CONTACT
CONTACT
REBECCA POARCH
b. 1998. East Williston, New York
Based in New York City and Flower Hill, New York.
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
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
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
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