Rachel Rotenberg Explained

Rachel Rotenberg (born 1958) is a Canadian-born sculptor.^{[1] [2]}

Family life

Rotenberg was born and raised in Ontario, Canada.^[3] After residing in different cities in the USA like Baltimore and Brooklyn,^[4] she immigrated to Israel in 2015.^[3]

Education

Rotenberg attended the School of Visual Arts, in New York, and York University, in Toronto where she received a BFA in 1981.^{[5] [6]}

Career

Rotenberg has produced creative works since the early 1980s ^[7] and is known for her wood sculptures made out of Canadian red Cedar lumber.^{[8] [9]} She also works with concrete and metal.

Rotenberg was among the artists in included in the Guggenheim Fellowship of 2023,^[1] and has received two artist grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.^[5] She earned the Creative Baltimore Individual Artist Award in 2009.^{[5] [10]} In 2023, her works are slated for display at the American University Museum, backed by artist grants, including ones from the Canada Council for the Arts.^[6]

Museums where her work has been displayed include the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Delaware Art Museum, the McLean Project for the Arts,^{[11] [12]} and the Museum on the Seam in Jerusalem.^[13]

Notes and References

1. https://www.gf.org/fellows/rachel-rotenberg/ Guggenheim Foundation
2. https://www.artforum.com/news/pollock-krasner-foundation-announces-2-7-million-in-grants-90828 POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $2.7 MILLION IN GRANTS
3. https://aicf.org/artist/rachel-rotenberg/ About Rachel Rotenberg
4. https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/upcoming.cfm Fall 2023 Exhibitions
5. https://art.state.gov/personnel/rachel_rotenberg/ Art in Embassies
6. https://aicf.org/artist/rachel-rotenberg/ America-Israel Cultural Foundation
7. https://sculpturemagazine.art/rachel-rotenberg-muscular-movements/ Sculpture Magazine
8. https://athillyer.org/portfolio/rachel-rotenberg/ Hillyer Arts Gallery
9. https://www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax/new-mclean-project-for-arts-exhibition-puts-focus-on-creativity/article_fbb92328-85ae-11ec-8b2a-2797745baf61.html New McLean Project for Arts exhibition puts focus on creativity
10. https://bakerartist.org/be-part-of-the-art/curated-collections/rachel-rotenberg/ Baker Artist Portfolios
11. https://mpaart.org/give-and-take-building-form/ Give and Take: Building Form. Featuring Emilie Benes Brzezinski, Rachel Rotenberg, Foon Sham and Norma Schwartz
12. https://mpaart.org/exhibitions-open-nov-6/ Exhibitions Open Through DEC 20
13. https://www.mots.org.il/close/ Museum on the Seam