Rachel Stallings Thomander is a Colombian American artist based in Santa Cruz, California.
Education
2018, MFA Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley
2013, BFA Studio Art, Brigham Young University
Solo and two-person shows
2023, Isla de Lechuga, Granary Arts, Ephraim, UT
2021, Surfing and Chess, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020, Six Small Rugs, Esqueleto Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019, Brush Cow Needle Thread, Tropical Contemporary, Eugene, OR
2016, Laugh Attack, Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts, SLC, UT
2012, Only Song, Gallery 303, Provo, UT
2011, May I Say, Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim, UT
2010, Princess You, Rowley Press, Provo, UT
Group shows
2024, Materializing Mormonism: Trajectories in Contemporary LDS Art, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
2023, Weee, New Harmony Contemporary, New Harmony, IN
2023, A Greater Utah, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2023, UMOCA Gala Fundraising Event, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2023, Great Awakening, Center Gallery, New York City, NY
2020, Material Issues: Strategies in 21st Century Craft, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2020, Incubation Period, Granary Arts curated by PARC collective, virtual exhibition
2019, A Book Release, Washer / Dryer Projects, Salt Lake City, UT
2018, Endless Editions 2018 Biennial, EFA Project Space, New York City, NY
2018, In Tandem, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018, The 48th Annual University of California, Berkeley Masters of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
2017, Aguas Migrantes, ISSSTE: Centro Cultural Y Deportivo, Guanajuato, MX
2017, I AM I, Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts, SLC, UT
2017, Relay, CTRL+SHFT, Oakland, CA
2017, Me, Nous Tous Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017, Intermediaries, Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, CA
2016, Paper Cuts, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2016, Casual Hex, Qulture Collective, Oakland, CA
2016, Marking New Paths, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2016, Geo Necro, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2015, Utah Ties juried by Mara McCarthy, Central Utah Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
2015, Balance-Unbalance, ASU Galleries, Tempe, AZ
2015, Sustainability Solutions Festival, City of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
2015, The Weight of the World, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ
2013, Hue + Me, Rogers Gallery, Provo, UT
2012, Two Moons, two-person exhibition with Jessica Li, Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium, Provo, UT
2011, Look Again and Again, Waggenry Gallery, Provo, UT
2011, Becoming, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT
Awards, Grants and Residencies
2021, Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency Fellow with Collar Works, Washington County, NY
2021, Agnes Gund Foundation Scholarship
2020, Facebook Artist in Residence, Facebook HQ, San Francisco, CA
2019, UC Berkeley Sam Francis Travel Grant
2018, Aguas Migrantes Residency, Artist in Residence, Guanajuato, Mexico
2017, Graduate Opportunity Program Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley
2009 -11, Scholarship for Visual Arts Talent Award, Brigham Young University
Public Lectures
2019, Making a Performance workshop at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Berkeley, CA
2019, Artist lecture series, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2018, Artist talk with Maryam Yousif, curated by Sarah Thibault, Painting Salon, Oakland, CA
2017, Artist talk for Art 102: Approaches to Painting, Instructor: James Sterling Pitt, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Curatorial Experience
2017, ESL dimension, Isaac Vazquez Avila, Lago Projects, Oakland, CA
2017, Bona Fide 4, Jessica Li, Lago Projects, Oakland, CA
2017, I like the way you look at my brown and black blue body, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Lago Projects, Oakland, CA
2017, Me, Nous Tous Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012, Covered in Stars, Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim, UT
Teaching Experience
2018-19, Art Associate Teacher, Pre-K-6th grade, The Nueva School, Hillsborough, CA
2017, Graduate Student Instructor, Introduction to Visual Thinking, Seminars 1 & 2, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Selected Publications
2020, ‘Exponent II, Fall Issue 2020,’ cover art and artist profile, curated by Page Turner
2019, ‘BYU Department of Art, A 15-Year Expanse,’ curated by Laura Hurtado Director of UMOCA, designed by Actual Source
2018, ‘Scary Sugar Book, Issue 2,’ self-published by Scary Sugar Collective, distributed by Actual Source
2017, “There’s No ‘I’ in ‘RELAY,’ Where the Emerging Art Scene is a Team Sport” by Sarah Hotchkiss, KQED Arts
2017, “Amid Ferocious San Francisco Rental Market, Apartment Galleries Proliferate” by Sarah Burke, Artsy
2016, “14 Artists Explore Identity Through Lipstick, Overalls, and Cake” by Hannah Ongley, i-D
2014, "Rachel Cardenas Stallings: Laugh Attack" by Brian Staker, Salt Lake City Weekly
2014, "Rachel Cardenas Stallings: An interview with the Artist" by Natalie Neal, The Pulp Zine