Rachael Banks
Rachael Banks is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Northern Kentucky University and is currently based in Cincinnati, OH. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree in photography from Texas Woman's University and Bachelor of Arts degree in photography and painting from Bellarmine University in her hometown Louisville, KY.
Rachael Banks' work deals heavily with family dynamics, relationships, and notions pertaining to identity informed by place. In addition to photography and education, her interests are zine making, collaboration, literature, self-publishing, punk subculture, social media, snail mail, and art collecting.
RACHAEL BANKS
www.rachaelbanksphoto.com banksr2@nku.edu | 502.640.4317
Education
2015
MFA: Photography, Minor: Intermedia, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2012
BA: Photography/Digital Media/Painting, Bellarmine University, Cum Laude, Louisville, KY
Professional Experience
2016
August, Assistant Professor of Photography, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY January, Communications Manager, Crusade for Art, Atlanta, GA
May – August 2015, Adjunct Photography Faculty, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
May – August 2015, Adjunct Photography Faculty, El Centro College, Dallas, TX
2015
May – August, Graduate Teacher of Record, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX May – August 2013, Gallery Archivist, Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Denton, TX
2014
December – August 2012, Graduate Assistant, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX 2013 May – August 2012, Photography Lab Manager, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
May – August 2012, PR Coordinator, Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Denton, TX Solo Exhibitions
2017
Between Home and Here, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX 2017 Between Home and Here, Lillian Bradshaw Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016
Between Home and Here, McGrath Gallery, Louisville, KY
2015
Between Home and Here, 107 Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2013
People and Places that Don’t Exist, 107 Gallery, San Antonio, TX
I’m not from Here, Texas Woman’s University: 010 Gallery, Denton, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
Paradise: No Time Zone, TBA, Dallas, TX (Curator: Randall Garrett) Diffusion Annual, A Smith Gallery, Austin, TX (Curator: Libby Rowe) Making Muses, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
(Curators: David Bram and Jennifer Schwartz)
One, Art Room Gallery, Fort Worth, TX (Curators: Nathan Madrid and Katie Murray)
2015
Human Nature, West Street Art Center and Hanover College, Madison, IN (Curator: Leticia Bajuyo and Peter Ellis) (Three-Person Show)
Downtown, H. Paxton Moore Gallery, Dallas, TX (Curator: Randall Garrett)
Sensuous Worlds, Eastfield College, Dallas, TX (Curator: Iris Bechtol)
Between Home and Here, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Texas Woman's University, East Gallery,
Denton, TX. (Three-Person Show)
Looking Glass: Exploring Self-Portraiture, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
(Curator: Gray Lyons)
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2015
On Fruited Plains, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
(Jurors: David Martin, Marivi Oritz, James Kueffner)
SPE Combined Caucus Exhibition, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA
(Jurors: Deborah Willis and Carol McCusker)
2014
Open, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (Juror: Shane Lavalette)
Color Space: Contemporary Photography, Portland, OR (Juror: Todd Johnson)
Mirror Mirror, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT (Juror: Amy Arbus) (Honorable Mention) Visual Narratives, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (Juror: Scott B. Davis) SPESC Members Show, Murfreesboro, TN
Figures | Contexts, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Juror: Cig Harvey)
2013
Lucky Seven, Texas Woman's University: East and West Galleries, Denton, TX Self-Portrait, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Juror: Caleb Cole)
Mysterious Visions: Dreams, Fantasies and Mirages, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
(Juror: Emma Powell)
Voertman’s Student Art Competition, Texas Woman’s University: East and West Galleries
Denton, TX. (Juror: Andrea Karnes)
2012
Alliance Student Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University: East and West Galleries, Denton, TX. (Juror: Leslie Murrell)
Selected Publications and Press
2016
Streit House Space, Half Year Vol.3, Photo Zine (Editor: Jordanna Kalman)
Strant Magazine, Sad Things by Rachael Banks, Photo Zine Review (Editor: Shaun Kelly) Tiny Hands Press, Sad Things, Photo Zine (Editor/Publisher: Rachael Banks)
