Rachel Barminski Bounds, born Chicago, Illinois, lives and works in Santa Fe since 2015. Life long, self taught artist returned to college to finish education in middle age. Earned Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from University of North Texas, Denton, Texas in 1995. Continued on to graduate school on full scholarship at Texas Christian University (TCU), Fort Worth, Texas, earning her Master of Fine Arts in Painting in 1998.
In addition to teaching at the university level – part time professor of painting and drawing, TCU, 1998 to 2008 – she worked as an independent curator and in area museums, on public arts, and various art related projects in the north Texas area. All while maintaining a studio practice and exhibiting locally, nationally and internationally.
Artist: painter oil & watercolor
Contemporary content driven expressionistic to experimental work
Education
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting & Drawing (BFA, 1995)
Texas Christian University (TCU), Fort Worth, Texas. Master of Fine Arts, Painting (MFA, 1998)
Exhibitions (selected)
2023
TCU 150/150 curated Sara Jayne Parsons, TCU Contemporary Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
2022
“And Now for Something New” Juried Ric Kasini Kadour & Sarah Griffin Thibodeaux, LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Invitational, curator Anne Allen, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
2021 – 2016 Annual Group Show
Santa Fe Studio Tour Selected Preview Exhibition, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2019 – 2009 Annual Group Shows
Fort Worth Art Collective, various locations, Spring and Fall Gallery Nights
2019 – 2015 (highlights)
Botanicals, invitational solo show at the Basement Lounge, Fort Worth, Texas
Red, juried, at Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
The Big Show, invitational, Artes de la Rosa Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
Flight of Fancy, invitational, Keller Town Hall Art Gallery, Keller, Texas
More than Black and White, juried, Art7 Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
Bluebonnet Spring Show, pop-up, Fort Worth, Texas
Monoprint Works from 2014, Untitled, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2014 – 2010 (highlights)
Winter Show, invitational, FWCAC, Fort Worth, Texas
Domestic Light, 3-person curated, 414 Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
New Works, Upstairs Gallery, Arlington, Texas
Small Works, juried, Center for Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Buried Sunshine, solo show curated by Christopher Blay, Tarrant County College SE, Arlington, Texas
Solo Exhibition, awarded by Nancy Whitenach, FWCAC, Fort Worth, Texas
Trinity River, invitational, curator Anne Allen, FWCAC, Fort Worth, Texas
2008 – 1996 (highlights)
Hunting Art Prize, finalist, Houston, Texas
Landscape Show, TUFA, Trier, Germany
Holga Photography Exhibitions, TUFA, Trier, Germany and Nagaoka, Japan
Tigers, Leopards & Lions, Budapest, Hungary
Commentary, curator Anitra Blayton, Public Library Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
Black Lung I, solo show, Truckee Meadows College, Reno, Nevada
Black Lung II, solo show, El Centro College, Dallas, Texas
In America Now, juror Peter Frank, OMelveny Gallery, Los Angeles, California
New Texas Talent, juror Gail Sachson, Dallas, Texas
Bird, juror Kelly Fearing, Concordia University, Austin, Texas
Art in the Metroplex, juror Duane Karp, Fort Worth, Texas
Art in the Metroplex, juror Luis Jimenez, Fort Worth, Texas
2008 – 1998 (Annual)
Insights: Faculty Exhibition, Moudy Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas
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