EDUCATION

Hunter College, Manhattan, NY (2004 - 2008), MFA, 2008, Recipient of Tom Woods Award

Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art and Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France (2001- 2002), Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, 2002

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT (1995-1999), Bachelor of Arts, Departmental Honors, May 1999

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS

Morgan Lehman Gallery, Tell Me Everything, New York, NY (2023)

Planthouse, We Were Never Alone, New York, NY (2021)

Volta, Volta Show New York 2020, New York, NY (2020)

Planthouse, Rachel Ostrow, One More Time With Feeling, New York, NY (2018)

Four and Twenty Blackbirds Pie Counter, Pie With Artists, Brooklyn, NY (2018)

42 Social Club, Rachel Ostrow, Up She Flew, Lyme, CT (2017)

Sunday Takeout, Rachel Ostrow, As of Now, Brooklyn, NY (2016)

The Kenan Center, Rachel Ostrow, Runaway Sun, Lockport, NY (2016)

John Davis Gallery, Rachel Ostrow, Nothing but love songs, Hudson, NY (2015)

Saffron, Rachel Ostrow, Fancy, Brooklyn, NY (2011)

Todojunto Gallery, Rachel Ostrow, New Works, Barcelona, Spain (2009)

The Plant, Buffalo, NY (July-August 2002)

TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Gitler &_____, Good Heavens, George Boorujy & Rachel Ostrow, Santa Barbara, CA (2021)

Danny Forster Design, Just How We Planned It, Rachel Ostrow & Davis-Thompson Moss, New York, NY (2018)

Deborah Berke Partners, Banana Coin Trick, Beka Goedde and Rachel Ostrow, Manhattan, NY (2015)

Bushwick Cooperative, Lunch, Beka Goedde, Angela Conant and Rachel Ostrow, Brooklyn, NY (2014)

Gridspace, Shangri-la, Selena Kimball and Rachel Ostrow,  Brooklyn, NY (2013)  

The Brooklyn Brewery, Adam Dougherty and Rachel Ostrow, Brooklyn, NY (December 2002)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Planthouse, Thirteen Moons, New York, NY (2023)

River House Arts, Double Time, Toledo, OH (2022)

NRG Energy Headquarters, Princeton, NJ (2020)

Planthouse, I Lift My Lamp, New York, NY (2019)

Disturb The Neighbors, Polishing The Jewel Box, New York, NY (2019)

Sardine Gallery, Free Hand, Brooklyn, NY (2019)

Littlejohn Contemporary, We Never Sleep, New York, NY (2018)

Planthouse, Four More Years, Manhattan, NY (2017)

Morgan Lehman, Brushless, Manhattan, NY (2017)

BRIC Arts Media, BRIC Biennial Vol. II, Brooklyn, NY (2016)

Galerie René Blouin, Group exhibition curated by Genevèive Cadieux and Kiki Smith, Montreal, Canada (2016)

Planthouse, Fold, Anders Bergstrom, Martha Lewis, Matt Magee, and Rachel Ostrow, Manhattan, NY (2015)

Trash4Gold, Spring/Break art show,  Manhattan, NY (2015)

International Print Center New York, Somewheres & Nowheres, New Prints 2014/Autumn, Manhattan, NY (2014)

Fisher Gallery at Horace Mann, Pulling the Devil's Tail, Manhattan, NY (2014)

Gowanus Studio Space, Discrete Geometry, Brooklyn, NY (2014)

Rhombus Space, A-Side/B-Side, Brooklyn, NY (2013)

Geoffrey Young Gallery, Tryst & Shout, Great Barrington, MA (2013)  

Helper Gallery, #Catcamp,  Brooklyn, NY (2013)  

Old School, Spring/Break art show,  Manhattan, NY (2013) 

92Y Tribeca, MicaPairs,  Manhattan, NY (2013)  

Joshua Tree Highlands Art Gallery, Ger Ger, Laura Franz and Rachel Ostrow, Joshua Tree, CA (2012)  

80WSE Gallery, Papertails, Manhattan, NY (2011)  

International Print Center New York, New Prints 2011/Summer, Manhattan, NY (2011)

Gowanus Studio Space, Deep/Shallow, Brooklyn, NY (2011)

International Print Center New York,  Artists Collect, Manhattan, NY (2011)

Liloveve Gallery, Honey, Brooklyn, NY (2011)

Gowanus Studio Space, Hot Harvest, Brooklyn, NY (2010)

Saffron, Twelve and Under, Brooklyn, NY (2010)   

Rabbithole Studio, Fall 2010 Emerging Artists Show, Brooklyn, NY (2010)

Gowanus Studio Space, The Exquisite Corpse Project, Brooklyn, NY (2009)

Hunter College Times Square Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibiton, Manhattan, NY (2008),

Hunter College Times Square Gallery MA curated MFA show, Manhattan, NY (2007)

International Print Center New York, New Prints 2000-2006, Manhattan, NY (2006)

International Print Center New York, New Prints 2005/Spring: Selected by Kiki Smith, Manhattan, NY (2005)

Center for Art and Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France (2001, 2002)

Ezra and Cecil Zilkah Gallery, Senior Thesis, Middletown, CT (May 1999)

RESIDENCIES and FELLOWSHIPS

Resident Artist, The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (2023)

Resident Artist, The Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Ireland (2016, 2017, 2018, 2022)

Resident Artist, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts,  Omaha, NE (2015)

Resident Artist, Millay Colony,  Austerlitz, NY (2014), paid for by Bay & Paul Foundations Teaching Fellowship

Resident Artist, Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, CA (2012)

Printmaking Fellow, Gowanus Studio Space, Brooklyn, NY (2010)

PRESS

The New York Times, March 2020, The Thrill of Unpredictability at Two Art Fairs by Jillian Steinhauer

Artforum, March 2019, Rachel Ostrow at Planthouse by Darren Jones

Niagara Gazette, February 2016, Kenan Center opens exhibition from Rachel Ostrow by Kellie Butcher

Bedford And Bowery, September, 2014, Join These Ladies Who LUNCH For Some Colorful Punch by Kirsten O’Regan

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Burchfield Penney Art Center, Capital Group, Fidelity, Montefiore Einstein Hospital