Rachel Simkover
Rachel Mari Simkover is a Japanese-American visual artist. Currently working as a textile weaver, Simkover originally studied painting and printmaking at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and Goldsmiths University of London. Her interest in artists' books lead to a self-publishing project under the moniker Book Hook Editions, participating in book fairs such as the Artist Self-Publishing Fair in London and the Printed Matter Art Book Fair in Los Angeles. Working professionally as an interior design materials specialist redirected her art practice towards textiles and hand weaving. She completed a residency at the Icelandic Textile Art Center in 2019. Recent solo exhibitions include “Deflected” at /room/ in San Francisco and “Fun House” at SLOT Gallery in Sydney.
Rachel Mari Simkover
Born in Berkeley, CA
Education
2011 Bachelors of Fine Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
2010 Visiting Student, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
Residencies
2019 Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós Iceland
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Fun House @ SLOT Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2024 Deflected @ /room/, San Francisco, CA, USA
2024 Razzle Dazzle @ Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Group Exhibitions
2024 Kate Derum International Tapestry Awards Exhibition @ ATW, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2024 Small Works Art Prize @ Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2023 Postcard Art Prize @ Linden New Art, Melbourne VIC, Australia
2023 Tactile @ Nabe Studios, Melbourne VIC, Australia
2021 Phases @ Dear Artists Project, Online
2019 October Residents Group Show @ Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland
Fairs
2023 Fog Art + Design Fair, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair, Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2018 East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest, Omni Commons, Oakland, CA, USA
2017 Cultural Traffic Fair, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2016 West Coast Craft, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, USA
2015 Artist Self Publishing Fair, ICA, London, UK
Publications
2023 Art/Edit Magazine #38
2017 Agnes Martin and the Sexuality of Abstraction, Book Hook Editions, Oakland, CA, USA 2016 On Art, Book Hook Editions, Berkeley, CA, USA
2016 Signatures, Book Hook Editions, Berkeley, CA, USA
2015 Etel and I, Book Hook Editions, Berkeley, CA, USA
2015 Louise and I, Book Hook Editions, Berkeley, CA, USA
2015 Coloring Book of Art and Interior Decoration, Book Hook Editions, Oakland, CA, USA 2013 Anthology of Concrete Poetry, Motto Books, Berlin, GER
Awards
2011 Post-Baccalaureate Award, Cornell University
2011 Baskerville Painting Award, Cornell University
2010 Edith Stone and Walter King Memorial Prize, Cornell University