Gerri Rachins 

Studio: 83 D Brookside Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 

Phone: (617) 645-3508 

E-mail: gr@gerrirachins.com

Instagram: @gerrirachins 

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions 

2025 Getting From One Place to Another: Recent Paintings by Gerri Rachins, 

The Painting Center, New York, NY  

2024                RUNNING HOT & COLD, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2022                Almost Everything Is Going Well, The Painting Center, New York, NY

Gerri Rachins Retrospective, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2021                GERRI RACHINS: UNFAMILIAR CREATURES, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY (Virtual)

2020                In-Between, The Painting Center, New York, NY 

2019                ColorBlast: Gerri Rachins and Chris Jeffrey, North Hill Gallery, Needham, MA 

2018                SEEN/UNSEEN, The Painting Center, New York, NY 

2016                POPROCKS, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 

2017                Material Matters: Gerri Rachins and Stephanie Roberts-Camello, Trustman Gallery,

Simmons College, Boston, MA 

2014                A Regular Riot, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 

2009                Gray Matters/Primary Matter, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 

2005                Nick Hollibaugh & Gerri Rachins, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 

2004                The “S” Series: New Paintings by Gerri Rachins, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 

Gerri Rachins: Rags-Painting-Rags, New England School of Art & Design, Boston, MA 

Repetition & Change: Gerri Rachins & Joanne Freeman, Brant Gallery, Boston, MA 

2002                Gerri Rachins: Line Drawings and Paintings, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025                Gorky and the Language of Drawing, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA

2024                Slant Dazzle, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery, Fall River, MA

Looking Backward. Looking Forward., MassArt Biennial Alumni Exhibition, Boston, MA

Cumulous – The Art of Metereology, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flastaff, AZ

Virtual Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, New York, NY,

Mercedes Matter Awardee

Beyond the Expected / Art in Flux, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA

Voices and Visions, New England Collective XIII, Galatea Gallery, Boston, MA

Collage / Assemblage, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

58th National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Joseph A. Cain Memorial Art Gallery,

Corpus Christi, TX

14th Biennial National Art Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL

2023                Anonymous Was a Masterpiece, New York Studio School, New York, NY (Virtual)

36th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Grand Gallery, Lake Charles, LA

SMFA Art Sale Group Exhibition, Boston, MA

BOLD, MassArt x SoWa, Boston, MA

Artists Celebrate The Legacy of Jack Lenor Larsen, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Innovations 2023, International Society of Experimental Artists, The Cultural Center of

Cape Cod, S. Yarmouth, MA

Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, New York, NY (Virtual)

Fluid Borders, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA

McNeese National Works on Paper, Grand Gallery, McNeese State University,

Lake Charles, LA

2022                Holiday Art Show, BOOM Contemporary on Artsy (Virtual)

In Praise of Form, Pell Lucy Artists, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA

Visual Art Archive, Refrigerator Poetry (Virtual)

Safekeeping the Not Knowing, SHIM Art Network on Artsy (Virtual)

Arts Connect, Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury, VT

2021                Art in Embassies Exhibition, United States Embassy Antananarivo, Madagascar

Holiday Art Show, BOOM Contemporary on Artsy (Virtual)

Marking Lives COVID-19, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA

Summer Exhibition, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA

First Show, BOOM Contemporary on Artsy (Virtual)

Benefit Fundraiser, The Painting Center on Artsy (Virtual)

Annual AIDS Benefit, Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston, MA (Virtual)

Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, New York, NY (Virtual)

Drawing Challenge, XXI! XXI, XIX Exhibitions, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY (Virtual)

#CollageBiennial Exhibition, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY (Virtual)

2020                Art in Embassies Exhibition, United States Embassy Antananarivo, Madagascar

70th A-ONE Exhibition, Silvermine Gallery, New Caanan, CT

Postcards from The Pandemic, Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 

Ornamentation in the Age of Corona – Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 

USA 35 x 35 ART PROJECT, Copelouzos Family Art Museum Exhibition, Athens, Greece 

2019                Art in Embassies Exhibition, United States Embassy Antananarivo, Madagascar

Field Notes: Lovers, Teachers and Consciousness In Between–26th Annual Drawing Show,

Mills Gallery at Boston Center for Arts, Boston, MA  

From Bauhaus to Our House, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 

New York Studio School Invitational Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School,

New York, NY 

New England Collective X, Galatea Fine Art Gallery, Boston, MA 

Unfoldingobject, Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, MA 

#CollageNow, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY 

Wheaton Biennial: Brush Coat Cover, Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 

25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Painting Center, New York, NY 

Arts Connect at Catamount Arts, Catamount Arts. St. Johnsbury, VT 

2018                Mutual Aid, Kent State University at Stark-School of Art Galleries, North Canton, OH 

2017                New York Studio School Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, New York, NY 

Collectors/ArtPrize Show, The Venue Tower, Grand Rapids, MI 

2016                13th Annual Blanche Ames National Art Exhibition, Ames Mansion, North Easton, MA 

Danforth Annual Exhibition, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA 

New York Studio School Invitational Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School,

