EDUCATION
2012 Towson University
Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, concentration in metal/jewelry design
2009 State University of New York College at Buffalo (Buffalo State College)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Metal/Jewelry Design, Minor in Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS
2015 Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, WA, (show not titled yet) (solo exhibition in conjunction with lecture and workshop series)
Gaffa, Sydney, Australia, On The Horizon (international, invitational)
2014 Studio Gabi Green, Munich, Germany, Suspended in Green (International, juried)
Lesley Craze Gallery, London, England, Suspended in Green (International, juried)
V&V Gallery, Vienna, Austria, Suspended in Green (International, juried)
Professional Arts Gallery at College of the Albermarle, Manteo, NC, Chroma: Jewelry in Color (national, invitational)
Soo Visual Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, OnOff: An Exhibition of Makers That Work On and Off the Body (international, juried)
ACC Library, Minneapolis, MN, Fresh, Marinated, Seasoned (three person exhibition)
DCenter, Baltimore, MD, Points of Departure (national, invitational)
2013 Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA, Out of the Box (national, invitational)
National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Unexpected Pleasures (international, invitational)
Gallery One Three, Melbourne, Australia, Embodied (international, invitational)
Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Ruth Borgenicht and Rachel Timmins (invitational)
Nazareth College Art Center Gallery, Rochester, NY, In Process (national, invitational)
Art Avenue, Greenville, NC, Material Matters: Making Connections (international, juried)
Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA, Sparkle Plenty 8: Fresh Picks (national, invitational)
Shaw Contemporary Jewelry, Northeast Harbor, ME, 3D Printed Jewelry (national, invitational)
Robin B Gallery, Chicago, IL, All That Glistens (national, invitational)
Pinebox Gallery, Baltimore, MD, New Frontiers (national, invitational)
2012 Design Museum, London, United Kingdom, Unexpected Pleasures (international, invitational)
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, Experimental Garment Performance (invitational)
Galerie Francoise, Baltimore, MD, HOME. (MFA thesis solo exhibition)
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, Freak Antique (national, invitational)
Quirk Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Dispense \ Squish? (Micro Solo Exhibition)
The Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, 49th Annual Juried Competition (national, juried)
The Westin Kierland, Scottsdale, AZ, Pomp and Swagger (Exhibition in Motion) (international, juried)
Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia, Creature Comforts (national, juried)
Society of Arts and Crafts (Retail Shop Window Display), Boston, Massachusetts (invitational, featured artist, solo display)
Area 405, Baltimore, Maryland, Slideluck Potshow (regional, juried)
Area 405, Baltimore, Maryland, On Loan (regional, juried)
The Jung Center, Houston, TX, Extremities: Exploring the Margins of the Human Body (national, juried)
2011 Bellevue Arts Museum, Seattle, WA, Exhibition In Motion, (international, juried)
The Westin Seattle, Seattle, WA, State Of Flux (SNAG Student Exhibition) (international, juried)
Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, NICHE Awards (international, juried)
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, Masters of the Visual Universe (national, juried)
Goodwyn Hall Gallery, Montgomery, AL, Multiplicity (Emerging Young Artist [EYA] member’s exhibition)
Butler Library, Buffalo, NY, 4th Annual Women’s History Month Exhibition (featuring students, faculty and alumni)
2010 Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, CraftForms 2010
Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, NICHE Awards (international, juried)
Anita P. Folmar Gallery, Montgomery, AL, Emerging Young Artists (EYA) National Juried Exhibition (national, juried)
Bambi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2010 Bambi Biennial (national, juried)
Anita P. Folmar Gallery, Montgomery, AL, Emerging Young Artists (EYA) Member’s Exhibition (invitational)
SoftCanvas.com, Online Digital Exhibition, Open Show, (work also used in promotional images), (national, juried)
Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, Extreme Tea Exhibition (national, juried)
Towson Arts Collective, Towson, MD, 3rd Annual Exhibition, (national, juried)
