Art Teaching Research

Curriculum Vitae

Selected academic, exhibition, curatorial, and professional history.

rclarke@csus.edu

recsep@gmail.com

Portrait of Rachel Clarke
01 / Education

Appointments and Education

2001–present

Professor of New Media Art

Art Department, California State University, Sacramento

Promoted to full professor in 2013.

2022–2025

Chair

Art Department, California State University, Sacramento

1998–2001

MFA, Studio Art

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois — New Media emphasis

1989–1992

BFA, Studio Art

Winchester School of Art, Winchester, UK

02 / Residencies

Artist residencies

2026

Beaconhouse National University

Lahore, Pakistan — Artist in Residence, December

2019

Beaconhouse National University

Lahore, Pakistan — Visiting Artist, April

2018

Hochschule für Musik und Kunst

Hamburg, Germany — Artist in Residence, June–July

2016

Signal Culture

Owego, New York — Artist in Residence, August

2016

Anderson Ranch Arts Center

Colorado — Grant-funded workshop, August

2016

Warm Heart Art

Arusha, Tanzania — Artist in Residence, June

03 / Exhibitions

Solo and two-person exhibitions

2021

Elsewhere

Another Year in LA, Los Angeles, California — solo

2021

Sky Map

Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami; and Elaine Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit

2019

Ecotones

Kaneko Gallery, American River College, Sacramento, California — solo

2018

Passage

Hochschule für Musik und Kunst, Hamburg, Germany

2015

Amalgamated Spaces

Building Imagination Center, California State University, Stanislaus — solo

2015

Merging Spaces

Another Year in LA, Los Angeles, California — solo

2013

Unmapping

Curated by Jeffrey Whittle, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia — solo

2010

Awakenings

Curated by Dean DeCocker, CSU Stanislaus University Art Gallery, Turlock — solo

2010

Crocker Mosaic

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento

2009

Between

Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton — solo

2008

Somnium Redux

Block Gallery, Sacramento — solo

2006

The Present Moment

Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento — solo

2006

A World Away

Auburn University Art Gallery, Auburn, Alabama — solo

2002

Bio Electric

Dot University Union Gallery, CSU Sacramento

04 / Exhibitions

Group, juried, and invitational exhibitions

2026

And Praxis

New Art {Centre}, Reus, Spain

2026

Studio Faculty Exhibition

Bank of America Gallery, Harris Center, Folsom Lake College

2020

ART-IN-PLACE

Terrain Exhibitions, Chicago, Illinois

2020

Exquisite Corpse: Art made in isolation during the Coronavirus

Curated by Anna Davidson, online project

2019

Border Control

Penny Stamps School of Art and Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

2019

Seeing Sound

Curated by Natalie Nelson, Pence Gallery, Davis, California

2019

[If…] [then] Art at the Digital Interface

Curated by Seumas R. Coutts, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California

2017

Conversations at the Edge

Gene Siskel Film Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

2017

Real-Fake.org.2.0

Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, and Connecticut College, Connecticut

2017

Collider 8

Curated by Markus Vogl and Margarita Benitez, Emily Davis Gallery, The University of Akron, Myers School of Art, Ohio

2017

Art Street

Curated by M5 Arts, The Mill at Broadway, Sacramento, California

2016

Real-Fake.org.2.0

Bronx Art Space, New York, New York

2016

Zeitgeist

Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa

2016

Visualizing Peace

Sarajevo Academy of Fine Arts, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Sarajevo

2015

Refraction

ISEA, curated by Kate Armstrong and Malcolm Levy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2015

Diaspora of Being

International Center of Bethlehem

2015

Balance/Unbalance

Curated by Muriel Magenta and Meredith Hoy, Night Gallery, ASU, Tempe, Arizona

2015

Identity, Place and Memory

Bogota Arte Contemporaneo, Bogota, Colombia

2015

Odakle dolzimo? Ko Smo? Kuda Idemo?

Galerija ALU Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

2014

C...what it takes to change

Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria

2014

Art & Poetics

Mahmoud Darwish Museum, Ramallah, and Dar-al-Kalima University College, Bethlehem

2014

VISUALIZING DATA | The Art of Information

Curated by Jeanne Hunter-Moore, WORK Detroit

2014

Identidad

Project Space, University of the Andes, Bogota, Colombia

2014

Aggregate Space

Curated by Conrad Meyers and Dave Hickok, Oakland, California

2013

Art2View

Curated by v1b3 and sponsored by CAA, New York, New York

2012

Flatlanders on the Slant

Curated by Rennie Pritikin and Joy Bertinuson, Nelson Gallery, UC Davis

2012

Currents

Curated by Parallel Studios, International New Media Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2012