Same Coin Press, All Night Long: Volume 18: Rachael Banks and Nathan Pearce,
Photo Zine (Editor: Nathan Pearce, Publisher: Same Coin Press)
Same Coin Press, All I Ever Wanted: Rachael Banks, Photo Zine. (Editor: Nathan Pearce,
Publisher: Same Coin Press)
Crusade for Art, Focal Point 1.16 + Zines: A Culture of Affordable Sharing and Collection, Article
and Interview. (Editor: Jennifer Schwartz, Publisher: Crusade for Art)
2015 One Twelve Publishing, Diffusion Annual, Magazine, Editor: Blue Mitchell
Same Coin Press, All Night Long: Volume 10: Rachael Banks and Nathan Pearce, Photo
Zine (Editor: Nathan Pearce, Publisher: Same Coin Press)
Steadfast Arte, Featured Artist: Rachael Banks, Article. (Editor: Christina Arza)
TRIP Magazine, Between Home and Here: Rachael Banks, Article. (Editor: Dean Davies) Gonzo Today, “A Cold 40′′ Art Project Draws Big Crowd to Seidenfaden’s in Germantown,
Review. (Author: Clayton L. Luce)
Leo Weekly, Staff Picks, Visual Arts: A Cold 40, Article. (Author: J. Cobb)
Fraction Magazine Japan, seasons change and so do you & I’m not From Here: Rachael Banks,
Article. (Editor: Yoichi Nagata)
Float Magazine, Portfolio: Rachael Banks, Article.
365 Artists | 365 Days Project, Rachael Banks, Interview.
Texas Woman’s University, Student Accolades: Outstanding MFA Student, Brochure.
Dodho Magazine, Between Home and Here: Rachael Banks, Article
The Southern Photographer, Southern Photographers in the News, Blog. (Editor: John N. Wall) Fraction Magazine, Between Home and Here: Rachael Banks, Article. (Editor: David Bram) Streit House Space, seasons change and so do you: Rachael Banks,
Teaching Photography: Tools for the Imaging Educator, Glenn Rand et al.
2014
Creative Boom, Between Home and Here by Texas Photographer Rachael Banks, Article
Artebella, Daily Archive: Rachael Banks, Article
Feature Shoot, 33 Photographers Reveal Their Definition of Intimacy, Article
Beatlands, Interview, Portrait of a Photographer: Interview with Rachael Banks Superstition Review, Issue 13, Article
Prism | Photo Magazine, Issue 16, Article
POSI+TIVE Magazine, Featured Story: Rachael Banks, Article
2014 Student Creative Arts & Research Symposium, Texas Woman’s University, Program
2013
Dissident Voices, The JFK Unspoken Speech, Video and Print
2013 Student Creative Arts & Research Symposium, Texas Woman’s University, Program
Selected Lectures and Community Involvement
2016
Slug and Gutter, Vendor/Artist, Pittsburgh Zine Fair, Pittsburgh, PA
Same Coin Press, Vendor/Artist, Unbound: Art Book and Zine Fair, Cleveland, OH Same Coin Press, Vendor/Artist, KY Fried Zine Fest, Lexington, KY
Flash Powder Retreats, Invited Artist, Highlands, NC
Same Coin Press, Vendor/Artist, Philadelphia Art Book Fair, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Between Home and Here, Invited Speaker, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
On Fruited Plains, Panelist, SPE Midwest Regional Conference, Louisville, KY
Student Portfolio Reviewer, SPE South Central Regional Conference, Oklahoma City, OK A Cold 40: A $40 and Under Art Show, Invited Artist/Vendor, Seidenfaden’s, Louisville, KY Making Photographs that Don’t Suck, Invited Speaker, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX ISAS Arts Festival, Invited Portfolio Reviewer, Forth Worth County Day, Fort Worth, TX Denton County 4-H Club Photography Contest, Invited Juror, Denton, TX
2014
Identity, Memory and Place, Panelist, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN Being a Photographer and Preparing for College, Speaker, Navo Middle School, Aubrey, TX
2013
Performance and the Photograph, Invited Speaker, Texas Woman's University
Booth 50 Project, Photographer/Digital Technician, 2013 National SPE Conference, Chicago, IL I’m not from Here, Speaker, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Selected Public Collectors
International Center for Photography Library, New York, NY Houston Center for Photography, New York, NY Independent Publishing Resource Center, Portland, OR The City Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
The Postcard Collective, Tucson, AR
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Bloomington, IN Lansing School of Nursing, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY
Memberships
Society for Photographic Education (2009-Present) College Arts Association (2014-Present) Photographic Artists Coalition (2012-2015)
Rachael Banks is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Northern Kentucky University and is currently based in Cincinnati, OH. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree in photography from Texas Woman's University and Bachelor of Arts degree in photography and painting from Bellarmine University in her hometown Louisville, KY.
