Working internationally, Rachel is an interdisciplinary artist whose visual and performance art has been seen at venues including Tate Britain, de Young Museum, Lyric Hammersmith, Battersea Arts Centre, Woodruff Art Center and Standpoint Gallery, as well as in public spaces such as train stations, community centers, homes for the elderly, in streets, schools and online.…
I am a contemporary artist working with diverse ecologies of collaborators, including humans, nonhumans, and their histories. Whether making new performance in London, developing art-based compassion trainings with the NYPD’s Hostage Negotiation Team, designing creative placemaking programs in Atlanta, or documenting the story of a moment as told by the sun in Oakland, my work…
While my art has primarily been social, sculptural and based on collaboration with corporeal and non-corporeal actors, I have a writing practice that is an important strand to my work, earning me a place as a Finalist in the Creative Capital Literature category in 2023. I approach writing and text as an expanded practice and…
Philosophy I am guided through life by deep senses of care and curiosity; these are the main engines of my approach to teaching as well. But what does it mean to care, and how do we foster curiosity? For me, as a teacher, caring begins with a consideration of community and asking a series of…
RACHEL PARISH 