Seeing Sound

Curated by Natalie Nelson, Pence Gallery, Davis, California

2012

Ostranenie

Curated by Jennifer Rarick, Aggregate Space, Oakland, California

2011

Really Fake

Curated by Michael Rees and Chris Manzione, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey

2010

Premiering Print Portfolios

Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, Ohio

2010

We’re on Huron

Chicago, Illinois

2009

Control_Shift_Option: Contemporary Drawing

Space 301, Mobile, Alabama

2008

Feeel

American River College, Sacramento, California

2008

Home and Away: Contemporary Video Art

JayJay Gallery, Sacramento, California

2008

CSUS Art Department Faculty Show

University Library Gallery, CSU Sacramento

2006

Gift Shop

One Year in LA Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2006

Dig It II: A Survey of Recent Digital Art

Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College

2006

Drawing Conclusions

Biggin Gallery, Auburn University, Alabama

2006

Endless Forms, Engaging Evolution

Work Gallery, University of Michigan

2005

Light in the Dark

Space Gallery, Portland, Maine

2004

Cut Outs, Ready Mades, Color Fact

JayJay Gallery, Sacramento, California

2004

IDEAS

iDMAa Conference, Orlando, Florida

2003

CSUS Art Department Faculty Show

University Library Gallery, CSU Sacramento

2003

Marks—an Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing

Target Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia

2002

Postflesh

University Library Gallery, CSU Sacramento

2002

DPI

California Polytechnic University, Pomona

2002

Self

Davis Art Center, University of California, Davis

05 / Projects

Special projects and curation

2026

Merging Spaces 3.0

Custom augmented reality app, published on Apple Store and Google Play, with Mathieu Cardinal — upcoming

2022

Future Bodies

Augmented reality exhibition curated for the New Media Caucus’s Future Bodies Symposium, Virginia Tech

2022

Merging Spaces 2.0

Custom augmented reality app, published on Apple Store and Google Play, with Mathieu Cardinal

2020

Companion Species AR Sandbox

Art Director for Augmented Reality, with Mathieu Cardinal, Green Science Games

2018

Golden One Center

Sacramento, California, for Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission — screenings of CSUS New Media Art students’ animations on massive external digital displays, in partnership with Golden One Center and Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places Program, December

2016

Golden One Center

Sacramento, California, for Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission — screenings of CSUS New Media Art students’ animations on massive external digital displays, in partnership with Golden One Center and Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places Program, September

2017

The Time of The Butterflies

Directed by Roberto Pomo, Playwrights’ Theatre, California State University, Sacramento — creation of digital set for theater production, created with CSUS Art students

2014

Broadway Augmented

Project co-curator, technical director, artist, and supervisor for CSUS students

06 / Commissions

Commissions

2014

Broadway Augmented

NEA Grant

2010

Crocker Mosaic

Crocker Art Museum

2007–2009

The Present Moment II

Art Ark New Media Installation, Crocker Art Museum

2004–2007

The Gold Kitchen

Art Ark New Media Installation, Crocker Art Museum

07 / Recognition

Awards and grants

2020

College of Arts and Letters Travel Grant

California State University, Sacramento

2019

College of Arts and Letters Travel Grant

California State University, Sacramento

2017

Exceptional Levels of Service to Students Award

California State University, Sacramento

2016

Real-Fake.org.2.0 Travel and Research Grant

California State University, Sacramento

2016

College of Arts & Letters Research, Scholarly & Creative Activity Awards Grant

California State University, Sacramento

2014

Research and Creative Activity Grant

California State University, Sacramento

2013

Distinguished Artist Grant

The Willson Center Distinguished Artist Program, University of Georgia, September

2008

Sacramento Arts and Business Council Artist of the Year Award

Sacramento, California

2007

New Faze Development

Public artwork selected for Marysville Boulevard, Sacramento, California

2004

Skirr Jurors’ Citation

SFAI International Film / Video Festival, San Francisco Art Institute, California, February

2003

Skirr

Commissioned by the Empyrean Ensemble, UC Davis

2000

Joint Women’s Studies and University Women’s Professional Advancement Juried Competition

Grant proposal for Artist’s Book, Digital Book and CD-ROM, Southern Illinois University, Illinois, December

1999

Joint Women’s Studies and University Women’s Professional Advancement Juried Competition

Grant proposal for The Gendered Body, Digital Prints and Publishing, Southern Illinois University, Illinois, February

08 / Speaking

Lectures, research presentations, and panels

2021

Conversations that Matter: Monuments and Statues

Artist panel moderated by Emma Silverman, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, November

2021

Lightning Talk for SPARKS

ACM Siggraph, February

2020

Dematerialization of the Art Experience

Co-chaired with Tom Burtonwood, College Art Association Conference, Chicago

2019

Visiting Artist Lecture

Beaconhouse National University, Lahore

2019

CAA Conversations Podcast

Rachel Clarke and Peter Williams Discuss Interdisciplinary and Community-Involved Curriculum

