Rachael Lynn Reynolds currently a graduate assistant at Emily Davis Gallery within Myers School of Art at The University of Akron in Ohio, where she is completing her Master's of Art in Arts Administration. Rachael earned her Bachelor of Arts in fine art from Hillsdale College in Michigan. She also spent time studying photography and art history at the Florence University of Art in Florence, Italy. Before relocating to Ohio, Rachael taught 7-12th grade art in the East Phoenix Valley of Arizona.
self-portrait, 2019.
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Rachael is passionate about arts advocacy and education:
Arts education is crucial to the development of the whole person. Rachael believes it is both a right and a fulfillment of human potential. Access to arts education cannot be denied to any soul. Rachael dedicates her career to defending arts education, particularly in underserved metropolitan areas. Her experience as an educator and her continued path of higher education in arts administration and art history will afford Rachael a position in society to expose as many people as possible to art. Rachael takes a particular interest in the history of photography and 19th and 20th-century modern art, specifically the role of women in these histories. |
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Rachael's artwork defends our world and those that inhabit it:
Though Rachael is a practicing fine art photographer, her education has exposed her to many media forms. During her undergraduate studies, Rachael was classically trained in sculpture, painting, and drawing and took extensive photography, graphics, and art history courses. Learning so many mediums has had a significant impact on her work and given her the ability to blur the lines between mediums, deepening her images' expression. Rachael has a great appreciation for learning about those who came before her and understanding their work. Learning from these artists and how personalities and experiences influenced their art contributed to Rachael finding what affects hers: nature and human nature. |
Bust of Abraham Lincoln, Rachael Reynolds. 2016. Clay. Life-size.
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Portrait from Terror & Hope: Christians of the Middle East, Rachael Reynolds. 2018. Photograph.
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In Rachael's work, she suggests that they are both related and the same, often using alternative techniques and processes. A love for people and their cultures has driven Rachael to use her art for cultural advocacy. Rachael plans to dedicate her work to educate others, using photography to capture distinct moments filled with character and meaning. Her photographs provide compelling narratives that advocate for the world’s persecuted. She aims to continue the fight for human rights and women’s rights. Rachael is a 2018 alumna of the Philos Leadership Institute—when in Jordan and Israel, she focused her efforts on drawing comparisons between Christians living in Israel and displaced Christians who are victims of persecution (Terror & Hope: Christians of the Middle East). Rachael looks forward to continuing to use her role as an artist to advocate for human rights.
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