museum National, Rockport, Massachusetts
Juried Regional Exhibit, Library Arts Center, Newport, New Hampshire
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, Connecticut
2019
Third Thursdays Art Show, Arts, Letters and Numbers, Averill Park, New York
The Power of Small Things, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, Washington
Aestas, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, Connecticut
2018
Person and Place, The Gallery at WREN, Bethlehem, NH
2017
Annual WREN Member Small Works Show, The Gallery at WREN, Bethlehem, NH
2016
This Must Be the Place, WREN Works Maker Studio, Berlin, NH
Summer Exhibition at Vytlacil, The Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery at Vytlacil, Sparkill NY
2015
87th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
New York Academy of Art Alumni Show, Studio 7, Barnesville, NJ
2014
Statewide Fine Art Competition, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI
International Exhibition in Assisi, Art Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, Italy
Extremities, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Silver Medal Exhibition, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
2013
New York Academy of Art Alumni Show, Studio 7, Barnesville, NJ
Statewide Fine Art Competition: The Power of Portraits, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI
Collections
Massasoit Community College, Donated through The Art Connection, Canton, Massachusetts
Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Publications
2019
“Sisters” in Meat for Tea: The Valley Review
“A Firenze e Bologna” in The Esthetic Apostle
“Lisbon” in Chaleur
“View of Echo Lake from Artist’s Bluff” in Northern New England Review