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Rachel
Avena
Brown
 rachelavenabrown.com


2005
‐
2007
New
York
University;
Steinhardt
School
of
Education
 Master
of
Fine
Arts.
Graduated
Summa
Cum
Laude,
May
2007


2002
‐
2004
The
College
of
Santa
Fe


Bachelor
of
Fine
Arts,
Minor
in
Psychology.
December
2004


2000
‐
2002
The
School
of
the
Art
Institute
of
Chicag0



 Solo
Exhibitions
 2012


“Nuclear
Fusion”
–
an
installation
that
depicted
nuclear
fusion.
The
Front,
4100
St.
Claude
Ave.
New
Orleans,
LA.
 70117
January
14
–
February
5.



 Exhibitions
 2012


th

“The
Front”
–
a
group
exhibition
featuring
the
art
work
of
all
fourteen
members
of
The
Front.

UAB
Visual
Arts
Gallery,
900
13 
Street
South.
 Birmingham,
Alabama.
August
24
–
September
21
 “I
&
I
&
I”
–
an
exhibition
with
Philippe
Landry.
The
Front.
May
12
–
June
3
 “Frontier
Daze”
–
a
one
night
only
ticketed
event
for
twenty
people
in
which
they
ate
dinner
in
an
installation.

In
collaboration
with
Joel
 Brown,
Ricardo
Barba,
Andrew
Schrock,
and
Margot
Walsh.
Parse
Gallery,
134
Carondelet
St.
New
Orleans,
La.
March
30,
2012
 “Spaces:
Antenna,
The
Front,
Good
Children
Gallery”
–
a
group
exhibition
that
features
the
art
of
the
participating
 artist
collectives’
members,
as
well
as
some
collaborative
efforts
between
the
collectives.
Contemporary
Arts
Center,
 900
Camp
St.
New
Orleans,
LA.
February
25
–
June
10


2011


“Avant
Garden”
–
winter
art
sale.
Joan
Mitchell
Center,
2275
Bayou
Rd.
New
Orleans,
LA.
December
17
 NOCCA
Alumni
Exhibition
–
an
exhibition
featuring
NOCCA
Alumni.
Ken
Kirschman
Artspace,
located
on
NOCCA’s
 campus.
2800
Chartres
St.
New
Orleans,
LA.
September
1
–
September
30
 “Like/Dislike”
–
an
exhibition
with
artist
Lindsay
Katherine
Kane.
The
Front.
August
14
–
September
4
 “Drop
City”
–
The
Front
vs.
Team
Lump.
Lump
Gallery,
505
S.
Blount
St.
Raleigh,
NC
27601.
June
 “Love,
The
Front”
–
a
group
exhibition
featuring
the
work
of
all
Front
members,
past
and
present.
The
Front.
New
 Orleans,
LA.
June
11
–
July
3
 “BRAIN
MASSAGE”
–
a
group
exhibition.
Parse
Gallery.
May
6
‐
28
 “NOLA
Pearls”
–
a
group
exhibition,
funded
through
the
creative
exchange
&
Southern
Comfort.
Direktorenhaus,
 Am
Krogel
2,
10179
Berlin,
Germany.
March
8
–
April
10
 “MINE
EYES”
–
a
group
exhibition
with
artists
Jason
Leinwand
and
Lindsay
Kane.
The
Front,
New
 Orleans,
LA.
February
12
–
March
6


2010


“Black
Gold”
–
Team
Lump
vs.
The
Front.
The
Front.
New
Orleans,
LA.
December
11
–
January
2,
 2011
 Three
Rivers
Art
Festival
–
St.
John’s
Coffeehouse.
Covington,
LA.
November
13
‐
14
 New
Orleans
Book
Fair
–
Frenchmen
Street.
New
Orleans,
LA.
November
6
 “Till
Morning”
–
an
exhibition
with
artists
Kelly
Gazlay
and
Erika
Somogyi.
The
Front.
New
 Orleans,
LA.
July
10
–
August
8
 “We’re
Cold
Together,
We’re
Hot
Together
–
an
exhibition
with
artist
Eric
Steinberg.
The
Big
Top
 Gallery,
New
Orleans,
LA.
May
8
–
31
 “Refresh”
‐
A
group
exhibition
of
collective
members.
The
Front.
New
Orleans,
LA.
February
13
‐
 21