Towson Arts Collective, Towson, MD, Social Change (national, juried)
Crafthaus (http://crafthaus.ning.com), Kinetic Toys Online Exhibition (national, juried)
2009 Indigo Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Winter: 20 Artists – Small Works (regional, invitational)
Indigo Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Creep: Metal and Fiber Work by Rachel Timmins (Solo Exhibition)
Elder Gallery, Lincoln, NE, The Art of Fine Craft (national, juried, in conjunction with Art of Fine Craft)
Upton Gallery, Buffalo State College, NY, Across The Visual Arts (invitational)
Center For Inquiry, Williamsville, NY, New Buffalo Artists (invitational)
Crafthaus (http://crafthaus.ning.com), Birdhaus Online Exhibition (invitational, featured artist)
Walsh Gallery, South Orange, NJ, Lilliput: Little Art For Big People (national, juried)
Upton Gallery, Buffalo State College, NY, Across The Visual Arts (invitational)
Upton Gallery, Buffalo State College, NY, Annual Design Student Exhibition (juried) (also 2007-2008)
Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON, Metal Arts Guild of Canada Head Office (contributing artist)
2008 Buffalo and Erie Botanical Gardens, Lackawanna, NY, Cross Pollination, (juried)
Upton Gallery, Buffalo State College, NY, Annual Fine Arts Student Exhibition (juried) (also 2007)\
2007 Gallery 464, Buffalo, NY, Black and White (juried)
ON SALE AT
Gallery Loupe, Montclair, NJ
Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA
Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal, Quebec
The Store at MAD Museum, New York, NY
Shaw Contemporary Jewelry, Northeast Harbor, ME
Fancy Gallery, Seattle, WA
Society Of Arts And Crafts, Boston, MA
Gravers Lane, Philadelphia, PA
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2015 Lecturer and Workshop Instructor, University of Central Washington, By These Mutant Hands, Ellensburg, WA
Faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Faculty, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
ACC, Wholesale + Retail, Baltimore, MD
2014 Lecturer and Workshop Instructor, Akron Myers School of Art, By These Mutant Hands, Akron, OH
Workshop Instructor, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Quick + Dirty Photo Documentation, Baltimore, MD
Panel Discussion, Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) Conference, Fresh, Marinated, Seasoned, Minneapolis, MN
Adjunct Faculty, MICA Sculpture Department, Introduction to Rhino CAD, Baltimore, MD
2013 Lecturer, Arcadia University, By These Mutant Hands and Contemporary Body Modification, Glenside, PA
Adjunct Faculty, MICA Fibers Department, Wash & Wear, Baltimore, MD
Adjunct Faculty, MICA Fibers Department, Smart Textiles, Baltimore, MD
Lecturer/Panel Discussion, Professional Development Seminar, Purple Cow: Photographic and Video Documentation, Toronto, ON
Lecturer and Visiting Critic, University of the Arts, By These Mutant Hands, Philadelphia, PA
Lecturer and Workshop Instructor, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
Lecturer, East Carolina University Material Symposium: Making Marks, By These Mutant Hands, Greenville, NC
Workshop Instructor, MICA Fibers Department, Introduction to 2D Drawing + 3D Modeling in Rhino CAD, Baltimore, MD
Workshop Instructor, MICA Jewelry Center, Produce in Digital (Introduction to 3D modeling in Rhino CAD), Baltimore, MD
Workshop Instructor, MICA Fibers Department, 2D Drawing in Rhino CAD, Baltimore, MD
Lecturer, Towson University, By These Mutant Hands and Contemporary Body Modification, Towson, MD
American Craft Council (ACC), Baltimore, MD, Wholesale + Retail Show, SNAG Nominee
SIERAAD, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Art Jewelry Fair
SIERAAD, Co-Curator and lead fund raiser for the Jackalope Collective (10 American Art Jewelers Venturing Overseas)
SNAG Project Volunteer Coordinator
2012 Juror, Target Gallery, Fabricated: An Exhibition of Wearable Art, Alexandria, VA
Presenter (artist talk), Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Adjunct Faculty, Towson University
Graduate Assistant, Studio Tech at Towson University
2011 Adjunct Faculty, Towson University
Teacher’s Assistant (TA), Towson University
Teacher’s Assistant (TA), Haystack Mountain School Of Crafts
Graduate Assistant, Studio Tech at Towson University
Presenter (workshop), BetaScape, Baltimore, MD, MUTATE 101
Organizer, Pop-Up Promenade (Salon Des Refuse Exhibition In Motion Invasion), Seattle, WA, at SNAG
2010 Buyer’s Market Of American Craft (wholesale), Baltimore, MD
Curator, Oddly Wearable, Crafthaus online exhibition (http://crafthaus.ning.com)
