| Exhibitions/Artist Resume

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (partial listing)
2005, 2003, 2001 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005, 2002 Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ
2000, 1995, 1993, 1991 FAN Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Rider University Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (partial listing)
2005 Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2003-04 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Snapshot, Traveling Exhibition, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2001 The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ
2001, 2000 Annual Group Expo, O.E.P. Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
2001 Luminal Spirits, Two-person Show, The Gallery, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ
2000 Millenium Exhibition: The Bliss Family of Artists, Austin Harvard Gallery, Pittsford, NY
2000 Wild Life: An Exhibition on the Theme of Wild Animals, Birds, and Insects, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
1999 Place of Memory: An Archaeology of Site-Specificity, 1969-1999, Temple University, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998 In Her Voice: Self Portraits of Women, Ursinus College Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA
1997 Small Wonders, CEPA Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1996 Biennial '96, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
1996 38th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Illustrators, Museum of American Illustration, New York, NY
1992 Coombs Contemporary Gallery, London, UK
1992 Pertaining to Philadelphia: Contemporary Acquisitions from the Julius Bloch Memorial Fund, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1991 Juvenilia, Levy Gallery for the Arts, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
1991 Found Ground, Levy Gallery for the Arts, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
1991 Beyond Aesthetics, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY
1991, 1990 Works on Paper, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA

COLLECTIONS (partial listing)
Albert LeCoff
Tania León
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Dietrich, II
Linda Lee Alter
Ruth & Rick Snyderman
Yusef Komunyakaa
Diane Semingson
Peter & Judy Leone
Stephen Berg
David Kirk
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

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Winter & Winter

PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS (partial listing)
2005
An Interview by Michael Collins, Callaloo, Volume 28, Number 3, ISSN 0161-2492
"Labor of Love," by E.J. Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Children with Bliss," by R.B. Strauss, Press/Review
"Education is Bliss," by Robin Rice, Philadelphia City Paper

2004
"Rachel Bliss," by Donna Dvorak, Art Matters, December

2003
"Bliss unveils her 'ugly beauty' at Snyderman," by R.B. Strauss, Art Matters
Don't Miss Bliss at Snyderman, by R.B. Strauss
"Favorites in the Fall," by Deborah Kravetz, Art Matters, September
"Materials Girl," by Robin Rice, Philadelphia City Paper, September
"A new season is already well seasoned," by R.B. Strauss, Press/Review
"Report from Saskatchewan Craft Council……," by Robin Rice, Turning Points, Winter
"Old City Never Gets Old," by R.B. Strauss, Philadelphia Style, February
Let Sleeping Definitions Lie, by Brad Holland

2002
"Transformative & Complex Portraits," by Nicole Plett, U.S.1
"Bliss Meets Rage," The Princeton Packet

2001
"Charachter Sketches," by Susan Hagen, Philadelphia City Paper

1999
"Three Vissions Built on the Human Figure," by E. J. Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer Solos II, The Art Alliance
"In Her Voice: Self Portriats of Women," catalog, Phillip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA

1997
A State of Bliss, catalog, Rider University Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ
"Something Powerfully Beautiful": The Art and Illustration of Rachel Bliss, by James Dickinson
"The Itch of Bliss," by Jeanne Nugent, Philadelphia Weekly
"Follow this Bliss," by Robin Rice, Philadelphia City Paper
"Rachel Bliss at Rider University," by E. J. Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Tales of the Kin Trade," by Carol Stevens, Print

1995
"Under My Skin: Delicacy in Autobiography," by E.J. Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer

1993
"Afternoon with Bliss in Hell," by Andrew Magravite, Philadelphia Welcome Mat

1992
"Pertaining to Philadelphia: Contemporary Acquisitions from the Julius Bloch Memorial Fund," by Mary Murphy, The New Art Examiner

LECTURES AND RESIDENCIES
Artist in residence: Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, Philadelphia, PA (2006- present)
Artist in residence: Albert M. Greenfield Public School, Philadelphia, PA (2005 & 2006)
Lecture: Illustration Department, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA (2005 & 2006)
Instructor: Wood Turning Center, Cabinets of Curiosity, Philadelphia, PA (2003)
Artist in residence: Emma Lake Conference, Wood Turning Center, Saskatoon, Canada (2000 &2002)
Lecture: University Gallery, Mercer Community College, West Windsor, NJ (September 2001)
Instructor: Creative Arts Program, The Village of Arts and Humanities, Philadelphia, PA (November 1997-2001)
Artist in Residence: The Maine Teen Camp, Porter, Maine (August 1997)
Lecture: Univeristy Gallery, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ (February 1997)
Lecture: Illustration Department, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA (1995)
Lecture: Illustration Department, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (1992 & 1993)

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