Rachel Stein is an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in Baltimore, Maryland, who aims to activate the mind and body through immersive installation that encompasses video, photography, soundscapes, and interactive sculpture.  Her interest in the connection between tactile experiences and inner states of being has inspired her to consider ways of reframing the body in relation to everyday materials, particularly synthetics.   Rather than trying to return to a pristine world, her work provides alternative ways of being-with the waste and pollution that we inherit. She invites viewers to question their own consumer reality and relationship with pleasure through sensory stimuli.

Rachel received her MFA in Studio Art at Maryland Institute College of Art in 2024. Her work has recently been exhibited at Towson University, Maryland Hall, and DoodleHatch Interactive Art Museum. She is a recipient of the Leslie King Hammond Fellowship from Maryland Institute College of Art and the Secondary Art Educator Award from the Maryland Art Education Association. She was recently selected for the Extreme Heat Fellowship at the Crows Nest  in partnership with Johns Hopkins.  As an extension of her art practice, she teaches high school art and photography in Howard County. She enjoys hosting Slime Club every week with her sensory seeking students.

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EXHIBITIONS

2025
Mind + Care, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD

Off The Web, Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD

2024
Alumni Exhibition, Carver Center, Towson, MD

DoodleHatch Interactive Art Museum, Columbia, MD

$99.99, The Blanc Gallery, New York, NY

Awaken, Holtzman Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD

Corporealities, Leidy Riggs Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD

2023
Annual Artist Exhibition, The Fox Building, Baltimore, MD

Offsite_1, Sleepwalker Collective, Baltimore, MD

Art Teacher as Artist Biennial, Board of Education Gallery, Clarksville, MD

Outside In, Riggs Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Green Space, Fischman Gallery, Johnson City, TN.

Feeling Tingly?, Sleepwalker Collective, Baltimore, MD

2022
MFAST 2nd & 3rd Year, Riggs Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Between Body and Earth, Riggs Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2021
2020 Favorite Photograph Exhibition, Lenscratch, Online Exhibition

2020
 Little Wins, The Curated Fridge, Online Exhibition

2019 
Alumni Exhibition, Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Towson,MD


Art Teacher as Artist Biennial, Board of Education Gallery, Clarksville, MD

2018 
Art Teaching & Professional Learning, Towson University MFA Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2017 
Peacockery, St. Charles Gallery, Baltimore MD 

2016 
Those Who Can Do…Teach!, Towson Arts Collective, Towson MD 


AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

2025
Extreme Heat Fellowship
Crows Nest x Johns Hopkins University

2021
Leslie King Hammond Fellowship Award, MICA

2019
Secondary Art Educator Award, Maryland Art Education Association


PANELS & WORKSHOPS

2025
Artist Panel for Exhibition Mind  + Care, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD

2024
Feeling Tingly? Thesis Talk, MICA, Baltimore, MD

Artist Workshop, Towson University, Towson, MD

2023 - 2024 
Studio Art MFA Program Info Session, MICA, Baltimore, MD

2018 - 2020 
Curricular Presenter, Professional Development for Howard County Public School System

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