Exhibitions

2011

Beyond The Art, Gallery D'Estee, Chicago Il

2010

Call and Response, Hamiltonian Art Gallery, Washington DC

Black and White, MOCA Fine Art Gallery, Washington DC

Open Canvas, Tryst, Washington DC

2009

Art For Change, Bruckner Gallery, New York

Obama Art & Politics, H&F Fine Art Gallery, Washington DC

24th Annual Mayor's Arts Award, Washington DC

Experience

2008 - Present

Young and Powerful for Obama Washington, DC

Visual Art Director

• Producing art for inaugural events

• Recruiting artists to display work at fundraisers and galas

• Organizing outreach efforts to local high school artists for inaugural collage

2007 - 2007

Perspectives Charter School

Muralist

Washington, DC

Chicago, IL

• Instructed students in a self-organized workshop for painting basics • Assisted students in painting a mural on school campus

2006 - 2007

Kamit Institute for Magnificent AchieversWashington, DC

Art Teacher

• Taught Art Fundamentals to 11th and 12th grade students

2002 - 2003

Howard University Washington, DC

Set and Backdrop Designer

• Designed backdrop for Howard University Homecoming Delta Step Team

2001 - 2003

New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church Chicago IL

Banners, Signs and Display Artist

• Designed signs and banners for sanctuary and church events

2000 - 2004

Indigenous Gifts and Designs Chicago IL

Interior Designer and Decorative Painter

• Painted faux finishes in homes • Designed murals for Children’s rooms • Planned and decorated the layout of various room interiors

1996 - 2000

Gallery 37

Apprentice Artist

• Facilitated job trainings and conducted visual research • Created Murals and Acrylic Paintings on Canvas • Commissioned to produce art for local buyers

Selected Reviews/Press

StyleBlazer Artist Profile: Rachel Crouch’s Amazing Art & Fashion Mash-Ups

The Black Scholars Index, Rachel and Rebecca Crouch, Emerging Artist, Educators, and Leaders

Love and Water Design, Artist Rachel Crouch will move you!

Women of Color: Art Series Volume 3 Rachel D Crouch

Sugar and Art, Ouch! Its Rachel and Rebecca Crouch!

H.A.S Magazine: Issue 8