EDUCATION

 

2016-2020

The Pennsylvania State University – University Park, Pennsylvania

B.F.A. in Studio Art – Concentration in Drawing & Painting

2019

The Pennsylvania State University – Dublin, Ireland

Study Abroad Program – Representing the Irish Landscape, Literature, and Visual Arts

 

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

 

2021

Artist in Residence – Duplex AIR – Lisbon, Portugal

2020

Annual Undergraduate Research Exhibition – Penn State Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Mentoring

2019

Margaret Giffen Schoenfelder Memorial Scholarship – Penn State School of Visual Arts Scholarship Committee

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

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2023

Trove, Deanna Evans Projects – Online

2022

Journey to Seriphos, Frances Michelle – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Special Project Floribunda, Curated by Jaime Abrusci, 100 Crescent Beach Road – Glen Cove, New York

$200 Flat File, Deanna Evans Projects – Online

2021

Home Room: Live and In Person, 1285 2nd Avenue – New York, New York

Down to Earth, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts – Bridgehampton, New York

A World Away, A Thought Apart, Gallery Petite – Brooklyn, New York

Coveted, Kaiser Gallery – Cleveland, Ohio

$200 Flat File, Deanna Evans Projects – Online

2020

Home Room: Performance Series, Radiator Gallery – Queens, New York

Solo Exhibition All This and More, Art Alliance Gallery Downtown – State College, Pennsylvania

2020 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Zoller Gallery – University Park, Pennsylvania 

2019

Moving Pictures, Pavilion Theater – University Park, Pennsylvania

2019 Scholarship & Awards Show, Zoller Gallery – University Park, Pennsylvania

2019 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Zoller Gallery – University Park, Pennsylvania

2018

Art Elevated, The Garment District Alliance – New York, New York

Collective, Hub-Robeson Center – University Park, Pennsylvania

 

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

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2022

Katie Pilgrim, "Studio Visit: Rebecca Poarch," Lifted Lab

"At The Party," Curated by Jane Kang Lawrence, I Like Your Work

2021

“Dream” Issue, Emerge Journal at School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Master of Arts Administration and Policy program, 2020-21 edition

Mark Segal, "The Art Scene 06.24.21," The East Hampton Star

DRB, "Free Bodies, Coveted States of Mind at Kaiser Gallery," Collective Arts Network Journal

2019

"By Land, By Plane, or By Sea: Ni Aquí, Ni Allá (Neither Here, Nor There)" Zine, Curated by Natali Bravo-Barbee, Southeast Queens Artist Alliance

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RELATED EXPERIENCE

 

2022-Present

Assistant Director – Halsey McKay Gallery – East Hampton, New York

Social Media Manager – Penn State School of Visual Arts Alumni Board – University Park, Pennsylvania

2021-2022

Public Relations Manager & Gallery Assistant – The Art Guild – Flower Hill, New York

2018-2020

Curatorial & Gallery Assistant Intern – Art Alliance Gallery Downtown – State College, Pennsylvania

President – Penn State B.F.A. Drawing & Painting Club – University Park, Pennsylvania

Curatorial & Gallery Assistant Intern – Trimper Gallery – Greenwich, Connecticut