Rachel Farmer (born in Provo, Utah, 1972) is an American artist. She is primarily known for her ceramic sculpture and installations. Farmer's work explores

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history from a

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and

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perspective, and is informed by her roots in the Utah area.

Education

Farmer received a BFA from

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in 1995, and an MFA from the

School of the Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which grew into the museum and ...

in 1997.

Work

Farmer's work re-imagines history with a focus on the lives of women. Her small clay figurines enact gestures and roles that give life to the often invisible story of women. Her work has been described as "personal and meditative" and as "transforming traditional narratives of ancestry". Farmer's multimedia installations often incorporate photography, video, and textile arts. In her solo exhibition at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, Farmer created quilts for her installation using techniques learned as a child. She hosted several quilting bees in the making of the quilts.

Recognition

Farmer is the recipient of an A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship and a Visual Art Grant from the

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Fund. She has participated in artist residencies at the

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in New York, NY and the Brush Creek Arts Residency in Saratoga, WY. Her work is included in the

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(digital archive) at the

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Exhibitions

*''Ancestors'',

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, New York, NY *''Ancestors Traversing Quilts'',

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (LLM), formerly the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, is a visual art museum in SoHo, Lower Manhattan, New York City. It mainly collects, preserves and exhibits visual arts created by LGBTQ artists or ar ...

, New York, NY *''Looking Forward, Looking Back'', Granary Arts, Ephraim, UT

References

External links

Official website
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