Curriculum Vitae

Rachel P. Bacon

Goudenregenhof 32 F

2565 EX  the Hague

the Netherlands

+31 (0)70 335 9311 

rachelbacon@dds.nl

Education:

1987-90:     Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.

                    Bachelor of Fine Arts, graduated cum laude, painting and printmaking

1984-85:     Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A

                    concentration literature and visual arts

Experience:

2003-present Museum of Fine Arts of the City of the Hague, the Hague, NL

freelance museum docent for the City Museum, Photo Museum and GEM

2003-present Quartair, the Hague, NL

collaborator artists run space, specializing in exchanges with other artists’ collectives throughout Europe and elsewhere

2002:        SloopZacht, (Soft Demolition), the Hague, NL

participant in multidiciplinary visual art and theater project in and surrounding derelict housing in the city center

                                     The Dutch Chocolate Factory, Helmond, NL

                                     workshop with kinderen, creating and demolishing gingerbread houses

2001:        Fringe Festival, Maastricht, NL

Sound and music festival, organized in collaboration with the Poli-Poetry Biennale

2000-01:  Zip Zap Club, Maastricht, NL

                                    collaborator artists run space

Exhibitions, (a selection)

2006:        Atelier as Supermedium: By Date or By Relevance, Rijswijk

             Tekeningen VI, Quartair, the Hague

             Atelier as Supermedium, Figure 8, Rijswijk

             See Me...Feel Me...Heal Me, Pink Gala, in collaboration with the Breast Cancer Society of the Netherlands

2005:        Scents:Locks:Kisses, Z 33, Hasselt, Belgium

                 State of the Art, Stroom Arts Center, the Hague, NL

                 Think Tanker, the Willem3, Vlissingen, NL (solo)

                 Everything Must Go, The Dutch Chocolate Factory, Helmond, NL

2004:        Drawing V, Quartair, the Hague, NL

             Nothing Personal, Space for Artists, Amsterdam, NL (solo)

2003:        State of the Art, Stroom Arts Center, the Hague, NL

             Culture Night with Factor 44, Quartair, the Hague, NL

             Noisecape, Scheveningen, NL (commission)

             Flora and Fauna 3, Quartair, the Hague, NL

             MAAS, City Museum Roermond, NL (catalogue)

2002:        Ateliers, with Quartair, Free Academy, the Hague, NL

             Word Space, Institute of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

             Natur Reflectiert, (Nature Reflects) Schloss Burgau, Duren, Germany (catalogue)

2002:        Clean Slate,  Luxus, the Hague, NL (solo)

Tasty Art, City Museum, Helmond, NL (commission)

             Juried Alumni Show, Schafler Gallery, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. (catalogue)

             Speculation, The Dutch Chocolate Factory, Helmond, NL (solo)

2001:        (W)Interaction, The Factory, Eindhoven, NL

             Halitosis Convention, with Factor 44 in Quartair, the Hague, NL

             Dark Matter, Projectatelier, Leiden, NL (solo)

             From A to B, I.P.U.T., Budapest, Hungary

             The Stretched Studio, Marres, Maastricht, NL

             3/4, Factor 44, Antwerp, Belgium

2000:        A Propop, Traders POP Gallery, Maastricht, NL

             Cosmic Sweep, Artspace 42 m 3, Maastricht, NL (solo)

             Kangaroo 3, Kunstvlaai 3, Amsterdam, NL

             L’ Exposition de l’ Art Fantastique, Eben-Emael, Belgium (catalogue)

1999:        Hands Off Her!, City Theater, Heerlen, NL

             Le Laboratoire d’ Impressions, Geneva, Switzerland

             1 : 2000, Ground Floor, Utrecht, NL

             Aan den Lijve, The Old Castle, Heemstede, NL

             Simply, a Piece of Paper..., Cultural Center Genk, Belgium

Grants:

2005:        Individual Artists Grant, Stroom Arts Center, the Hague, NL

2004:        Special Project, Stroom Arts Center, the Hague, NL

               grant for work period in the Willem3, Vlissingen, NL

             Individual Artists Grant, Stroom Arts Center, the Hague, NL

             Fund for Visual Art, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam, NL

              basic grant (for two years)

             Exhibition grant, Stroom Arts Center, the Hague, NL

2003:        Individual Grant, Stroom Arts Center, the Hague, NL

2001:        Presentation grant, City of  Maastricht, NL

2000:        Presentation grant, Province of Limburg, NL

1999:        Fund for Visual Art, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam, NL

                basic grant (for two years)

Commissions:

2004:        ‘World Map 2004”, commissioned by the Da Costa School, the Hague, NL

                    with the support of Stroom Arts Center and the Mondriaan Foundation

2003:        Periodic Table of the Elements, work made for the exhibition and acquired by the

                    City of Roermond

Publicity:

2005:        ‘Atlas’ , artist’s book, made for the Da Costa school and Stroom Den Haag

‘Onverschrokken Blik op Vlissingen’, Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, 17. 2. 2005

2002:        ‘Een Tempeltje van 3500 Speculaasjes’, Eindhovense Dagblad, 21.01.05

2001:        Kunstkoppen, L1 TV, Maastricht

                    interview en documentaire programma over lokale kunstenaars

             The Promise, HTV de Ijsberg, Amsterdam

‘Rachel Bacon Schildert Sterren met Autobanden’, De Leidese Dagblad, 31.05.02

1999:        RTL 5, interview ivm ‘Aan Den Lijve’, Heemstede