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Born in 1995, in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, USA.


   Presentation

Rachael Tarravechia was born in 1995 in North Carolina. received a B.F.A. in painting from The Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia in the spring of 2018. She has exhibited her work internationally in the United States, Hong Kong, and France. Her work investigates the threshold of private versus public, and aim to capture fleeting, intimate moments.  Moments where the room was just previously occupied, and now there are no people, no phones, no cameras, yet the aura of humanity still lingers. Tarravechia lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.  

   

   Education

2018         B.F.A., The Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, United States


   Awards

2018

Summa Cum Laude, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia, United States

BFA Painting Showcase Best in Show, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia, United States

Winter Painting Showcase Honorable Mention, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia, United States


2014-2018

Deans List, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia, United States

Achievement Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia, United States

Academic Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia, United States

Selected Artworks
Sugar, Spice and Professor Utonium with a Carving Knife
Sugar, Spice and Professor Utonium with a Carving Knife
2022
121.9 x 121.9 cm / 48.0 x 48.0 in
Good Things Come in Threes
Good Things Come in Threes
2022
50.8 x 50.8 cm / 20.0 x 20.0 in
When The Shoe Doesn't Fit
When The Shoe Doesn't Fit
2022
121.9 x 121.9 cm / 48.0 x 48.0 in
Soul Seeker
Soul Seeker
2023
121.9 x 121.9 cm / 48.0 x 48.0 in
The Sawyers
The Sawyers
2022
28.5 x 88.9 x 24.1 cm / 11.2 x 35.0 x 9.5 in
Hysteria
Hysteria
2023
182.9 x 152.4 cm / 72.0 x 60.0 in
Forget Me Knot
Forget Me Knot
2023
121.9 x 121.9 cm / 48.0 x 48.0 in
Kiri Kiri Kiri
Kiri Kiri Kiri
2022
121.9 x 91.4 cm / 48.0 x 36.0 in
Winter Song
Winter Song
2024
76.2 x 76.2 cm / 30.0 x 30.0 in
Angel Number
Angel Number
2024
76.2 x 76.2 cm / 30.0 x 30.0 in
Marie
Marie
2025
121.9 x 121.9 cm / 48.0 x 48.0 in
Lucid Dreaming
Lucid Dreaming
2025
40.6 x 40.6 cm / 16.0 x 16.0 in
Are We Still Friends ?
Are We Still Friends ?
2025
45.7 x 45.7 cm / 18.0 x 18.0 in
Suitehearts
Suitehearts
2025
188.0 x 157.5 cm / 74.0 x 62.0 in
Castle in the Sky
Castle in the Sky
2025
232.4 x 152.4 cm / 91.5 x 60.0 in
Videos
Rachael Tarravechia - Water on Velvet
Rachael Tarravechia - Water on Velvet
Exhibitions In Our Galleries
All Exhibitions



Solo shows


2024

Water on Velvet, Ceysson & Bénétière, New York, USA


2023

Fever Dream, Ceysson & Bénétière, Lyon, FR


2022

Salvation in a Dogwood Bloom, Tchotchke Gallery, New York


2021

Wish You Were Here, Launch F18, New York


2020

The Viewing Room, Online Show, Launch F18, New York


2018

All That Glitters, Chinatown Soup, New York


2017

Thank You!!, Chinatown Soup, New York




Two person and Group shows


2023

Homecoming, Tchotchke Gallery, New York, USA


2022

The Ecstasy of Saint Britney, Ceysson & Bénétière, New York

What's Your Dream?, Galerie Zberro, Paris, FR

Butterfly Effect, Tchotchke Gallery, New York, USA


2021

If These Walls Could Talk, Rachael Tarravechia and Julia Jo, Dinner Gallery, New York

New York Isn’t F*cking Dead, Tchotchke Gallery, New York

Of Decadence and decay, Marley Smit SVA Thesis, New York

Launch F18 10 Years, Launch F18, New York


2020

The Secret Garden, Bobblehaus, New York

Spring/Break In Excess, Spring/Break Art Fair, New York


2019

My Hollywood Mirror, Launch F18, New York

WEAVE: Pattern in Three Dimensions, Arts Brookfield, New York

Got It for Cheap, The Hole, New York

Ultralight Beams, The Mount Analogue, Seattle, WA

Sublime Banality, Here/There Gallery, Portland, OR


2018

The Shadowman meets The Feminine, Contra Gallery, New York

Speed Dating, Bomb Pop!Up, New York

SCAD BFA Painting Showcase, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA

FIX, Welmont Venues, Savannah, GA

Alexander Collective Salon Show, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA

Port City Review Exhibition, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA

Winter Student Showcase, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA


2017

Open Studio Exhibition, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA

SCAD DeFINE Art Winter Showcase, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA


2016

International Group Open Studio, SCAD Lacoste, Lacoste, France

SCAD Student Showcase, SCAD Hong Kong, Sham SHui Po, HK

Bibliography

Bibliography


2022

Booooooom, “Artist Spotlight: Rachael Tarravechia”, booooooom.com

The New Yorker, Goings on About Town, “The Ecstasy of Saint Britney”, newyorker.com

Cultbytes, “Femme Reigns Supreme in “The Ecstasy of Saint Britney” at Ceysson & Bénétière” cultbytes.com

Artnet News, “Editors’ Picks: 13 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Film About the Chelsea Hotel to a Show Celebrating Britney Spears”, news.artnet.com


2021

TimeOut, “This new digital art exhibition argues New York isn’t dead”  timeout.com

Cool Hunting, “Brooklyn-Based Rachael Tarravechia + Anthony Eslick’s “New York Isn’t F*cking Dead” Exhibition”, coolhunting.com

Creative Boom, “Rachael Tarravechia's paintings are uneasy, sinister and satisfying”, creativeboom.com

Metal Magazine, "Interview Rachael Tarravechia: Like a Diamond” metalmagazine.eu

Whitehot Magazine, “In Conversation: Rachael Tarravechia and Marissa Graziano” whitehotmagazine.com


2020

Art Plugged Magazine, “Rachael Tarravechia: Artists Inside the Industry” artplugged.co.uk

(Print) Under The Bridge Zine, Winter 2020 


2019

Launch F18, “In Conversation: Rachael Tarravechia and Christian Graham” launchf18.com

The Stranger Newspaper

Art and About PDX 


2017

Accidental Discharge Magazine

Curated by Girls 


2016

Crybaby Zine

Conscious Magazine

High In Style Magazine