MFA, Visual Studies – Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2000
BA, Photography & Art History – Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
2023
Frye Art Museum, Alcove Artist, Seattle, WA – Alchemy 27
Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR – Just A Friendly Reminder That You’re Awesome: A Camera-less Odyssey
2022
Scalehouse Gallery, Bend, OR – Excuse Me: An Homage to My Creative Foremother
2019
Hi-Lo Hotel, Portland, OR – Wanderer
Chehalem Cultural Center – Central Gallery, Newberg, OR – Unconditional
The Joinery, Curated by Verge PDX, Portland, OR – Transmission
2018
Angst Gallery, Vancouver, WA – Suspended Resonance
Bar Mingo, Curated by Stumptown Creative, Portland, OR – Pearlessence
2017
The Esther Building Art Space, Vancouver, WA – Alchemy
West Linn Public Library, West Linn, OR – Transmutation
2016
Red Fox, Portland, OR – Luminary
2014
Red Fox, Portland, OR – The Graces
Central Gallery, Portland, OR – Opening Night
EnvyMe, Vancouver, WA – One & Many
2013
Lightbar, Portland, OR – Illumination
Vendetta, Portland, OR – Photogram Symphony
2012
Hideaway, Portland, OR – Dance
Energy Bar, Portland, OR – Photogram Symphony
Camerawork Gallery, Portland, OR – The 99th Fable
2008
Shaarie Torah, Portland, OR – Kiryat Malachi, Israel
Beth Am, Seattle, WA – Kiryat Malachi, Israel
2007
Herzel-Ner Tamid, Seattle, WA – Kiryat Malachi, Israel
2006/7
Jewish Federation of Portland, Portland, OR – Kiryat Malachi, Israel
2001
National Video Center, New York, NY – Northway, AK
2000
Hampshire College Main Gallery, Amherst, MA – Northway, AK
2024
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR – Fall Show
Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, OR – Full Frame
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR – Summer Showcase
Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, OR – 2024 Pacific Northwest Drawers Artist
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR – Spring Show
Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR – Photography Happens: Abbott & Wolf
2023
Center For Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX – By Hand: Alternative Processes Shots Magazine and LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR – Impermanence Cultural Goods Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Distortion: Where to Now
Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR – New Visionaries
btwMOMA, Vancouver, WA – Motherfuckers and Other Fathers Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR – Motion
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery – Spring Show
Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR – The Guild
2022
The Image Flow, San Anselmo, CA – Alternative Process Photography
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery – Fall Show
OSA Gallery, Portland, OR – Painting with Light
Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR – PNW 2022
Well Well Projects, Portland, OR – On The Verge of Recognition
Scalehouse Gallery, Bend, OR – Excuse Me! – A Structural Device for Visual Communication
2021
PH21, Budapest, Hungary – Portraits Without Faces
Sator Projects, Portland, OR – An Invincible Summer – FO(u)RT Collective
btwMOMA, Vancouver, WA – TinVitational Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL – Picturing the Avant-Garde Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI – Photography Without a Lens Forsberg Art Gallery, Longview, WA – The New Now 2021 – Presented by Society for Photographic Education LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR – PNW 2021 Upfor Gallery, Portland, OR – Exquisite Scrolls – FO(u)RT Collective
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR – Spring Show
2020
Design Gallery, Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, OR – PenPal Photography
2019
Galerie 52: Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, Germany – PenPal Photography
Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR – Light Conversation
LightBox Photographic, Astoria, OR – Winter Exhibition
Also Arts Gallery, Troutdale, OR – Project Rayon Caldera: Stories of Change, Castaway, Portland, OR – Illumination – Collaboration with Horatio Law
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR – Fall Show Caldera, Sisters, OR – Illumination – Collaboration with Horatio Law
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR – Summer Showcase
Cannon Beach Gallery & Arts Association, Cannon Beach, OR – Cannon Beach Arts & Rental Sales Gallery Collaborative Exhibition
Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR – Surface/Interrupted
2018
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR – Fall Show
Page Space, Portland, OR – Unlimited
77, Portland, OR – FO(u)RT Collective – FO(u)RT Collective at 77
Silverton Diorama, Silverton, OR – Parallel Undertone
