RACHEL STEWART
St. Petersburg, FL 33705
727-768-5391
stewartrachel5@gmail.com
Resident of Jamaica from 1975 – 1995
EDUCATION
2018 St. Petersburg College of Art and Design • Printmaking I
2011 Union Institute and University • MA Creativity Studies • Cincinnati Ohio
2010-2011 Salvador Dali Museum • Internship • St. Petersburg FL
1997-2000 University of South Florida • Professional Teaching Certification K-12 •Tampa FL
Undergraduate degree at Boston University College of Fine Arts • BFA Sculpture • Boston MA
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS – Selected Solo and Joint Shows
2017 Polk Museum of Art Ledger/Murray Galleries • Lakeland FL • Solo Show • Translated Forms
2016 Studio@620 • St. Petersburg FL • Cultural Routes; Continuing the Journey Joint Show with Judith Salmon
2015 Gallery 221 • Hillsborough Community College Tampa FL • Solo Show • Mapping / Marking
2014 Pinellas County Center for the Arts • Guest Artist • Solo Show • Breaking Banal
2006 Studio@620 • St. Petersburg FL • Home Ties Joint Show with Judith Salmon
2001 Ambiance Gallery • St. Petersburg FL • Solo Show • Placement/Replacement
1996 St. Petersburg Center for the Arts • St. Petersburg FL • Earth & Sea Joint Show
1992 Makonde Gallery • Kingston Jamaica • Recent Works
1991 Frame Center Gallery • Kingston Jamaica Caribbean Sea • Solo Show
1989 Spiral Gallery Brooklyn New York Three Jamaican Artist
JURIED AND INVITATIONAL SHOWS
2021 ArtFields Lake City South Carolina Selected wall sculpture Re-Defined
2020 Foosaner Art Museum Melbourne FL FLAG Selected Group Exhibition
2019 University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters Kingston Jamaica Fine Art Print Exhibition
2019 Alliance for the Arts Fort Myers FL Uncontained
2018 National Gallery of Jamaica • Kingston Jamaica Engaging Abstraction Explorations VI
2018 St. Petersburg College Clearwater FL. 20th Annual Juried Student Exhibition
2017 Morean Arts Center • St. Petersburg FL 100 Years/100 Artists
2016 African American Research Library • Ft. Lauderdale FL Color Outside the Lines
2013 Tampa Museum of Art • Tampa FL Five By Five
2013 Elliott Gallery • Eckerd College St. Petersburg FL When the Spirit Moves Me
2009 Studio@620 • St. Petersburg FL Works on Paper
2008 Art Du Monde Gallery • St. Petersburg FL 8/08/08
2008 Gulf Coast Museum of Art • Largo FL StudioWorks
2006 Gala Corina • Ybor City FL Esperanza
2006 Art Center of Manatee• Bradenton FL Speaking Volumes
2005 Terrace Gallery • Orlando FL • Eight Women Sculptors
2005 Longboat Key Center for the Arts • Longboat Key FL FLAG
2004 Chelsea Galleria • Miami FL Caribbean Collections
2004 Artist Unlimited • Tampa FL Black and White 2004 Juried Exhibition
2003 Ormond Beach Art Museum • Ormond Beach FL Derived From Wood
2002 Slidell Cultural Center • Slidell LA Mixed Media Juried Exhibition
2002 The Arts Center • St. Petersburg FL All Florida Juried Exhibition: Figurative Elements
2001 Elliott Gallery • Eckerd College St. Petersburg FL Book Arts
1998 Gallery 501, Blake High School • Tampa FL Art Department Faculty Show
1997 Art League of Manatee County • Bradenton FL International Fine Arts Media Exhibition
1995 Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design • Sarasota FL Faculty Exhibition
1994 Frame Center Gallery • Kingston Jamaica “Contemporary Works”
1994 National Gallery of Jamaica • Kingston Jamaica Annual National Exhibition
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018- Adjunct Art Professor • College of Arts and Media • Southeastern University • Lakeland FL
2011-2018 Teaching Artist • Creative Clay Cultural Arts Center • St. Petersburg FL
2017-2018 Teaching Artist • American Institute of Architects Miami Chapter Summer Camp Program
2017 Instructor • Art Lab Workshop Polk Museum of Art • Lakeland FL
2015-2016 Adjunct Art Professor • College of Arts and Media • Southeastern University • Lakeland FL
