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Rachael Lynn Reynolds
art historian, curator & educator
arts advocate & practicing photographer

Rachael specializes in the history of photography and other works on paper. Her research concerns the role of gender, nature, and mysticism in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century photography. Rachael is currently a PhD student in Art History at Tyler School of Art & Architecture in Philadelphia. She holds an MA in Arts Administration from the University of Akron, where her thesis focused on the representation of women artists in gallery and museum spaces, and a BA in Art from Hillsdale College with concentrations in art history and photography. Rachael is an active independent curator with experience in gallery management and arts consulting, as well as a practicing photographer. Prior to relocating to Philadelphia, Rachael interned in the photography curatorial department at the Cleveland Museum of Art after beginning her career as a high school educator.
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.  Whether it be sharing knowledge through the mode of a lecture, or the work and ideas of artists with the public as a curator—Rachael is dedicated to a career of advocating for the arts and artists. 
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self-portrait, 2019.
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Bust of Abraham Lincoln, Rachael Reynolds. 2016. Clay. Life-size.
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 in addition to photography, graphics, and art history courses. Learning  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.
Rachael often uses alternative techniques and processes to further the tangibility of her work. 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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Portrait from Terror & Hope: Christians of the Middle East, Rachael Reynolds. 2018. Photograph.
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