Thirdspace, Portland, OR – Expanded Cinema
The Esther Building Art Space, Vancouver, WA – FO(u)RT Collective – 37th Question
Akasu, Curated by Verge PDX, Portland, OR – Berlin, Kruse, Reeves, Schneider, & Wolf
2017
LightBox Photographic, Astoria, OR – Members Exhibition
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR – Fall Show
Page Space, Portland, OR – Unlimited
RACC 2017 Fundraiser, Portland, OR – Garden of Artistic Delights – Collaboration with Horatio Law & Courtney Frisse
Farmhouse Performances; 2017 Concert and Art Series, Portland, OR – Color Fields
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR – Spring Show
929 Gallery of Arts, Hillsboro, OR – Grand Opening Exhibition
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR – Featured Artist – Alchemy
2016
Cathedral Park Place, Portland, OR – Pep Rally by FO(u)RT Collective & Danger Punch
Portland Fine Arts Guild, Portland, OR – Winter Exhibition
LightBox Photographic, Astoria, OR – Members Exhibition
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR – Fall Show
Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH – REAL-PHOTO
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR – New Artist Show
LightBox Photographic, Astoria, OR – PDX 30
Linus Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – The Big Show
Arlene & Harold Schnitzer Center for Art & Design, Portland, OR – Spanning Histories
2015
LightBox Photographic, Astoria, OR – PDX 40
The Barn, Portland, OR – First//Last by FO(u)RT Collective
2014
HQHQ Project Space, Portland, OR – FO(u)RTNIGHT by FO(u)RT Collective
The Nan Curtis Sculpture Garden, Portland, OR – Neo’s Nativity by FO(u)RT Collective & Danger Punch
Heathman Hotel Mezzanine, Curated by Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR – 50/50
Swigart Commons, Portland, OR – Bellwether
2013
John Ross Gallery, Portland, OR – South Waterfront Art Exhibition
Lodge Gallery, Portland, OR – Shit//Show by FO(u)RT Collective
LightBox Photographic, Astoria, OR – Photo + Craft 2
Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR – Versus
Exposure 13, Long Island City, NY – Alpha
2012
Lodge Gallery, Portland, OR – Proclivity
John Ross Gallery, Portland, OR – South Waterfront Art Exhibition
LightBox Photographic, Astoria, OR – Heavy Metal
Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT – Secrets and Mysteries
FotoFest Biennial, Houston, TX – Photogram Symphony
2011
Plates to Pixels Gallery, Online Gallery – The 99th Fable p.7
LightBox Photographic, Astoria, OR – Photo + Craft
Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA – No Mirrors
Photolucida, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR – The 99th Fable
2010
Hampshire College Main Gallery, Amherst, MA – Water Filtration
2005
Backspace, Portland, OR – Portland
C Spot, Portland, OR – Sunset
2003
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY – Photogram Portraits
2002
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY – Northway, AK
2001
The Derby, Los Angeles, CA – Northway, AK
ArtsWA: Art in Public Places Program, Foothills Elementary, Buckley, WA
Rose Center For the Arts, Lower Columbia College, WA
Seattle City Light Collection, Seattle, WA
City of Portland Public Art Collection, Portland, OR
The Uptown, Portland, OR
2023
Frye Art Museum: Alcove Artist Rachel Wolf
2022
KTVZ News Channel 21: Scalehouse Gallery Features New Exhibit – Excuse Me The.Waiting.Room.Gallery: Features Rachel Wolf
2021
One Twelve Publishing: Portland feature – Rachel Wolf Tied To Light: Features Rachel Wolf
2020
Blind Magazine: A Short History of Cameraless Photography Off the Cost: Features Rachel Wolf
2019
The Alchemy of Photography, Sans Camera: Rachel Wolf
2018
American Society of Media Photographers: Questions with an Educator: Rachel Wolf
Portland Art Museum, Rental Sales Gallery – Painting with Light: Interview with Portland Artist Rachel Wolf
Diffusion IX: Unconventional Photography Annual – Alchemy
2017
What Will You Remember?; Photography blog by Elin Spring – Altered States Abound at Photolucida 17 – Featured Artist
Lenscratch: Fine Art Photography Daily – Article on The 99th Fable
2008
Drash: Northwest Mosaic – Article on Kiryat Milachi, Israel
2006/7
Roots and Wings: Multnomah County in partnership with Volunteers of America, Oregon
2006
Jewish Review – Kiryat Malachi, Israel
2003
Human Rights Dialogue – Turkey
2001/present
Publicity photos for performances, artists, bands, and movies
2000
Dawn of the 21st Century – New Year’s Eve 2000
1995/6
Anchorage Daily News – Freelance photographer
2023
Artist Talk – Visiting Artist – Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, Germany
Artist Talk – Visiting Artist – University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Artist Talk – MFA Visiting Artist Lecture Series – Portland State University, Portland, OR
