The choices made throughout the art process reflect my observations to the world around me. Playing in the woods as a child, I developed a sensitivity to color, patterns and variation in nature. Making art is a way to recover memory, decoding patterns and colors to explore variation with in me and in nature.
I work in printmaking, sculpture, collage, watercolors and acrylics. Allowing each medium to have its own movement, chance, and variation. Working in multiple mediums creates ample room for exploration and aesthetic variation. Being experimental stems from my interest in both art and science.
“Sensitivity to similarity and difference enables one to perceive new orders of structure, both in the “objective” world of nature and in the mind itself.”–David Bohm
Growing up in the Georgia Mountains using wood burning stoves, pumping up our own spring water, and composting exposed me to exploration and self-sufficiency. These qualities help me explore my environment today. Observing urban and rural environments in search for balance between structure and abstraction.
Education
Penland School of Craft, North Carolina
Summer Study Program – Serigraph Printing
San Francisco State University,
BFA in Studio Art- Printmaking, Ceramics
Lorenzo De’ Medici University, Florence, Italy
Summer Study Program – Ceramics and Italian
Printing Experience
Studio Internship, Robert Blackburn Printing Workshop, Winter 2009, New York NY
Printmaking co-op, Graphic Arts Workshop, member since 2005 San Francisco, Ca
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2006 Latters, Legs and Chairs, Cafe Royale, San Francisco, Ca
2005 Paper Scissors Rock, Space Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
Group
2009 In Bloom, Fivepoints Arthouse, San Francisco, Ca
2009 Puncuation, Right Window at ATA, San Francisco, Ca
2009 Eighth Annual Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, Ca
2009 Art and Music, Lushlife Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
2009 World of Imagination, APW Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Little Paper Cuts, Fivepoints Arthouse, San Francisco,Ca
2007 Picture Progress, Red Ink Studios, League of Young Voters,
San Francisco, Ca
2007 KITZO, Space Gallery, Creative Minds, San Francisco, Ca
2006 Creatures of the sky, Madrone Lounge, San Francisco, Ca
2005 Salon Show, Space Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
2005 Borderlands, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco Ca
2004 Emergence, The Art Gallery at Caesar Chavez Student Center,
San Francisco State University, Ca
2004 12×6×5, Julia Marshall Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
2003 Stillwell Student Art Show 15th annual, San Francisco
State Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco Ca.
2002 Borders Limitations Confinements, Julia Marshall Gallery,
San Francisco, Ca.
Professional Experience
2004-present Freelance Artist, Ceramic/Printmaking/Graphic Design, San Francisco
2005-present Designer, horn a day, screen-printed clothing line, San Francisco CA.
2006-2007 Printmaking Instructor, Cellspace, San Francisco CA.
Adult education etching instruction, developed beginning and intermediate lesson plans, incorporated science aspects with art concepts.
2004-2005 Model Designer, Plum Architects, San Francisco CA.
Project Management, Modeler, Photoshop and Illustrator Design
2003-2005 Project Manager, Colour Studio, San Francisco, Ca
Architectural color consulting interior and exterior
03/04-12/04 Slide Librarian, San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA.
Cataloged, developed and assisted Art History Professors in Art Department Slide Library.
2002-2004 Lab Technician, San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA.
Responsible for mixing glazes, loading gas and electric kilns. Full knowledge of wheel and hand building technique.
2001-2002 Seamstress, Malatesta & Co., Drapery and Linen Design Studio
1999-2000 Children’s Art Instructor, Fulton County Arts Council Warsaw Ocee extension, Duluth GA. Created Lesson Plans. Taught Ceramics and Color Theory to 6-13 year olds.
Awards
Work-Study Scholarship, Serigraphy studies, Penland School of Craft, NC, 2005
Silver Key Recipient, The scholastic Art and Writing Awards, The Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Ga. 1999.
Special Skills
Detail oriented, color coordinated, friendly, strong communicator, and very organized. Photography, Print and Graphic design. Efficient in Photoshop, Illustrator. I do construction, painting, hang sheet rock, and use power tools.
