Rachel Marks is an American artist, performer and dancer living and working in Paris. Her background in dancing with the Oklahoma City Ballet transposes into her performances, using dance as an artistic medium in her work. She has a Bachelor of Fine Art (2010) in Drawing and Painting from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Fine Art (2013) from l'Ecole Supérieure d'Art et Design of Grenoble, France.
Rachel's work looks at the relationship between nature and language by investigating identity through integration. Her practice includes drawing, painting, sculpture, installation and performance. 

CURRICULUM VITAE 

Born in Oklahoma City
Lives and works in Paris

FORMATION

« DNSEP » with honors, L’Ecole Supérieure d’Art et Design de Grenoble. Diplôme obtenu en 2013.
« Bachelor of Fine Art » drawing and painting (level Bac +5), Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Mai 2010.
Art Department Exchange Program at The University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Angleterre, premier semestre de l’année universitaire 2009/2010.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES

2017
Imagine Science Film Festival, National Sawdust, New York
Null and Void, solo exhibition, Incognito Artclub, Paris
Translations, solo exhibition, La Librairie Nicolas Malais, Paris
Innergration, solo exhibition, under construction gallery, Paris
La Nuit des Musées, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris
Cher(e)s Ami(e)s, U10, curator Svetlana Montua, Belgrade
Symphony Nature, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris
Understand What We Know, Jeune Création, La Couleuvre, Paris
Vaisseau Famtome, curator Celine Tuloup, 6B, Saint-Denis

2016
Christmas Party, Under Construction Gallery, curator Marie Gayet, Paris
Festival Passage Pas/sage, Passage Gravilliers, Paris
Autofictions, Under Construction Gallery, curator Point Contemporain, Paris
Generosity, Gallery XPO, curator Point Contemporain, Paris
Art for Autism, Art Curial, Chateau de Beauregard, Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard

2015
Christmas Party Bibliothêca, curator Katarina Stella, Under Construction Gallery, Paris
3 Days in Paris, Mi* Galerie, exposition collectif et performance, Paris, France
Dreamcatcher, Incognito Artclub 24h/24, commissariat La GAD, exposition et performance, Paris, France
SLiCK Art Fair, performance sous l'invitation du Under Construction Gallery, Paris, France
Young International Artist Fair (YIA), Carreau du Temple, Paris, France
La Nuit Blanche, Eglise Saint Merry, Paris, France
Jeudi Arty, performance Under Construction Gallery, Paris, France
La GAD Collection Type #3 @ Grand Local, 22 rue Visconti, 75006, Paris, France
Passage Pas/sage, Under Construction Gallery, performance, Paris, France
À distance convenable, Under Construction Gallery, curator Point Contemporain, Paris
Life Aint Fair #02, Galerie Résidence d'été du YIA art fair, in situ par La GAD suite à l'invitation de Romain Tichit, Tourtour
Archetecture(s) de Bonheur, Galerie Düo, curator Point Contemporain, Paris
Y YO SOY, T3r Puetras, solo exposition-artist residency, Torre Del Mar, Andelucia, Spain
The sky is not the limit, curator point contemporain, OMNI Gallery, Paris
Life Aint Fair, La GAD in situ 22 rue Visconti, Paris
Black Rice, Foundation Lucien Paye, Paris
Young International Art Fair La Confidentielle, Bastille Design Center, Paris
La Ville Continent, curator Point Contemporain, OMNI Gallery, Paris
 
2014
Crossing Boarders, Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura, Tijuana, Mexico
Crossing Boarders, Gallery Gong, Seoul, South Korea
language identity, La Galerie Aigua de Rocha, Ussel, France
Intégration, Le Faitout, Paris

2013
Crossing Boarders, SMOArts Bay Gallery, San Francisco, California
Journée d’Art Contemporaine, Galerie Xavier Jouvin, Grenoble, France
Deep, Gallery l’École Supérieur d’Art of Grenoble, Grenoble, France

2010
Bachelor of Fine Art graduate exhibition Bartlet Center Art Gallery, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Landscapes of Spanocchia, Gallery Spanocchia, Sienne, Italy 
Green Country Watercolor Society, Tulsa Community College Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Momentum, The Oklahoma Visual Art Coalition (OVAC), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Musical Interpretations, solo exhibition, Schardein and Company Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Musical Interpretations, solo exhibition, The Jazz Hall of Fame Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

PUBLICATIONS 

2015
Sound Prints, Emergant Art Space, San Francisco, Californie
Highlike Book, Electronic Language International Festival and SESI publishing house, São Paulo, Brazil

2014
Quand les sons deviennent visibles, La Montagne, en lien avec l’exposition a la gale- rie Aigua de Rocha, Christine Moutte, Ussel, France,
Rachel Marks : Music becomes open, Seymour Magazine
Emergant Art Space
Color Language, Emergant Art Space, San Francisco, Californie 

2010
Artist Spotlight : Rachel Marks, The Universe, London, Angleterre

2009
Artist Makes Waves with Exhibition Oklahoma Gazette, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

2008
Art on a Pedestal, Culture West Magazine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Review, les mieux artistes de l’Oklahoma de 2008 David Williams, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

RESIDENCE 

2017
Jeune Creation, bretagne, France

2015
Tr3s puertas, Andalucia, Spain
OMNI, Paris

2010
Dole Reed Society, Toas, New Mexico

2009
Spanocchia, Sienne, Italy