2022
Artist Talk – Excuse Me: An Homage to My creative Foremother, Scalehouse Gallery, Bend, OR
2021
Artist Talk – Southeast Museum of Photography Presents Rachel Wolf, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
2020
Artist Talk – Scalehouse Voices Presents Rachel Wolf, Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts with Oregon State University, Bend, OR
2019
Moderator, PenPal Photography – Pacific NW College of Art & Folkwang University of the Arts
Panelist, Surface/Interrupted – Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Artist Talk, Lightbox Photographic, Astoria, OR
Artist Talk, Art in Oregon: Conversation with Horatio Law & Rachel Wolf – Rose Villa Perf. Arts Center, Portland, OR
2018
Artist Talk, Visiting Artist Series – Rose Villa Performing Arts Center – Portland, OR
Speaker, Sylvania Creates – Portland Community College – Sylvania Campus, Portland, OR
Speaker, Portland Photography Month Speaker Series – Portland Community College – Cascade Campus, Portland, OR
Artist Talk, Angst Gallery, Vancouver, WA
2017
Artist Talk, The Esther Building Art Space, Vancouver, WA
Artist Talk, Meet the Artist – Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
2016
Guest lecturer, Admitted students day, Photography lecture and demo – Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, OR
2015
Panelist, Handmade Photographic Processes – Society for Photographic Education: NW Regional Conf., Portland, OR
2014
Guest lecturer, Visual Elements: 2D – Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, OR
2013
Guest lecturer, Contemporary Art & Design – Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, OR
2003
Guest lecturer, Photo, Film, and Video Thesis – Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
2023
Pacific Northwest College of Art Faculty Development Grant, Portland, OR
2018/19
Artist in Residence: Creative Arts at Rose Villa Artist in Residence, Portland, OR
2017/18
Production and management director – A Tale of Two Ghettos; a multimedia installation conceived by Horatio Law.Funded by a grant from theRegional Arts and Cultural Council (RACC) and co-sponsored by the Portland Chinatown Museum & Portland Community College SE Campus Multicultural Center.
2012/14
Merit Scholarship Award: Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies, Pacific Northwest College Art, Portland, OR
1999
Alaska School District Grant: Creation & implementation of a photography program for high school students in
Northway, AK
2019/present
Assistant Professor, Photography – Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
– The Photographic in Contemporary Art
– Studio Arts Professional Practice
– Advanced Photographic Inquiry: Digital Analogue Dialogue
– Intro to the Photographic Image
2018/present
Independent Study Professor, Low Residency MFA in Visual Studies – Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2018
Thesis Advisor, BFA – Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR
2017/present
Mentor – Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
– MFA in Visual Studies
– Low Residency MFA in Visual Studies
– BFA
2016/18
Adjunct Professor, Photography – Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR
– Photo Seminar
– Intermediate Photography
– Photography on the Road
2015/present
Substitute Teacher – Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
– Photographic Practice and Research
– Alternative Photography & Contemporary Practices
– Beginning Black & White Photography
– Photography in Contemporary Art
2015/18
Continuing Education – Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
– The Best of Both Worlds: Digital to Darkroom
– Alternative Photographic Processes
2015/17
Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
– Painting with Light
– Darkroom Youth: Session 1 Film Camera
– Darkroom Youth: Session 2 Printing from Film
– Youth Darkroom Intensive
– Private Instructor
2013/15
Assistant Teacher – Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
– Beginning Black & White Photography
– Photography in Contemporary Art
– Intermediate Photography: View Camera
2002
Assistant Teacher – The International Center of Photography, New York, NY
– Advanced Photography
1999
Walter Northway High School, Northway, AK
– Beginning Black & White Photography
2023
Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR – New Visionaries: An Exhibition of Oregon BFA and MFA Students
2017
Farmhouse Performances, Summer 2017 Concert and Art Series, Portland, OR
2014
Surplus Space, Portland, OR – FO(u)RT Collective
2012/13
Pacific Northwest College of Art MFA Central Gallery & Lodge Gallery, Portland, OR
1998/9
Hampshire College Photo Gallery, Amherst, MA
2001/3
Karen Marshall (documentary photographer) – New York, NY
2001/2
Annie Leibovitz (fashion, celebrity, portrait photographer) – New York, NY