2019

Artist Presentation for Travels in Hyperreality

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2018

Visiting Artist Lecture

Hochschule für Musik und Kunst, Hamburg

2017

Conversations at the Edge

With Claudia Hart, Gene Siskel Film Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2017

U-CREATE

Presentation with CSUS students for In The Time of Butterflies, Crocker Art Museum

2017

Visiting Artist

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2017

Visiting Artist Lecture

Rhode Island College

2015

Artist Lecture

L.A.S.E.R., UC Davis

2015

Artist Lecture

Amalgamated Spaces, CSU Stanislaus

2014

Moderator for Broadway Augmented: Making Art for Broadway

Verge Center for the Arts

2014

Panelist for Design and Technology

The Avid Reader, Sacramento

2014

3D Printing Panel and Roundtable

College Art Association Conference, Chicago

2013

Artist Lecture

Lamar Dodd School of Art

2012

Crocker Kingsley Lecturer

Crocker Art Museum

2011

Visiting Artist Presentation and Panel Discussion

The Real-Fake exhibition, William Paterson University

2011

Artist Lecture

American River College

2010

Artist Lecture

CSU Stanislaus

2010

Artist Lecture for Crocker Mosaic

Crocker Art Museum

2010

Panel co-chair with Claudia Hart for Under Fire

College Art Association Conference, Chicago

2009

Artist Lecture

University of the Pacific

2008

Artist Lecture

UC Davis Graduate Seminar

2006

Artist Lecture

Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento

2006

Artist Lecture

University of San Diego, ICAM (Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts) “Current Practice” Lecture Series, June

2006

Creative Alchemy: Recent Collaborations

Artist Lecture, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, February

2006

Visiting Artist Lecture

Auburn University

2006

Internet Art and Censorship Lecture

Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art

2005

Artist Lecture

CSUS Art Alumni Chapter

2005

Screenshots and Audio Effects

New Media Caucus panel, CAA Atlanta

2004

Artist Lecture

Skirr, UC Berkeley Composition Colloquia, April

2004

Constructing Boundaries: Approaches to the Discourse of New Media Aesthetics

New Media Caucus Sponsored Panel, College Arts Association Conference, Seattle, Washington, February

09 / Writing

Publications

2026

General Editor for Encyclopedia of New Media Art

Bloomsbury Publishing, London, with Dr. Chris Meigh-Andrews and Dr. Vince Dziekan, 2015–2026; publication November

2026

“Post-Photographic Simulation”

Co-authored with Claudia Hart; chapter for Encyclopedia of New Media Art, Bloomsbury Publishing, London; publication November

2022

“Merging Spaces: Augmented Reality, Temporary Public Art, and the Reinvention of Site”

Chapter for Augmented Reality Art: From an Emerging Technology to a Novel Creative Medium, edited by Vladimir Geroimenko, Springer, May; ISBN 978-3030968632

2014

The New Romantics

Co-authored with Claudia Hart and Nicholas O’Brien, Metaverse Creativity, Intellect Books; ISSN 2397-9704

2014

“3D Printing Panel and Roundtable Discussion”

Co-authored with Tom Burtonwood, published in Media-N, Journal of the New Media Caucus; ISSN 1942-017X

2013

“Pixelated Drift @ Johannsen Projects”

Review for SquareCylinder.com, March

2011

“Developing a Model for 3D CG Education”

In Under Fire: 3D Animation Pedagogy, published in Media-N, Journal of the New Media Caucus; ISSN 1942-017X

2011

“BAN 6 @ YBCA”

Review for SquareCylinder.com, September

2011–present

Real-Fake.org

Collaborative online publication with Claudia Hart, including “Virtual Worlds,” “Digital Bodies,” “Impossible Objects,” “Post-Photographic Simulation,” “Asynchronous Time,” and “Digital Abstraction.”

10 / Service

Professional affiliations

2021–2022

Member

National Council of Arts Administrators

2020

Reviewer

Why Sentience panel, ISEA Symposium, Montreal

2015–2020

Secretary

New Media Caucus

2015

Member

International Global STEM Leadership Alliance, Advisor for Media and Digital Art

2014

Member

CAA Professional Practices Committee Taskforce, CAA Guidelines for Faculty Teaching in New Media

2014–2019

Member

Artnauts collective

2011–2020

Board Member

New Media Caucus

2005–2011

Editor-in-Chief

Media-N, International Journal of the New Media Caucus

2005

Founding Editor

Media-N, International Journal of the New Media Caucus; ISSN 1942-017X

2003–present

Member

New Media Caucus

2008

Reviewer

Leonardo Journal