PHOTOGRAPHS
the imp of love
over here, the light is different
flying

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RACHEL HERMAN
rachel@rachelherman.net


EDUCATION  

The University of Chicago, Committee on the Visual Arts, Chicago, IL
MFA, Visual Arts/Theory with an emphasis on photography

2004-2006

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Student-at-Large, Photography

1999
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
B.A. in English Literature
1986-1990
University of Michigan – Sarah Lawrence, San Fiorentino, Italy
Summer abroad program, emphasis in Italian art, language and literature
1988
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
The Space Between
The University of Chicago, MFA Group Show
Del Prado Building (formerly the Hyde Park Art Center)
2006
Experiment 400/5
Gallery 400
2005
Two If By See
Franke Institute of the Arts, The University of Chicago
Artists from Midway Studio’s MFA Program, Winter Exhibition
2004
Winter Salon Show
The University of Chicago, Midway Studios
2004
Narrative Purgatory
Franke Institute of the Arts, The University of Chicago
18 Artists from Midway Studio’s MFA Program, Fall Exhibition
2004
 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Mending Light, Bending Fences
The University of Chicago, MFA Solo Show, Midway Studios
2006
Lula
Chicago, IL
Solo summer installation
2004
 
RESIDENCIES
Anderson Ranch
Artist-in-Residence
Snowmass, CO
Fall 2007
 
TEACHING AND PHOTOGRAPHY-RELATED EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Evanston Art Center
2006-present
Teaching Assistant to Dianna Frid, The University of Chicago
2006
Teaching Assistant to Laura Letinsky, Department Chair
The University of Chicago

2006
 
SMART MUSEUM OF ART, Chicago, IL
Freelance Photographer and Printer
- Printed sets of archival images from original negatives for Mark Dion’s installation: Roundup: An Entomological Endeavor for the Smart Museum of Art.
2006
GERD SANDER, Normandy, France
Intern
- Organized contact archive prints for August Sander’s People of the 20th Century.
- Helped to organize and assisted in the inventory process of personal photography collection.
2005
ALAN COHEN, PHOTOGRAPHER, Chicago, IL
Studio Assistant
2001-2002
WORLDTEACH, Gdansk, Poland
Division of Harvard’s Institute of Social Services; Commissioned by Polish Ministry of Education
Teacher of English as a Second Language
1991
 
PUBLICATIONS
The Chicago Tribune
The Makeout Artist
2/12/2002
 
AWARDS AND HONORS
University Unendowed Fellowship Award
The University of Chicago, Division of the Humanities
2004-2005
Jen Bekman
Hey! Hot Shot Competition
Honorable Mention, Winter Quarter
2006
Santa Fe Portfolio Review
Participant
2007
   
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS  
College Art Association
Chicago Artist’s Coalition