Rachel Hawthorn is a photographic artist from Denver, Colorado. Working mostly in the realm of photography with an occasional foray into painting and printmaking, Rachel deals with issues of memory and remembrance. Rather than focus on nostalgia, the work is a psychological portrait of memory using visual cues from personal landscapes. Rachel is also interested in the more academic concerns of digital media in relation to visual arts, originality and authorship.

With her work regularly exhibited in Colorado, Rachel is making a move toward a greater level of exposure and experience as an exhibiting artist, author and juror. Her poetry and fiction have also been published in small journals, and continue to receive praise. Rachel divides her time between her home in Denver, Colorado, an apartment in Brooklyn, and summers in upstate New York pursuing her MFA at Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, at Bard College.

MFA student at Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

BFA in Photography - University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

Coney Island (solo, scheduled for February 2007): Double Daughters Salotto, Denver, Colorado

Beginnings: Red Delicious Press, Aurora, Colorado
Coney Island: Revive Spa, Denver, Colorado
Our Land: Flash Gallery, Lakewood, Colorado

First Year Show: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Space: Physical/Psychological: Flash Gallery, Lakewood, Colorado
En-Capsule-Ate-juror: Michael Paglia: Capsule Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Member's Invitational Exhibition: Center for Fine Art Photography,Fort Collins, Colorado

Look Community Exhibition: Arthur Lakes Library, Golden, Colorado
Archaeometry – Solo Thesis Exhibition: Denver Press Club, Denver, Colorado
Online Thesis Show – University of Colorado Graduating Seniors: Artistsregister.com
Arts Alliance Show – juror: Tyler Aiello: Denver Press Club,Denver, Colorado
Colorado 2004 – juror: Arthur Roger: Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Student Exhibition – juror: Ron Judish: Marriott Partnership Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Viv & a Movie: Tivoli, Auraria Campus, Denver, Colorado

Arts Alliance Meet & Greet: University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
CU-Denver Student Show: Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, Colorado

CU-Denver Student Show: Marriott Partnership Gallery, Denver, Colorado

Annika Tiede Liver Transplant Fund: Web-based Fundraiser, Normal, Illinois

Art at the Oxford, CU-Denver Education Fund: Oxford Hotel, Denver, Colorado
Ireland Study Abroad Auction: Ironton Studios, Denver, Colorado

Arts Alliance Art Auction: University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

Colorado Symphony Gala Auction: DCPA, Denver, Colorado

Bard Fellowship; Graduate study assistance – Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College
Bard Scholarship; Graduate study assistance – Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College

SPE Student Travel Scholarship; National Conference in Newport, Rhode Island – Society for Photographic Education

Kelley Travel Grant; Research trip to New York City – University of Colorado College of Arts and Media, Denver, Colorado

Cairn Magazine – Cover and feature photography

Heather Wahle, "Perspectives of Space", The Metropolitan, Denver, CO v29 i29, April 21, 2005
Bard Scholarship; Graduate study assistance – Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College

Patterns Literary Magazine; St. Clair County Community College

• Richard J. Colman Award for Innovative New Fiction
• 1st place fiction award
• 1st place poetry award
• 2nd place poetry award

November – Juror – Colorado School of Mines International Studies Travel Photography Competition, Golden, Colorado
March - Student Volunteer, Society for Photographic Education National Conference - Portland, Oregon

October – Attendee, Society for Photographic Education SW Regional Conference – Denver, Colorado
Summer Intern – photographic collection at Idaho Springs Historic Society
March – Attendee, Scholarship Winner, Society for Photographic Education National Conference – Newport, Rhode Island

December – "The Dawn of Photography – French Daguerreotypes 1839-1855" Metropolitan Museum of Art (travel grant)
Intern – Colorado Historic Society Photographic Archives (through 2004)
Gallery Assistant, Emmanual Gallery, University of Colorado at Denver – Denver, Colorado
Student Marketing Representative – CU-Denver Live, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

President, Student Arts Alliance, University of Colorado at Denver – Denver, Colorado (through 2004)
Photography Lab Technician, Auraria Center for Photography, University of Colorado at Denver – Denver, Colorado

Studio Intern with Debra Goldman, Ironton Studios, Denver, Colorado (through 2002)

Photographic Assistant – Ambrosi & Associates, Troy, Michigan (through 2000)