Rachael Van Dyke

Rachael Van Dyke is a full-time artist creating abstract landscape and figurative work inspired by living off the grid in the Blue Ridge mountains and traveling abroad. Van Dyke is an avid artist-in-residence and has participated in national and international residencies. These residencies create new boundaries for her work and encourage an alteration of technique and expression. These boundaries also create stimulation as she is forced to understand and come to terms with her limitations. Being open to a new color palette or a new visual language to express the land and culture is necessary. Rachael chooses to explore the region through hiking or bicycling, visiting museums and historic sites, and trying her hand at engaging with local residents. Each body of work is influenced by place and tells a story of the people and land that she’s encountered.
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Van Dyke earned her MAE at the Kendall College of Art and Design and has been a professional artist and an art and design educator for all grade levels including adjunct instructor at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI.

Solo Exhibitions
2024 Bittersweet, Art and Light Gallery, SC

2023 Orangery, Art and Light Gallery, SC

2022 How Does One Say Goodbye? A quiet reflection on the displaced people of Ukraine, Watauga Arts Council, NC

2021 Dark Hallow; Light between the shadows, Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC

2020 The Blue Ridge, Art and Light Gallery, SC

2019 Blue Ridge, Jones House Art Gallery, NC

2015 The Space Between
Le Jardin Botanique, France, solo exhibition

2015 As if In the Pains,
Museum of Motherhood, NYC, on line solo exhibition

2014 Ridges and Valley, The Netherlands and The US, Forest Hills Fine Art Center, MI solo exhibition

2014 Ridges and Valleys of Michigan,
The University of Michigan, MI, solo exhibition

2013 Upstate NY
Power Center of Performing Arts, MI, solo exhibition

2013 Northern Michigan Landscapes
The University of Michigan, solo exhibition

2013 Northern Michigan Landscapes
Devos Center of Performing Arts, MI solo exhibition

2008 Q & A series
Postma Center of the Arts, MI solo exhibition

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Three women pop up exhibition: Buenos Aires

2023 Here's The Thing, LaFontsee Galleries, Michigan

2022 In Cahoots, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI

2022 Sixteen, Art & Light...