2014-2015 VSA Artist-in-Residency Program • Paul B Stevens Exceptional School • Clearwater FL
2013-2015 Art Instructor Polk Museum of Art • Lakeland FL
2006-2010 Program Supervisor Youth Arts Corps • Gulf Coast Museum of Art • Largo FL
2000-2006 Assistant Curator of Exhibitions/Registrar • The Arts Center • St. Petersburg FL
1997-2000 Art Instructor Magnet School for the Arts • Howard W. Blake High School • Tampa FL
1995-1996 Adjunct Professor Ringling School of Art and Design • Sarasota FL
1988-1994 Art Instructor • Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts • Kingston Jamaica
AWARDS/AFFILIATIONS
2022 Recipient of Creative Pinellas 2022 Professional Artist Grant
2020 Recipient of St. Petersburg Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant
2020 FLAG Florida Artist Group www.floridaartistsgroup.org • Selected Member
2018 Second Place Award • St. Petersburg College 20th Annual Juried Student Exhibition Clearwater FL
2016 Recipient of St. Petersburg Arts Alliance Grant • St. Petersburg FL
2008 Second Place Faculty Award • StudioWorks Gulf Coast Museum of Art • Largo FL
2008 Best of Show • 8/08/08 Art Du Monde Gallery • St. Petersburg FL
2007 Honorable Mention • Members Exhibition The Arts Center • St. Petersburg FL
2005 Honorable Mention • Members Exhibition The Arts Center • St. Petersburg FL
2004 Third Place Award • Black and White Artist Unlimited • Tampa FL
2003 Artist Resource Fund Grant • Pinellas Arts Council of Florida
2002 Honorable Mention • Mixed Media Exhibition Slidell Cultural Center • Slidell LA
2002 Honorable Mention • All Florida Juried Exhibition The Arts Center • St. Petersburg FL
2002 Member FLAG (Florida Artist Group)
1997 Best of Show • International Fine Arts Media Art League of Manatee County • Bradenton FL
1987 Silver Medal in sculpture Festival Fine Arts Exhibition Jamaica Cultural Commission Kingston Jamaica
MAJOR COMMISSIONS/SPECIAL PROJECTS
2019 Fox 13 Tampa Bay News interview with reporter Chip Brewster
2012-15 Invited Juror for various exhibitions in the State of Florida
2002 St. Petersburg Public Art Committee St. Petersburg, FL
1994 Special Effects Limited • Kingston Jamaica
1993 Jamaica Secondary School Text Book Project Social Studies Text Book Illustrator, Ministry of Education and Culture • Kingston, Jamaica
1992 University of Technology • Lillian’s Restaurant • Kingston Jamaica
1991 Harold Morrison & Associates Architects & Engineers • Café Laguna Restaurant Negril Jamaica
1989 Life of Jamaica Insurance Company • Kingston Jamaica, Springs Plaza Mosaic mural
1988 Urban Development Corporation • Coal Yard Market • Kingston Jamaica, mural
1985 United Nations Decade for Women Co-designed Art Poster for The International Women’s Conference, Nairobi, Kenya
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Commercial Bank of Jamaica • Kingston Jamaica
Southeastern University • Lakeland FL
Terra Nova Hotel • Kingston Jamaica
Wyndham Hotel • Kingston Jamaica
Donald Sangster Airport • Montego Bay Jamaica
Life of Jamaica Insurance Company Executive Office • Kingston Jamaica
Bank of Jamaica • Kingston, Jamaica
National Export Bank of Jamaica • Kingston Jamaica
The Plastic Surgery Center • Kingston Jamaica
IBM Executive Center • Kingston Jamaica
Insurance Company of the West Indies • Kingston Jamaica
Pat and Ken Ramsey Private Collection Kingston Jamaica
PUBLICATIONS
Morean Arts Center Celebrating 100 Years of Art and Community 2017
Image of sculpture Re-Defined
The Garden Party Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Bank of Jamaica 2001
Images of Sculptures #57 Unfolding, #58 When I See the Lily Pushing Through the Sod
Jamaica Journal Quarterly of the Institute of Jamaica 1985 18/2
“Sisterhood and Individualism” Three Women Artist Exhibition review by Gloria Escoffery with sculpture image Looking Through the Flower.
Dare to Dream: Retrospect by Ken Ramsay
Image of sculpture The Mother Knot