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 

Berkshire LGBTQ+ Pride Art Exhibit, Becket Arts Center, Group Show June 13 - July 6, 2025

Becket Arts Center, Becket, MA

Art in the Berkshires, Art in the Berkshires Juried Art Show, Group Show June 5 - July 5, 2025

Eastover Contemporary Art Space, Lenox, MA

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, Solo Show                                                                               December 2022

Brothership Building: 141 North Street, Pittsfield NY

Pratt Institute, Thesis: Autoethnography                                                                               May 2018

South Hall, 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205