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Born in 1957 in Portland, OR, USA


1993, M.F.A., Brooklyn College

1991, Vermont Studio Center

1981, Oxbow School of Painting

1980, B.F.A., School of the Art Institute



"Rachel Youens similarly creates contemporary epics out of still-life elements she keeps in her studio. Favoring the muted palette of Braque or Giacometti, Youens retains these masters' dogged and hard fought sense of nuance. She then projects this nuance onto historical tableaux in which figurines and bric-a-brac are transformed into protagonists."

Joel Silverstein, 1997

  • Solo Exhibitions
  • 1995: Verso Books, New York, NY

  • Group Exhibitions
  • 1998: The Painting Center, New York, New York

  • 1989: Flat Iron Artists, Chicago, IL

  • 1987: Moming Gallery, Chicago, IL

  • 1985: ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

  • 1983-1986: 1840 Annual Salon, Chicago, IL

  • 1984: Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL

  • 1996:
  • Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY

  • Holy Ghost Salon, Brooklyn, NY

  • 1995:
  • Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY, "Works from flat files at Pierogi 2000"

  • Allen Stone Gallery, New York, NY

  • 1993:
  • Art Iniatives, New York, NY

  • Westbeth Gallery, NY "MFA Thesis Exhibit"

  • Theater Actors Institute, New York, NY

  • 1990:
  • Lakepoint Towers, Chicago, IL

  • Abel Joseph Gallery, Chicago, IL

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    Selection of paintings from Rachel Youens

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  • Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, Candidate, 1993

  • Charles H. Shaw Memorial Award for painting, Brooklyn College, 1992

  • Chicago Neighborhood Coalition, Chicago, IL, 1986


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  • Trace, Painting the Self After Modernism,1997, Susan Hamberger.

  • Terra Persona, 1998, Cover Magazine, Giovanni Ulloa