2009


“I
am
a
video”
–
A
video
exhibition
with
five
other
video
artists
curated
by
Good
Children.
Good
 Children
Gallery,
New
Orleans,
LA.
August
8
‐
September
5
 “Rehab,
The
Suitcase
Show”
–
An
open
call
juried
show
of
art
made
with
suitcases.
The
Big
Top
 Gallery,
New
Orleans,
LA.
June
6
‐
July
25
 “Everything
Must
Go”
–
Group
exhibition
curated
as
a
Good
Children
fundraising
event,
and
first
 anniversary
celebration.
Good
Children
Gallery,
New
Orleans,
LA.
March
14
‐
April
5


2008


“Echoic”
–
Group
exhibition
with
works
by
Laura
Gipson,
Ariya
Martin
&
Michael
Winter.
curated
by
 Natalie
Sciortino‐Rinehart.
Antenna
Gallery,
New
Orleans,
LA.
July
12
‐
August
3
 Constance,
“Delicate
Burdens”‐art
opening
and
book
release.
Barrister’s
Gallery.
New
Orleans,
LA.
 Saturday,
March
1
only


2007


“Look
Away”
–
NYU
Steinhardt,
MFA,
group
show.
Cynthia
Broan
Gallery.
New
York,
NY.
June
2
‐
 June
16
 “Babes
&
Birdies"
‐
MFA
thesis
exhibition.
Washington
Square
East
Galleries,
New
York,
NY.
March
 27
‐
May
18
 College
Arts
Association,
MFA
Exhibition
‐A
group
show
presenting
work
by
students
enrolled
in
 MFA
programs
in
the
greater
New
York
area,
held
concurrently
with
the
conference.
Hunter
 College/Times
Square
Gallery,
New
York,
NY.
February
14
‐
17


2006


“The
Combine
Harvester"
‐
Two
woman
show
with
Kristin
Lantz.
The
Rosenberg
Gallery,
New
York
 University.
New
York,
NY.
Dec.
6
–
January
20,
2007
 “A
Flood
Line"
‐
A
video
installation.
Shared
space
with
David
Mitchell.
CEPA
Gallery,
Buffalo,
NY.
 April
22
‐
June
3
 MFA
First
Year
Exhibition
–
Group
show
with
first
year
MFA
candidates.
The
Commons,
New
York
 University
April
12
‐
April
24



 Reviews/Publications
 2012


“Spaces:
Antenna,
The
Front
and
Good
Children
Gallery”
D.
Eric
Bookhardt.
Art
Papers.
(p.
30
&
31)
May‐June
2012
 “Spaces:
Antenna,
the
Front,
Good
Children
Gallery”
Nick
Stillman.
Artforum
International.
(p.
314
&
315)
May
2012
 “Unnatural
Communities”
Tori
Bush.

dailyserving.com.
March
17,
2012:
 http://dailyserving.com/2012/03/spaces/
 “Raw
new
works
at
St.
Claude
Avenue
galleries”
D.
Eric
Bookhardt.
Gambit.
January
31,
2012:
 http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/raw‐new‐works‐at‐st‐claude‐avenue‐galleries/Content?oid=1947711


2011


Art
Takes
Miami.
Artists
Wanted
LLC.
USA
Signature
Book
Printing.
(p.
23)
2011
 “Scad
Openings”
Benjamin
Strauss.
Invadenola.com.
August
22,
2011:
 http://invadenola.com/2011/08/scad‐openings/
 “Raleigh’s
Team
Lump
and
New
Orleans’
The
Front
create
and
homage
to
Drop
City”
Amy
White.
Indyweek.com.
June
22,
2011:
 http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/raleighs‐team‐lump‐and‐new‐orleans‐the‐front‐create‐an‐homage‐to‐dropcity/
 Content?oid=2567114
 “Works
by
Jason
Leinwand,
Lindsay
Kane,
Rachel
DeTrinis
and
Carlos
Betancourt”
D.
Eric
Bookhardt.
Gambit.
February
22,
2011:
 http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/works‐by‐jason‐leinwand‐lindsay‐kane‐rachel‐detrinis‐and‐carlosbetancourt/
 Content?oid=1583906


