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BIO

Rachel McGovern is a sculptor and designer based in Los Angeles, CA.  She attended Virginia Commonwealth University and is a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts fellow.  She is a recent graduate of   Environmental Design  from  ArtCenter College of Design.

“By exploring interactions of form, I am building an archive of work that plays amongst ideas of minimalism, tactility and ornamentation. The objects I make become interactive sculptures for everyday use through the consideration of material and design. The performances between human and object and between object and human are key to the construction of my work. Viewers become collaborators, as their visual reaction and use of each object is the ultimate product of my work.”  

 

EDUCATION

2023

MS in Environmental Design, Furniture and Fixtures, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

2016 

BFA in Craft and Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2016  

Undergraduate Certificate in Product Innovation, Da Vinci Center,  Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
 

EXHIBITIONS

2023

LaunchPad, ICFF 2023, New York, NY

GradShow 2023, ArtCenter, Pasadena, CA

2019

Routine, Group Show, Los Angeles, CA

2016

Craft & Furious, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA

2015

VCU Student Art Gallery, Project 1, Richmond, VA
What's to Your Left?, Hawthorne Gallery, Richmond, VA
American Craft Council (ACC) 2015 Baltimore Show, Baltimore, MD
Undergraduate Juried Fine Arts Exhibition 2015, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA

2014

Making Sense, The Depot, Richmond, VA
The Devil Made Me Do It, Yellow Space, Richmond, VA
Fiber Arts Exhibit 2014, Infinity Art Gallery
Undergraduate Juried Fine Arts Exhibition 2014, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
I OBSERVE MYSELF OBSERVING WHAT I OBSERVE, Space .88, Richmond, VA

AWARDS

L A M P Competition Best Table Light Design

2023, International

SIT Furniture Design Award, Lamp 

2023, International 

L A M P Competition Best Table Light Design

2022, International

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  Fellowship Award

2016-17, Richmond, VA

PUBLICATIONS 

2021

Godfrey, Gemma; Cash, Madeline, "Forever" Zine

Green, Pryor, “VMFA Continues Support of Virginia Artists with $162,00” VMFA,

February 1 2016,

“VMFA 2016-2017 Fellowship Award Flyer,” Richmond, VA

“McLean Area Student Wins Arts Fellowship”, Sun Gazette, March 2016, McLean, VA


Murden, John, “Bananas on Grove”, Fan of the Fan, March 29 2013,

       

2013

2016

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