Education

2012 Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Candidate, Painting
2005 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA in Painting with course work in Visual and Critical Studies
2002 Winter interim, studio project in Prague in conjunction with Akademie Vytvarych Umdni v Praze (Academy of Fine Arts, Prague), Prague, Czech Republic

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Congregation of the Romantic, The McGraw Gallery, Livingston, New Jersey
  Two Blue, Kate Robinson Fine Art, New York, New York

Selected Exhibitions

2012 Come Here, I Need You, Gelman Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2011 On the Threshold of Something Else, Something Other ... , Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
  Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
  Black and Blue: RISD MFA Painting 2012, 396 Main Street, Catskill, NY
  RISD MFA Painting Biennial 2011: We Care Alot, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2010 Collision (Collaboration with Kevin Zucker and RISD MFA Painting class of 2012), Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, Rhode Island
  RISD Painting Department Group Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2006 The Square Foot Show, Art Gotham, New York, New York
2005 Exhibition 18, 14th Street Painters, New York, New York
  Drunk Art, Liquid Intelligence, Congress Theater, Chicago, Illinois
  The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Undergraduate Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois
2004 Gaelen Juried Art Show, Jewish Community Center, Whippany, New Jersey
  Kfar Jewish Arts Center Group Show, Schopf Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2002 Reflections of Prague, Pilsen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  Spolency Project, Prague, Czech Republic

Teaching Experience

2012 Instructor of Record, Rhode Island School of Design, The Magic of Things, Providence, RI
2011 Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Junior painting, Providence, Rhode Island for Holly Hughes
  Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Sophomore painting, Providence, Rhode Island for Dennis Congdon, David Frazer, and Kirsten Lamb
2010 Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Sophomore painting, Providence, Rhode Island for Donna Bruton, Dennis Congdon and David Frazer
2007 Art Director & Created Curriculum, The Lions of Jerusalem, A Community Based Initiative, Whippany, New Jersey
  Teaching Artist Assistant, Learning Through Art,Guggenheim Museum, NYC Public Schools, New York, New York
2001 Creator and Leader, Quitman Street School of Newark Project for the Arts, Livingston, New Jersey

Performances & Public Works

2011 The Memory Block Project ( www.thememoryblockproject.com), an online exhibition created by Lee Johnson , Rachel Klinghoffer, Benjamin Peterson and Justin Phillipson in conjunction with Tobi Kahn’s Embodied Light: 9-11 in 2011 at the Educational Alliance, Ernest Rubenstein, September 9 - November 23, 2011
2010 "Resource Exchange", Kim Cook; Vernissage — 2009, San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Exhibition; San Francisco, California
2009 "Post Katrina New Orleans Cuisine: Take One!"A Dinner for Marina Abramovic; Keil Borrman; New York, New York
2007 The Lions of Jerusalem, A Community Based Initiative, Whippany, New Jersey

Awards and Honors

2011- 2012 Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2010 - 2011 Honors, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Press and Publications

2011 Klinghoffer, Rachel. "Practice, Practice" www.shma.com, 01 December 2011
2010 McQuaid, Cate. "In show, controlled chaos 17 artists collaborate in RISD 'Collision'." TheBostonGlobe.com, 14 November 2010.
2009 Guber, Rebecca. “Featured Artist with Interview.” Jewcy.com. 27 January 2009.
2007 Ginsberg, Johanna. “Lion parade will be ‘mane’ event of local Jerusalem festivities.” NJJN.com. 15 February 2007.

Rachel Klinghoffer

rachel.klinghoffer@gmail.com

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