New York, NY 

Gravity, Brookline Art Center, Brookline, MA 

2015                Artifact, Northeast Regional, Artspace Gallery, Maynard, MA 

A Community of Artists, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA 

2014                Off the Wall, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA 

A Collage Show, (Scene) Metrospace, East Lansing, MI 

2013                I-95 Triennial 2013: From Connecticut to Maine, The University of Maine Museum of Art,

Bangor, ME 

Strange Glue, Thompson Gallery, Weston, MA 

2012                Off the Wall, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA 

2011                Everything But Paper Prayers, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA 

2010                Boston Drawing Project, Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston, MA 

2009                Community of Artists, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA           

2008                LREI, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY 

2007                Massachusetts College of Art Faculty Exhibition, Brant Gallery, Boston, MA 

Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA 

2006  Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Guild Gallery, Fairfield County, CT

Cow Parade, Dana Farber Public Installation, Boston, MA 

2005                Blue, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 

Massachusetts College of Art Foundation Faculty Exhibition, Brant Gallery, Boston, MA 

MOD, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY 

I Protest, Hallspace Gallery, Boston, MA 

 2004               Boston High Tea, aRamona Studio, New York, NY 

SOFA Chicago, Mobilia Gallery, Chicago, IL 

National Small Works Painting Show, New York Art Collection, Endwell, NY 

150 x 150, Green Street Gallery, Boston, MA 

ARTcetera, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA 

2003                Massachusetts College of Art Faculty Drawing Exhibition, Brant Gallery, Boston, MA 

2002                The 17th Drawing Show, Mills Gallery at Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA 

SOFA New York, Mobilia Gallery, New York, NY 

Soundscape: Music & Visual Art Interwoven, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 

Works on Paper, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 

ARTcetera, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA 

9/11 - A Memorial Exhibition, New England School of Art & Design, Boston, MA 

New Art 2002, MPG Gallery, Boston, MA 

2001                National Small Works, Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Bloomingdale, IL 

Mixed Moxie, The Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ 

Red, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA 

Frances N. Roddy Exhibition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA 

SOFA Chicago, Mobilia Gallery, Chicago, IL 

Annual Small Works Exhibition, The Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA  

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bakalar Gallery at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 

2000                New Art 2000, MPG Gallery, Boston, MA 

Works on Paper, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA 

On the Side, Patricia Doran Gallery at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 

National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association at University Place, Cambridge, MA 

Collections 

The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA 

Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA 

Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA 

The Faulkner Hospital, Boston, MA 

The Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 

Wheaton College, Norton, MA

Bain Capital, Boston, MA 

Berkshire Partners, Inc., Boston, MA 

Wingate Companies, Newton, MA 

The Kamm Collection, Los Angeles, CA 

Neiman Marcus Inc., Dallas, TX 

Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, Greece

North Hill Gallery, Needham, MA

New Bridge on the Charles, Dedham, MA

Numerous Private Collections in The United States and Europe

Service to The Field

2019                Unfoldingobject panel discussion, Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, MA 

Gerri Rachins ColorBlast Exhibition Talk, North Hill Gallery, Needham, MA 

Contemporary Mixed Media Painting: Artist Demonstration with Gerri Rachins,

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA  

2017                Material Matters: Exhibition Talk, Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA 

2016                Gerri Rachins: POPROCKS, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 

2014                Spotlight Talks, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA 

2013                Wolf Forum, Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Mansfield, MA 

Bridging the Gap, Dana Faber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 

2012                Contemporary Mixed Media Painting: Artist Demonstration with Gerri Rachins,

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 

2002     Rhode Island College, Providence, RI 

2001                Cultural Agenda Fund Panelist, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston, MA 

2000                Program Educational Coordinator of In Your Face - Portraiture of All Time for the

Boston Mayor’s Youth Arts Corps 

Publications 

2024                Fluid Dynamics, Substack: Ocean in a drop, Cate McQuaid

2022                Pell Lucy: In Praise of Form, Exhibition Catalogue, Pell Lucy Artists, Boston, MA

2021                Marking Lives COVID-19 Exhibition Catalogue, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA

2020                Art in Embassies Exhibition Catalogue, United States Embassy Antananarivo, Madagascar

Local artists breathe creativity into decorative masks at Mobilia Gallery, 

MetroWest Daily News 

Where the masks are ‘art objects you can also wear, Boston Globe 

USA 35 x 35 ART PROJECT, Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Greece, Exhibition Catalogue

2019                New York Studio School Invitational Alumni, Exhibition Catalogue

Unfoldingobject – the art of collage Exhibition Catalogue

2018                Gerri Rachins: At The Painting Center in New York, United States,

Wall Street International Magazine 

2017                #18 Gerri Rachins, 100days100women, Henry Martin, WordPress  

Gerri Rachins, Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 35, Open Studios Press 

2013                University Maine Museum of Art’s I-95 Triennial, Yankee Magazine 

Strange Glue (Traditional & Avant-Garde College), Exhibition Catalogue,

2005                Arts Outlook: Gerri Rachins, Brookline Magazine 

2004                The “S” Series Solo Exhibition Review, Shawn Hill, Art New England 

Teaching Experience

2001 – 2023    School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Boston, MA

2001 – 2014    Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2008 – 2010    New England Institute of Art, Brookline, MA

2002 – 2004    New England School of Art & Design/Suffolk University, Boston, MA

2001 – 2004    Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA

Residencies 

2017                Vermont Studio Center Residency

Education 

2001                Master of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA  

1999                Post-Baccalaureate, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 

1977                Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 

1977                New York Studio School, New York, NY