SNAG Conference Volunteer (also 2009)
2009 Metals Studio Assistant: Applied Metals Class and 2 Introduction To Jewelry Classes ‘
PRINT PUBLICATIONS
2014 America’s Rich and Responsible, Tanya Harrod, United Kingdom’s Crafts Magazine
Material Complexity, Michael Dale Bernard, Metalsmith Magazine
Suspended in Green Exhibition Catalogue, published by Laura Bradshaw-Heap
Super Handmade Craft, published by Designer Books
Chroma: Jewelry in Color Exhibition Catalogue, Independently published by Kathryn Osgood
So To Speak: A Feminist Journal of Language and Art, edited by Michele Johnson, published by George Mason University
2013 Contemporary Jewelry In Perspective, edited by Damian Skinner, Lark Books
As Seen By Others, Exhibition In Print, curated by Susan Cohn, Metalsmith Magazine
2012 Unexpected Pleasures, Rizzoli Publications
JewelBook: International Annual of Contemporary Jewel Art, Stitchting Kunst Boek
Humor In Craft, Curated by Brigitte Martin, Schiffer Publishing
Showcase 500 Rings, Juried by Bruce Metcalf, Lark Books
Art Buzz, Dunedin, FL, Mixed Media Sculpture category
2011 500 Sterling Jewelry, Lark Books
500 Felt Objects, Lark Books
Art Buzz, Dunedin, FL, honorable mention in the Mixed Media Sculpture category
2010 Direct Art Magazine, Volume 17, single page spread
Art Buzz, Dunedin, FL, 2nd place in the Mixed Media Sculpture category (juried)
Buyers Market of American Craft (BMAC) February 2010 Buyers Guide listing
2009 Buffalo News, GUSTO, Buffalo, NY
2008 Elm Leaves, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY (juried)
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
2014 Hyperallergic, “A Design Fair With A Sense Of Play”, Sarah Archer
Art Jewelry Forum, “Interview with Beth Ann Gerstein and Fabio J. Fernandez of the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston,” Celine Browning
American Craft Council, “2014 SNAG Conference: 10 Magical Moments,” Jessica Shaykett
2013 Art Jewelry Forum, “3-D Printing: Hor Air?”, Stephen Knott
2012 Art Jewelry Forum, “Performance Anxiety”, Gabriel Craig
2011 Art Jewelry Forum, “What’s She Building In There?”, Jillian Moore
SNAG website homepage
NICHE Awards Website Listing
2010 Art Jewelry Forum, “What’s in a name? SNAG 2010”, Jillian Moore
CraftMBA.com, “Designing Sticky Products, Part 3”, Megan Auman
NICHE Awards Website Listing
Bmezine.com, ModBlog interview, Jen Savage
Artisticthings.com, “Rachel Is Metal – Er, Sort Of,” G. Jessy
CONTINUING EDUCATION
2014 Kyle Houchens, McNeel Online, Level II: NURBS Modeling (Rhino CAD)
Steve Fuchs, McNeel Online, Level I: NURBS Modeling (Rhino CAD)
2011 Barbara Minor, Haystack Mountain School Of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, Enameling
2010 Ruudt Peters, Ravenstein, Netherlands, Move Now
Bruce Metcalf, Baltimore, MD, Wood Carving
2010 Thomas Mann, California, PA, Design For Survival
2009 Darlys Ewoldt, Buffalo, NY, Patination
2008 Tom Muir, Buffalo, NY, Mechanisms
HONORS + AWARDS
2015 ACC Award of Excellence, Best Booth Design
2011 NICHE Student Awards Finalist
Mad Cow Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School Of Crafts
2010 Dean’s Award For Excellence In Design, Arts And Humanities at Buffalo State College
NICHE Student Awards Finalist
SNAG Student Scholarship
Student Research and Creativity Travel Grant, Buffalo, New York (Research Foundation at Buffalo State College) (also 2008)
2009 Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, “Non Traditional Metal Forming Techniques” (Research Foundation at Buffalo State College)
Academic Excellence Award (Honors Convocation at Buffalo State College)
Nominated to the Dean’s Student Advisory Board, (Design Department at Buffalo State College)
2008 John Jauquet Award for Excellence in Craft (Design Department at Buffalo State College)
2007 Hyatts' Award for Excellence in Sculpture (Fine Arts Department at Buffalo State College)
ORGANIZATIONS
2011 – present Klimt02, www.klimt02.net
2010 – present EYA Emerging Young Artists
2009 – present Crafthaus, www.crafthaus.ning.com
2007 - present SNAG Society of North American Goldsmiths
2010 - 2011 Towson University Metals Club, Graduate Advisor, Towson, MD
2010 – 2011 Towson Arts Collective, Towson, MD
2007 – 2010 SIAM Students Involved in the Art of Metalsmithing, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
COLLECTIONS
2013 Marcia Docter, New York, NY
2011 Gerald Mead, Buffalo, NY
DIGITAL PROFICIENCIES
Rhino CAD
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
FinalCut Express
Microsoft Office Suite
Arduino Circuit Board Programming
123D Make