Rachel Mica Weiss

Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 2:47 a.m.

b"Rachel Mica Weiss, 2022. Image courtesy of the artist.\\n\\nRachel Mica Weiss (b. 1986, Rockville, MD) is a sculptor and installation artist based in Hudson Valley, New York. Weiss earned a BA in psychology from Oberlin College and an MFA in sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute. Weiss's work has been the subject of eight solo exhibitions at the following: Here Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (2022); Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (2019) ; Lux Art Institute, San Diego, CA (2018); LMAK Gallery, New York, NY (2018, 2017); Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA (2015); Fridman Gallery, New York, NY (2014); the San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA (2013). Weiss\\u2019 first institutional commission, The Wild Within, is part of deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, MA. Her largest permanent installation to date, Boundless Topographies, funded by the Gates Foundation, is installed at the University of Washington\\u2019s Hans Rosling Center for Population Health in Seattle, WA. Weiss\\u2019 work is included in the public collections of: the US Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Microsoft Corporate Collection; Boston Consulting Group Corporate Collection; Media Math Corporate Collection; Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center, as well as the collections of Francis J. Greenberger and Beth Rudin deWoody.\\n\\n\\nRachel Mica Weiss, installation view of Collar (left) and Flesh of My Flesh (right), 2022, Carvalho Park, New York. Image courtesy of Carvalho Park.\\n\\nRachel Mica Weiss, Portal, 2022. Image courtesy of the artist.\\n\\nRachel Mica Weiss, Bowed Venus, 2022. Image courtesy of the artist."