Rachel Marisa LaBine is a visual artist living in New York City. She was born on a new moon in January of 1987, in Grand Forks, North Dakota. When she was 10 years old, the river she lived next to flooded the entire town. That event taught her a lot about painting. Rachel completed a MFA at Columbia University in 2019, and a BFA at RISD in 2010. She received the Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Award in 2019. In 2024, she did solo exhibitions at Et al. (San Francisco), Gallery 12.26 (Dallas), and Feria Material (Mexico City).
education
2019 MFA—Columbia University, New York, NY
2010 BFA—Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI
solo exhibitions
2024
Lockets, Gallery 12.26, Dallas, TX
A gravity, a grave, a game, Et al., San Francisco, CA (in collaboration with Bibeau Krueger)
Vine, presented by Bibeau Krueger at Feria Material , Mexico City
2022
Silver Tongue, Bibeau Krueger, NYC
2019
By turns diffuse and binding, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
selected group exhibitions
2024
Objects of Desire, Naranjo141, Mexico City
2023
Austerity, Bibeau Krueger, NYC
Post-human IV, curated by Tom Levy & Tobias Ross-Southall, NYC
2021
Scoresleeper, False Flag, NYC
2019
Grey Garden, Night Gallery, Los Angeles
Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition, curated by Regine Basha, Wallach Gallery at Lenfest Center for the Arts, NYC
2018
Tease 3, organized by Xirin, Prentis Hall, Columbia University, NYC (performance)
Sarah Nearer Fuller Flower, curated by Joshua Bienko, C for Courtside, Knoxville, TN
Columbia MFA Summer Show, curated by Sara O'Keeffe, Times Square Space, NYC
Genius Loci 6 - Focus Los Angeles / Present Progressive, curated by Marcus Herse, Setarah Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Fire in the Mountains, organized by Andy Kincaid & Thomas Macker, Moran, WY
Tease 2, organized by Asif Mian, Prentis Hall, Columbia University, NYC (performance)
In Response: Scenes, The Jewish Museum, NYC (performance)
2017
Lucy Kim, Rachel LaBine, Isabel Yellin, Lyles & King, NYC
Sick Painters, Ms. Barber's, curated by Dustin Metz, Los Angeles
2016
Picnic, organized by Phil Davis, Lower Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, CA
Conversation between a mirror and the sea, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
Shaky Towns, Alter Space & The Battery, San Francisco, CA
No Name Manon, with Rose Marcus & Bryan Morello, organized by Lydia Glenn-Murray, Kodomo, Rockaway, NY
awards & residencies
2024
Naranjo141, Mexico City
2023
FST StudioProjects Fund
Puffin Foundation Grant
Materia Abierta, Mexico City
2022
SOMA Summer, Tlaxcala, Mexico
2021
FST StudioProjects Fund
2019
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant, New York
2018
In Response Program, The Jewish Museum, New York
Dean’s Travel Grant, Columbia University, New York
2008
RISD European Honors Program, Rome
press
2023
Artstuff: Garrett Colton, “A Minute with Rachel LaBine”, May 18
2019
Artforum: “Rema Hort Mann Foundation Awards Grants to 8 New York Artists”, Sept 30
ArtNews: Alex Greenberger, “Eight New York Artists Win $10,000 Grants Through Closely Watched Rema Hort Mann Foundation Program”, Sept 30
2018
Art Viewer: “Lucy Kim, Rachel LaBine, Isabel Yellin at Lyles & King”, Jan 4
2017
The New Yorker: “Lucy Kim, Rachel LaBine, Isabel Yellin / Mira Schor”, Dec 14
2016
Sex Magazine: “No Name Manon at Kodomo”, April 20