Rachel's profile
Bio:
Rachel Guardiola is an interdisciplinary artist and naturalist. Her studio practice investigates the intersection of art, science, and technology with a focus on the human relationship to wilderness through lens based analog and digital media. Rachel has exhibited internationally with List í Ljósi, The Halide Project, Rhizome DC, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Wassaic Project, Analog Cookbook, Dakar Biennale de l’Art Contemporain, Sydney College of the Arts, Light City Baltimore, Artscape, Rhode Island School of Design, and Washington Project for the Arts amongst others. She has received the Hamiltonian Gallery Artist Fellowship and Studio Residency at School 33 Art Center. Rachel has been an Artist in Residence at MASS MoCA, A.I.R. Gallery Governors Island, Arctic Circle Art & Science Expedition, HEIMA, Vermont Studio Center, and Atelier de Visu. She received an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Rachel served as an Environmental Education Extension Agent for Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa.
Artist Statement:
My studio practice explores the human relationship to wilderness through the construction of other earths, mythologies inspired by periods of solitary navigation through extreme landscapes. I utilize photography, film, video, sound, alternative processes, performance, and projected installations to reimagine topographies free of human presence. The works investigate science and speculative fiction, feminist theory, and the fantastic as methods of re-imagining alternate topographies that in turn reflect back on environmental realities. The works playfully teeter between fact and fiction to become environments of the uncanny.
Rachel Guardiola is an interdisciplinary artist and naturalist. Her studio practice investigates the intersection of art, science, and technology with a focus on the human relationship to wilderness through lens based analog and digital media. Rachel has exhibited internationally with List í Ljósi, The Halide Project, Rhizome DC, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Wassaic Project, Analog Cookbook, Dakar Biennale de l’Art Contemporain, Sydney College of the Arts, Light City Baltimore, Artscape, Rhode Island School of Design, and Washington Project for the Arts amongst others. She has received the Hamiltonian Gallery Artist Fellowship and Studio Residency at School 33 Art Center. Rachel has been an Artist in Residence at MASS MoCA, A.I.R. Gallery Governors Island, Arctic Circle Art & Science Expedition, HEIMA, Vermont Studio Center, and Atelier de Visu. She received an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Rachel served as an Environmental Education Extension Agent for Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa.
Artist Statement:
My studio practice explores the human relationship to wilderness through the construction of other earths, mythologies inspired by periods of solitary navigation through extreme landscapes. I utilize photography, film, video, sound, alternative processes, performance, and projected installations to reimagine topographies free of human presence. The works investigate science and speculative fiction, feminist theory, and the fantastic as methods of re-imagining alternate topographies that in turn reflect back on environmental realities. The works playfully teeter between fact and fiction to become environments of the uncanny.
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