Who I am
Rachel Kaufmann is an artist from New York City, working in the Berkshires. She works in oil paint, acrylic paint, pen, and ink.
She has several bodies of work from different stages. Throughout these different bodies of work, she is interested in what tells a story. These pieces could be the story of a band filling up the streets of Great Barrington with music on a summer evening or a girl who has encountered a replica of herself upside down.
She enjoys exploring what can visually depict an emotional truth: the intensity that can show through depicting herself in all reds, or how it feels to watch the sky light up into a sunset. Motifs throughout her work includes reflections, the sky, and scale techniques to reflect feelings.
Rachel has a BA from Bard College, in Studio Art with a Concentration in painting. She also has a MS from Pratt Institute in Art and Design Education.
Featured on Solo Creatives of the Berkshires, March 2025
Education
Pratt Institute, MS, Art and Design Education September 2015- May 2018
Brooklyn, NY
Bard College, BA, Studio Art September 2008 – May 2013
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Exhibitions
Guild of Berkshire Artists, Coming of the Light, Group Show February – April 2025
Colonial Theatre, 111 South Street, Pittsfield, MA
JWS Art Supplies, Scenes from Great Barrington, Solo Show August 2024
291 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
Fuel, Scenes from Great Barrington, Solo Show July 2024
293 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
Guild of Berkshire Artists, Angels of New York, Scenes of Great Barrington: A Journey of April 2024
Discovery, Group Show
38 Main Street, West Stockbridge, MA
Guild of Berkshire Artists, 2024 Winter Online Show, Online Show February, March 2024
Online Show
Berkshire Art Center, Snapshots December 2022
Brothership Building: 141 North Street, Pittsfield NY
Pratt Institute, Thesis: Autoethnography May 2018
South Hall, 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205