Rachael Van Dyke is a full-time artist creating abstract landscape and figurative work inspired by living off the grid in the Blue Ridge mountains and traveling abroad. Van Dyke is an avid artist-in-residence and has participated in national and international residencies. These residencies create new boundaries for her work and encourage an alteration of technique and expression. These boundaries also create stimulation as she is forced to understand and come to terms with her limitations. Being open to a new color palette or a new visual language to express the land and culture is necessary. Rachael chooses to explore the region through hiking or bicycling, visiting museums and historic sites, and trying her hand at engaging with local residents. Each body of work is influenced by place and tells a story of the people and land that she’s encountered.
Carolina Mountain Life 2022 article
Canvas Rebel Magazine 2022 article
Voyage Michigan 2022 article
REPRESENTATION
Rachael Van Dyke b.1972 US
www.rachaelvandyke.com
Education
Kendall College of Art and Design, MAE, 2011
Grand Valley State University, Graduate Teacher Certification in Art Education, 2004
Roberts Wesleyan College, BS Studio Art, 1994, scholarship recipient
Rochester Institute of Technology, Foundational Art Studies, 1990, scholarship recipient
Selected Solo Exhibition
2023 Orangery. Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
2022 How Does One Say Goodbye? A quiet reflection on the displaced people of Ukraine, Watauga Arts Council, NC
2021 Dark Hallow; Light between the shadows, Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
2020 The Blue Ridge, Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
2019 The Blue Ridge, Jones House Art Gallery, Boone, NC
2018 Creating Public Imagination, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
2015 As if in the Pains of, Museum of Motherhood, NYC on line solo exhibition
2014 Ridges and Valleys Netherlands and US, Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, Ada, MI
2014 Ridges and Valleys of MI, Gifts for the Arts, University of MI
2013 Upstate New York, The Power Center of Performing Arts, University of MI
2013 Northern Michigan Landscapes, University of Michigan
2013 Northern Michigan Landscapes, Devos Center for Arts and Worship, Grand Rapids MI
2008 Q & A, Postma Center, Grand Rapids MI
2007 Q & A, Atrium Gallery, Holland, MI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 In Cahoots, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
2022 Sixteen Art & Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
2021 Invitational FHFAC Retrospective, Forest Hills Fine Art Center, Grand Rapids, MI
2019 Invitational Two Person Exhibition, Common Good Co., Boone, NC
2019 Hold Dear, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
2018 By the People; Designing a Better America, Miami Dada School of Art and Design
2018 Invitational Winter Exhibition, Ann Arbor City Council City Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2017 By the People; Designing a Better America, Faye Jones School of Architecture and Design
2017 By the People; Designing a Better America, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, NYC
2017 Freshly Considered, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids MI
2017 Renewed in Word, Faith, and Grace, Ecumenical Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, Italy
2016 20th Anniversary Bank of America Art Acquisition Exhibition, Ann Arbor, MI
2016 Festival of the Arts, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids MI
2016 ArtPrize 2011-2016, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Devos Center, MI
2016 Everyone in the Pool, LaFontsee Galleries, Douglas MI
2015 The Space Between, Les Pays au Jardin Botanique, artist in residence, France
2015 Look Out, LaFontsee Galleries, Douglas MI
2014 Urban/Rural, LaFontsee Galleries, Douglas MI
2013 Wide Expanses, LaFontsee Galleries, Douglas MI
2013 Go Figure, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids MI
2012 Genre, Seed Gallery, Traverse City MI
2012 Festival of the Arts, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids MI
2012 Get Dressed, Seed Gallery, Traverse City MI
2011 Thaw, Davison Gallery, Rochester NY
2011 Avenue for the Arts, Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, Ada MI
2008 Q & A,Atrium Gallery, Holland MI
2008 Voyages and Image: Dolan Center Gallery, NYC/Gold Dome Gallery, OK/Hawken Gallery, OH
2007 The Child In You, Woman-Made Gallery, Chicago IL
Artist-in-Residence
2023 Fundación Valparaíso, Spain
2022 Brota Residencia de Artista, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2022 Roskilde Artist in Residence, Denmark
2022 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Amherst, VA
2022 Studio Faire, Nerac, France
2021 Golden Apple Art Residency, Maine
2021 Keeneland Horse Raceway, Lexington, KY
2020 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Amherst, VA
2020 Mackinac Island State Historic Parks, Mackinac Island, MI
2019 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Amherst, VA
2019 Edgewood Cottage, Blowing Rock, NC
2019 Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs,Ireland
2017 Officina Stamperia del Notaio, Sicily, Italy
2016 Isle Royale National Park, Isle Royale, MI
2016 ArteStudio Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy
2015 Jardin-Botanique, Marnay sur Seine, France
2014 Forest Hills Fine Art Center, MI
2012 TICA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2009 Les Tasis, Les Tapies, France
Corporate Art
2023 Renown Health, Reno, NV
2021 Charter Communications, Stamford, CT
2020 Henry Ford Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI
2019 Steelcase Platinum Partner Award prints, Steelcase
2019 Trinity Health, Grand Rapids MI
2017 Tyndale Publishing, Immerse Bible series: 6 Bible covers and purchased originals
2017 Del Lago Resort, large scale print of artwork, Waterloo, NY
2016 Bank of America, original work, Ann Arbor, MI
2014 Marriott Hotels, prints of work purchased for hotel rooms
2010 Devos Children’s Hospital, Collaborative large-scale sculpture, Grand Rapids MI
Teaching
1995-2014 Art and Design Educator for K-12th grade, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 Adjunct Professor, College for Creative Studies, Detroit MI
Presenter, Workshops and Curatorial
2023 Marsh Harbour Art workshop, The Bahamas
2017 Blowing Rock Art Museum, North Carolina, art workshop
2016 Isle Royale National Park Service, artist presentation and talk
2008, 2013 MAEA Conference Studio Instructor and Presenter
2007 Atrium Gallery, Holland MI
2006 Art and the Spiritual, Mars Hill Bible Church, Grandville MI
2005-2010 Curated bi-monthly exhibitions atCapsule Gallery, Grand Rapids MI
Grants and Awards
2019 VCCA, Art Fellow Grant
2009/2011/2012 Festival of the Arts, Purchase Award
2009/2010/2011 Arts Council of Grand Rapids, Educational Grant
2007 Scholastic Gold Teacher Achievement Award
2006 Japanese Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar, Japan
2005 Celebration of the Arts Award, FUMC, Grand Rapids, MI
Current Gallery Representation
Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
Cross Gate Gallery, Lexington, KY
Molly Northern Interiors, Boone, NC
La Fontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
Ann Arbor Arts Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Somebody’s Gallery, Petosky, MI