2008


“Rogue’s
Gallery”
D.
Eric
Bookhardt.
Gambit.
July
22,
2008:
 http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/rogues‐gallery/Content?oid=1250787
 Constance,
Delicate
Burdens.

Constance
Project,
LLC.
Volume
2.
(p.
14
&
15)
2008
 “Learning
to
Love
You
More”
–
Miranda
July’s
website:
 http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/reports/51/detrinis_rachel.php


2007


Constance
Replicas
+
Replacements.
Westcan
In
Canada.
Volume
1.
Journal
of
forty
New
Orleans
artists.
(p.
72
&
73)
weareconstance.org.
2006.



 Awards


Member
of
the
Artist
Collective
The
Front.

New
Orleans,
La.
February
2010
‐
Present
 Student
Excellence
Award,
New
York
University;
Steinhardt
School.
Spring
2007
 Nominee,
Dedalus
Foundation:
invites
applicants
to
its
program
of
grants
in
support
of
 contemporary
art
issues.
(Spring
2006.)
 Member,
Pi
Gamma
Mu:
The
National
Honor
Society
for
Social
Science.
Spring
2004‐Present
 College
of
Santa
Fe
Merit
Scholarship,
College
of
Santa
Fe,
NM.
(Fall
2002‐Fall
2004)



 Related
Professional
Activities
 2012
 The
Color
of
Summer
Art
Camp
Teacher


Longue
Vue
House
and
Gardens.

Created
and
implemented
a
curriculum
for
the
summer
art
camp
offered
to
5‐7
year
olds.

Installed
an
art
 exhibition,
of
the
camper’s
projects,
for
their
families
at
the
end
of
the
camp.

New
Orleans,
LA.

June
11
‐
15


Creative
Capital
Participant


Attended
the
professional
development
program,
Creative
Capital,
hosted
by
the
Creative
Alliance
of
New
Orleans
 and
the
Joan
Mitchell
Center.
New
Orleans,
LA.
March
9‐11


2009‐2012
 Teacher


Recovery
School
District.
Talented
Visual
Arts
Department,
traveling
to
various
schools
in
 the
RSD,
educating
students
who
have
been
identified
as
talented,
in
the
visual
arts.
New
 Orleans,
LA.
April
–
Present


2008
 Teacher


Recovery
School
District.
Special
Education
Teacher
for
lower
school,
supporting
and
educating
 students
with
mild‐moderate
exceptionalities
in
grades
1‐6.
Julian
Leadership
Academy.
New
 Orleans,
LA.
August
2008
–
April
2009


Teaching
Assistant


New
Orleans
Center
for
Creative
Arts.
Assisting
the
teachers
in
the
middle
school
summer
 program.
New
Orleans,
LA.
Summer
2008


2007
 Teacher


Recovery
School
District.
Sixth
Grade
English
Language
Arts/Reading
Teacher
and
Middle
 School
Special
Education
Teacher.
St.
Julian
Eymard
School.
New
Orleans,
LA.
August
2007
‐
 May
2008


Teaching
Fellow


TeachNOLA,
Summer
Institute,
a
preparation
and
job
placement
to
work
within
a
Title
1
New
 Orleans
public
school.
New
Orleans,
LA.
Summer
2007
‐
Present


2006
 Tutor


America
Reads/America
Counts,
tutored
students
in
their
core
subject
areas
and
assisted
the
 college
counselor
with
college
applications
and
filing
FAFSA
applications.
Lower
Manhattan
 Arts
Academy.
New
York,
NY.
August
2006
‐
May
2007