Education
2015 MFA, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2008 BFA, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2019 A Study in Symmetry (Rachel Fischer and Ashley Whitt), 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2017 -Bad Omens, Clamp Light Gallery, San Antonio, TX
-Low Tide, BOX 13 Artspace, Houston, TX
2016 Fat Lava/ Drifting Googie (Rachel Fischer & Michael Frank Blair)
Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
2015 -Seminatural, Terrain, Dallas, TX
-Plastic Nirvana, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2014 Swallowed Whole, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2008 Transient, BFA exhibition, University of North Texas, Lightwell Gallery, Denton, TX
2007 -This Is You, Art Six Coffee House, Denton, TX
-Stroke (Rachel Fischer and M. Giovanni Valderas), University of North Texas, Union Gallery, Denton, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Making Moves, Goldmine Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 -RO2 Gallery Downtown Pop-Up: Rachel Fischer, Betsey Gravatt, Adam Palmer, Austin Sparks
-Oso Bay Biennial XX- Painting: Realism Redux, University of North Texas representative, Corpus Christi, TX
2017 -Why Blue?, Wolf Kahn Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
-Nasty Women, Sunset Art Studios, Dallas, TX
2016 -In Goood Company, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
-Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Fort Worth Central Library Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
-Dialogue: Rudolph Blume Fine Art/ Artscan Gallery, Houston TX
-Group Exhibition: Rachel Fischer, Eric Ockrassa, Margaret McMillan & Angel Castelán, Zoya Tommy Gallery, Houston, TX
2015 MFA Showcase Exhibition, UNT Art Gallery, Denton, TX & UNT ArtSpace, Dallas, TX
2014 -5 to Watch, The Gallery at Visit Addison, Addison, TX
-CHAOS, Small Works Show, RO2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
-Brik Haus Collective presents Agent Form, Panhandle House, Denton, TX
-Explorations of the Nude Figure, UP-Collective, Austin, TX
-Between Oak and Mulberry, Norwood Flynn Gallery, Dallas, TX
2013 Intersections: Collaborative Enquires in Painting, UNT on the Square, Denton, TX
2010 6th Exhibition, Tex Gallery, Denton, TX
2007 Artistically Speaking, University of North Texas, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton TX
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2017 Vignette Art Fair, The Women's Museum, Dallas, TX
2016 Sinking, Sinking, Sinking: SDAI Winter Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2014 Art in the Metroplex, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2013 -(Inter) Connections, WOCA Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
-New Texas Talent XX, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
-This Is Not About You/I Did Not Choose To Be Here, Oliver Francis Gallery, Dallas, TX
-53rd Annual Voertman Competition, University of North Texas, CVAD Gallery, Denton, TX
2010 Expo 2010: 500X Gallery Annual Juried Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 Expo 2009: 500X Gallery Annual Juried Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008 -V.A.S.T. 40th Annual National Exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
-48th Annual Voertman Competition, University of North Texas, CVAD Gallery, Denton, TX
2007 47th Annual Voertman Competition, University of North Texas, CVAD Gallery, Denton, TX
Selected Awards and Honors
2015 Nasher Sculpture Center, Artist Microgrant for Brick Haus Collective with Abby Sherrill
2014 -Dallas Museum of Art, Awards to Artists, Arch & Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund
-University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts, Student Project Award Fund
-Shawn Hamilton Memorial Scholarship
-Paramount Pictures Scholarship in Art
-President’s Council Scholarship
-The Bradley Edward Sterling Memorial Scholarship
-Third Place, University of North Texas Graduate Research Exhibition
2013 -Shawn Hamilton Memorial Scholarship
-President’s Council Scholarship
-First Place, University of North Texas Graduate Research Exhibition
2009 Peoples Choice Award, V.A.S.T. Exhibition
2008 Second Place, V.A.S.T. 40th Annual National Exhibition
Publications & Press
2018 After Glow, https://www.clamplightsa.com/after-glow/, Rachel Fischer’s Bad Omens
2017 AEQAI, http://aeqai.com/main/2017/05/rachel-fischer-low-tide/, Low Tide, by
Jack Arthur Wood
2016 -New American Paintings, West, Issue #126, pages 74 -77. Print.
-Modern Dallas, Moderndallas.net, Featured Artist in Todd Camplin Weekly, by Todd Camplin
-We Denton Do It, wedentondoit.com, Brick Haus Collective, by Alyssa Stevenson
-The Dentonite, thedentonite.com, Brick Haus Collective Feature, by Mateo Granados
2015 -Dallas Public Library Coloring Book, by Friends of the Dallas Public Library, www.fodpl.org
-Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue 8, pages 22, 23. Print.
-Art and Seek, artandseek.net, “Nasher’s First Micro-Grants Announced – And Other Money News”, by Jerome Weeks
-Glasstire, Glasstire.com, “Top 5, Feb. 12, 2015”, by Christina Rees and Bill Davenport
2014 -North Texas Review, University of North Texas, Department of English, pages 45 & 91. Print.
-Modern Dallas, Moderndallas.net, “Between Oak and Mulberry”, by Todd Camplin
2013 Glasstire, Glasstire.com, “Intersections at UNT on the Square”, by Michael Frank Blair
2008 North Texas Review, University of North Texas, Department of English, Pages 90, 91. Print.
2007 Dallas Arts Revue, DallasArtsRevue.com, “Junior Senior Prom: No Ifs, And or Buts”, by JR Compton
Residencies
2017 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2016 Penland School of Crafts, Winter Residency, Penland, NC
Lectures
2018 -Professional Practices lecture as Brick Haus Collective w/ Abby Sherrill, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
2017 -Professional Practices lecture as Brick Haus Collective w/ Abby Sherrill, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2016 -Professional Practices lecture as Brick Haus Collective w/ Abby Sherrill, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
-Professional Practices lecture as Brick Haus Collective w/ Abby Sherrill, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Curatorial Experience
2018 Delta, co-curated with Abby Sherrill, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2017 Guest Juror, Friend of the Artist, Spring 2017 Publication
2016 Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Fort Worth Central Library, Fort Worth, TX
2015 Framework, co-curated with Abby Sherrill, Brick Haus Collective, Denton, TX
Professional Experience
2016-2018 Adjunct Professor, Eastfield College, Mesquite TX
2016 Adjunct Professor, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2015-2018 Adjunct Professor, University of North Texas, Denton TX
Public Collections
Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
The Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX