REBECCA POARCH
b. 1998. East Williston, New York
Education
2016-2020
The Pennsylvania State University - University Park, Pennsylvania
BFA in Studio Art - Concentration in Drawing & Painting
Dean's List
2019
The Pennsylvania State University - Dublin, Ireland
Study Abroad Summer Semester Program: Representing the Irish Landscape, Literature, and Visual Arts
Awards
2020
Sponsored Student for Annual Undergraduate Research Exhibition – selected by faculty to recognize student engagement achievement for research titled, “All This and More: Stories of Girlhood, the Body, and Paint” at Penn State Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Mentoring
2019
Margaret Giffen Schoenfelder Memorial Scholarship - selected by Penn State School of Visual Arts Scholarship Committee to recognize an exceptional fourth-year student studying painting
Exhibiting Student Artist - at Penn State College of Arts & Architecture Alumni Awards and Donor Appreciation Luncheon
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Laughing, Crying, Blooming, POPUP Galleries – online exhibition
All This and More, Art Alliance Gallery Downtown – State College, Pennsylvania
2019
Ladies of the Valley, East Williston Village Hall – East Williston, New York
Group Exhibitions
2021
Harmonize, Fable Jones Studios – Brooklyn, New York
Coveted, Kaiser Gallery – Cleveland, Ohio
Flat File, Deanna Evans Projects – online exhibition
2020
Home Room, Performance Series Curated by Audra Lambert (Editor-in-Chief @ ANTE Mag), Radiator Gallery – Queens, New York
Relief, Vacant Museum – online exhibition
Greenpoint Gallery Virtual Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery – online exhibition
2020 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Zoller Gallery – University Park, Pennsylvania
2019
Moving Pictures: An Exploration of Visual Arts and Dance, Pavilion Theater – University Park, Pennsylvania
2019 Scholarship & Awards Show, Zoller Gallery – University Park, Pennsylvania
Beara Arts Festival Student Art Showcase, Allihies Old Schoolhouse –Allihies, Ireland
Group Show for Emerging Artists, Greenpoint Gallery – Brooklyn, New York
Environmental, HumpDay Galley – University Park, Pennsylvania
2019 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Zoller Gallery – University Park, Pennsylvania
The Relative Stretch, HumpDay Gallery – University Park, Pennsylvania
2018
Art Elevated, The Garment District Alliance – New York, New York
Collective, Hub-Robeson Galleries – University Park, Pennsylvania
Press/Publications/Features
2021
The Studio Image Project, Friend of the Artist
Virtual Group Show Project, Shrine NYC
2020
"FREE SPACE" Zine, Soulstice Bay Area, Oakland, California, Fall 2020 Edition
"Sacred Sensations", The Next Generation Artist Spotlight Series, Vacant Museum
2019
"By Land, By Plane, or By Sea: Ni Aquí, Ni Allá (Neither Here, Nor There)", Southeast Queens Artist Alliance, (C)Art Festival, 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
2020
Curatorial Assistant/Gallery Intern at Art Alliance Gallery Downtown, September 2018-May 2020 – State College, Pennsylvania
President of Penn State BFA Drawing & Painting Club, January 2019-May 2020 – University Park, Pennsylvania
2018
Curatorial Assistant/Gallery Intern at Isabella Garrucho Fine Art, May 2018-September 2018 – Greenwich, Connecticut