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