Rachel Kaye – info

Rachel Kaye
Born 1981 in San Jose, CA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education

2004
BFA from California College of the Arts, emphasis in Painting and Drawing.

Awards and Scholarships

2010
JB Blunk Residency

2006
Chashama Residency Program, Pine Plains, NY

2004
CCA All College Honors Robert Ralls Scholarship
CCA Best of Junior Review

Solo Exhibitions

2010
Share the Fantasy, Gavlak Projects, Palm Beach, FL

2009
The Colony, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008
Under the Affluence, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007
The Viewing: Central and Remote, Kayo Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

2005
Sheros, Dalva, San Francisco, CA

2004
No Stars on that Side of the Moon, BFA Exhibition, CCA East Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions

2010
Friends of Friends, Garfo Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT

2009
The Drawing Club, Park Life, San Francisco, CA
Dilettantes, Dandies, and Divas, Gavlak Projects, Miami, FL

2008
Dear and Yonder, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mollusk Family Poster Show, Mollusk Surf Shop, San Francisco, CA

2007
Expanded Line, Dinaburg Arts LLC, NYC
Read & Read, Stinson Beach Library, CA
Glamour, Glory, And the Good Ole Days,Paul Morris Gallery, NYC

2005
Come Fall, Mollusk Surf Shop, San Francisco, CA
A Set of Elements or Points Satisfying Specific Geometric Postulates, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Dream Home, Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA
Lets Gather Like It Was The Old Days, Via Rivera, Palos Verdes, CA
Very Crucial Creations, Dalva, San Francisco, CA

2004
Exquisite Corpse, CCA, San Francisco, CA
A Drawing Show, Temescal Amity Works, Oakland, CA
Epic Losers, CCA West Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Big Sur to Bellingham, CCA North Gallery, Oakland, CA
CCA Painting, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Best of Junior Review, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
On Paper, Liminal Gallery, Oakland, CA
Anti-Depressants, CCA, San Francisco, CA

Rachel Kaye
Born 1981, San Jose, CA

My fascination with fame has now evolved into documenting the famous and their surroundings. Because the U.S. has no royal family, I’ve created my own; a blend of Hollywood, fame and old money. In the same way that Jean-Etienne Liotard created portraits of the Habsburg-Lorraine family, I am drawing portraits of our queens and princesses. Or to be more honest, drawing women that are worth the title to me. I’m interested in the world of old time class. People that carry a large personality and can show off decadence with a smile or handbag. And people who are drawn to grand items like chandeliers, flocking, pearl necklaces and very big rooms. I want to draw a world like William Randolph Hearst did when he built Hearst Castle. I want to draw the people I imagine would be hanging out inside these big fabulous places.