Rachel Thomander

Rachel Stallings Thomander is a Colombian American artist based in California.

Education

2018 MFA Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley

2013 BFA Studio Art, Brigham Young University

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2020 Six Small Rugs, Esqueleto Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2016 Laugh Attack, Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts, SLC, UT

2012 Only Song, BFA Show, Gallery 303, Provo, UT

2011 May I Say, Central Utah Art Center Project Space, Ephraim, UT

2010 Princess You, Rowley Press, Provo, UT

Group

2021 Surfing and Chess, two-person exhibition with Brooklynn Johnson, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

UMOCA Gala Fundraising Event, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT

Great Awakening: Vision and Synthesis in Latter-Day Saint Contemporary Art, Center Gallery, New York City, NY

2020 Material Issues: Strategies in 21st Century Craft, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT

Incubation Period, Granary Arts curated by PARC collective, virtual exhibition

2019 Rachel Stallings Thomander and Milla Oliveira: Brush Cow Needle Thread, Tropical Contemporary, two-person exhibition, Eugene, OR

A Book Release, Washer / Dryer Projects, Salt Lake City, UT

2018 Endless Editions 2018 Biennial, EFA Project Space, New York City, NY

In Tandem, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA

The 48th Annual University of California, Berkeley Masters of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA

2017 Aguas Migrantes, ISSSTE: Centro Cultural Y Deportivo, Guanajuato, MX

I AM I, Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts, SLC, UT

Relay, CTRL+SHFT, Oakland, CA

Me, Nous Tous Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Intermediaries, Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, CA

2016 Paper Cuts, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

Casual Hex, Qulture Collective, Oakland, CA

Marking New Paths, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

Geo Necro, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA

2015 Utah Ties juried by Mara McCarthy, Central Utah Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Balance-Unbalance, ASU Galleries, Tempe, AZ

Sustainability Solutions Festival, City of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

The Weight of the World, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ

2013 Open Market, Provo, UT

Hue + Me, Rogers Gallery, Provo, UT

2012 Vending Machine Show, B.F. Larsen Gallery, Provo, UT

Two Moons, two-person exhibition with Jessica Li, Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium, Provo, UT

2011 Look Again and Again, Waggenry Gallery, Provo, UT

Becoming, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT

Awards, Grants and Residencies

2021 Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency Fellow with Collar Works, Washington County, NY

Agnes Gund Foundation Scholarship

2020 Facebook Artist in Residence, Facebook HQ, San Francisco, CA

2019 UC Berkeley Sam Francis Travel Grant

2018 Aguas Migrantes Residency, Artist in Residence, Guanajuato, Mexico

2017 Graduate Opportunity Program Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley

2009 -11 Scholarship for Visual Arts Talent Award, Brigham Young University

Public Lectures

2019 Making a Performance workshop at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Berkeley, CA

Artist lecture series, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

2018 Artist talk with Maryam Yousif, curated by Sarah Thibault, Painting Salon, Oakland, CA

2017 Artist talk for Art 102: Approaches to Painting, Instructor: James Sterling Pitt, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Curatorial Experience

Solo

2017 ESL dimension, Isaac Vazquez Avila, Lago Projects, Oakland, CA

Bona Fide 4, Jessica Li, Lago Projects, Oakland, CA

I like the way you look at my brown and black blue body, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Lago Projects, Oakland, CA

Group

2017 Me, Nous Tous Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2012 Covered in Stars, Central Utah Art Center Annex, Ephraim, UT

Teaching Experience

2018-19 Art Associate Teacher, Pre-K-6th grade, The Nueva School, Hillsborough, CA

2017 Graduate Student Instructor, Introduction to Visual Thinking, Seminars 1 & 2, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Selected Publications

2020 ‘Exponent II, Fall Issue 2020,’ cover art and artist profile, curated by Page Turner

2019 ‘BYU Department of Art, A 15-Year Expanse,’ curated by Laura Hurtado Director of UMOCA, designed by Actual Source

2018 ‘Scary Sugar Book, Issue 2,’ self-published by Scary Sugar Collective, distributed by Actual Source

2017 “There’s No ‘I’ in ‘RELAY,’ Where the Emerging Art Scene is a Team Sport” by Sarah Hotchkiss, KQED Arts

“Amid Ferocious San Francisco Rental Market, Apartment Galleries Proliferate” by Sarah Burke, Artsy

2016 “14 Artists Explore Identity Through Lipstick, Overalls, and Cake” by Hannah Ongley, i-D

2014 “Rachel Cardenas Stallings: Laugh Attack” by Brian Staker, Salt Lake City Weekly

“Rachel Cardenas Stallings: An interview with the Artist” by Natalie Neal, The Pulp Zine