POARCH
CONTACT
CONTACT
REBECCA POARCH
b. 1998. East Williston, New York
She/Her
rpoarchartist@gmail.com
Education
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
Dean's List – The Pennsylvania State University
Annual Undergraduate Research Exhibition – “All This and More: Stories of Girlhood, the Body, and Paint” -Penn State Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Mentoring
2019
Margaret Giffen Schoenfelder Memorial Scholarship – Penn State School of Visual Arts Scholarship Committee
Selected Exhibitions
2022
2022 Flat File, Deanna Evans Project – online exhibition
2021
Home Room: Live and In Person, Curated by Audra Lambert, ChaShaMa – New York, New York
Down to Earth, Curated by Julia Halsey, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts – Bridgehampton, New York
A World Away, A Thought Apart, Curated by Tyrome Tripoli, Gallery Petite – Brooklyn, New York
Online Exhibition #5, Curated by Althuis Hofland Fine Arts, Top Top – online exhibition
Structured Spaces, dōdōmu gallery – online exhibition
Coveted, Kaiser Gallery – Cleveland, Ohio
2021 Flat File, Deanna Evans Projects – online exhibition
2020
Home Room: Performance Series, Curated by Audra Lambert, Radiator Gallery – Queens, New York
Greenpoint Gallery Virtual Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery – online exhibition
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
Beara Arts Festival Showcase, Allihies Old Schoolhouse –Allihies, Ireland
Priority Mail, Ground Floor Gallery – Brooklyn, New York
Group Show for Emerging Artists, Greenpoint Gallery – Brooklyn, New York
2019 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Zoller Gallery – University Park, Pennsylvania
2018
Art Elevated, The Garment District Alliance – New York, New York
Collective, Hub-Robeson Galleries – University Park, Pennsylvania
Press & Publications
2021
Peggy Roalf, "The DART Board 11.10: Women in the Arts," AI-AP
“Dream” Issue, Emerge Journal @ 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," CAN Journal
2020
"Sacred Sensations," The Next Generation Artist Spotlight Series, Vacant Museum
"BFA students have exhibit downtown," CentreArts Magazine, February 2020 Volume 2, No. 7
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, Queens, New York
"Rebecca Poarch's Art On Display At East Williston Village Hall," The Williston Post, Volume VI Issue II
2018
“Rebecca Poarch Displays Work at 2018 Arts Festival In Manhattan’s Garment District,” The Williston Post, Volume V Issue X
Related Experience
2022-Present
Assistant Director – Halsey McKay Gallery – East Hampton, New York
Social Media Administrator – 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 Assistant/Gallery Assistant Intern – Art Alliance Gallery Downtown – State College, Pennsylvania
President – Penn State BFA Drawing & Painting Club – University Park, Pennsylvania
2018
Curatorial Assistant/Gallery Assistant Intern – Isabella Garrucho Fine Art – Greenwich, Connecticut