About
Rachel Hornaday
The choices made throughout the art process reflect my observations to the world around me. Playing in the woods as a child, I developed a sensitivity to color, patterns and variation in nature. Making art is a way to recover memory, decoding patterns and colors to explore variation with in me and in nature.
I work in printmaking, sculpture, collage, watercolors and acrylics. Allowing each medium to have its own movement, chance, and variation. Working in multiple mediums creates ample room for exploration and aesthetic variation. Being experimental stems from my interest in both art and science.
“Sensitivity to similarity and difference enables one to perceive new orders of structure, both in the “objective” world of nature and in the mind itself.”–David Bohm
Growing up in the Georgia Mountains using wood burning stoves, pumping up our own spring water, and composting exposed me to exploration and self-sufficiency. These qualities help me explore my environment today. Observing urban and rural environments in search for balance between structure and abstraction.
Education
Penland School of Craft, North Carolina
Summer Study Program – Serigraph Printing
San Francisco State University,
BFA in Studio Art- Printmaking, Ceramics
Lorenzo De’ Medici University, Florence, Italy
Summer Study Program – Ceramics and Italian
Printing Experience
Studio Internship, Robert Blackburn Printing Workshop, Winter 2009, New York NY
Printmaking co-op, Graphic Arts Workshop, member since 2005 San Francisco, Ca
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2006 Latters, Legs and Chairs, Cafe Royale, San Francisco, Ca
2005 Paper Scissors Rock, Space Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
Group
2009 In Bloom, Fivepoints Arthouse, San Francisco, Ca
2009 Puncuation, Right Window at ATA, San Francisco, Ca
2009 Eighth Annual Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, Ca
2009 Art and Music, Lushlife Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
2009 World of Imagination, APW Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Little Paper Cuts, Fivepoints Arthouse, San Francisco,Ca
2007 Picture Progress, Red Ink Studios, League of Young Voters,
San Francisco, Ca
2007 KITZO, Space Gallery, Creative Minds, San Francisco, Ca
2006 Creatures of the sky, Madrone Lounge, San Francisco, Ca
2005 Salon Show, Space Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
2005 Borderlands, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco Ca
2004 Emergence, The Art Gallery at Caesar Chavez Student Center,
San Francisco State University, Ca
2004 12×6×5, Julia Marshall Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
2003 Stillwell Student Art Show 15th annual, San Francisco
State Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco Ca.
2002 Borders Limitations Confinements, Julia Marshall Gallery,
San Francisco, Ca.
Professional Experience
2004-present Freelance Artist, Ceramic/Printmaking/Graphic Design, San Francisco
2005-present Designer, horn a day, screen-printed clothing line, San Francisco CA.
2006-2007 Printmaking Instructor, Cellspace, San Francisco CA.
Adult education etching instruction, developed beginning and intermediate lesson plans, incorporated science aspects with art concepts.
2004-2005 Model Designer, Plum Architects, San Francisco CA.
Project Management, Modeler, Photoshop and Illustrator Design
2003-2005 Project Manager, Colour Studio, San Francisco, Ca
Architectural color consulting interior and exterior
03/04-12/04 Slide Librarian, San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA.
Cataloged, developed and assisted Art History Professors in Art Department Slide Library.
2002-2004 Lab Technician, San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA.
Responsible for mixing glazes, loading gas and electric kilns. Full knowledge of wheel and hand building technique.
2001-2002 Seamstress, Malatesta & Co., Drapery and Linen Design Studio
1999-2000 Children’s Art Instructor, Fulton County Arts Council Warsaw Ocee extension, Duluth GA. Created Lesson Plans. Taught Ceramics and Color Theory to 6-13 year olds.
Awards
Work-Study Scholarship, Serigraphy studies, Penland School of Craft, NC, 2005
Silver Key Recipient, The scholastic Art and Writing Awards, The Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Ga. 1999.
Special Skills
Detail oriented, color coordinated, friendly, strong communicator, and very organized. Photography, Print and Graphic design. Efficient in Photoshop, Illustrator. I do construction, painting, hang sheet rock, and use power tools.
references available upon request