Rachael Banks' work deals heavily with family dynamics, relationships, and notions pertaining to identity informed by place. In addition to photography and education, her interests are zine making, collaboration, literature, self-publishing, punk subculture, social media, snail mail, and art collecting.
RACHAEL BANKS
www.rachaelbanksphoto.com banksr2@nku.edu | 502.640.4317
Education
2015
MFA: Photography, Minor: Intermedia, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2012
BA: Photography/Digital Media/Painting, Bellarmine University, Cum Laude, Louisville, KY
Professional Experience
2016
August, Assistant Professor of Photography, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY January, Communications Manager, Crusade for Art, Atlanta, GA
May – August 2015, Adjunct Photography Faculty, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
May – August 2015, Adjunct Photography Faculty, El Centro College, Dallas, TX
2015
May – August, Graduate Teacher of Record, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX May – August 2013, Gallery Archivist, Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Denton, TX
2014
December – August 2012, Graduate Assistant, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX 2013 May – August 2012, Photography Lab Manager, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
May – August 2012, PR Coordinator, Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Denton, TX Solo Exhibitions
2017
Between Home and Here, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX 2017 Between Home and Here, Lillian Bradshaw Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016
Between Home and Here, McGrath Gallery, Louisville, KY
2015
Between Home and Here, 107 Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2013
People and Places that Don’t Exist, 107 Gallery, San Antonio, TX
I’m not from Here, Texas Woman’s University: 010 Gallery, Denton, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
Paradise: No Time Zone, TBA, Dallas, TX (Curator: Randall Garrett) Diffusion Annual, A Smith Gallery, Austin, TX (Curator: Libby Rowe) Making Muses, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
(Curators: David Bram and Jennifer Schwartz)
One, Art Room Gallery, Fort Worth, TX (Curators: Nathan Madrid and Katie Murray)
2015
Human Nature, West Street Art Center and Hanover College, Madison, IN (Curator: Leticia Bajuyo and Peter Ellis) (Three-Person Show)
Downtown, H. Paxton Moore Gallery, Dallas, TX (Curator: Randall Garrett)
Sensuous Worlds, Eastfield College, Dallas, TX (Curator: Iris Bechtol)
Between Home and Here, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Texas Woman's University, East Gallery,
Denton, TX. (Three-Person Show)
Looking Glass: Exploring Self-Portraiture, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
(Curator: Gray Lyons)
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2015
On Fruited Plains, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
(Jurors: David Martin, Marivi Oritz, James Kueffner)
SPE Combined Caucus Exhibition, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA
(Jurors: Deborah Willis and Carol McCusker)
2014
Open, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (Juror: Shane Lavalette)
Color Space: Contemporary Photography, Portland, OR (Juror: Todd Johnson)
Mirror Mirror, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT (Juror: Amy Arbus) (Honorable Mention) Visual Narratives, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (Juror: Scott B. Davis) SPESC Members Show, Murfreesboro, TN
Figures | Contexts, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Juror: Cig Harvey)
2013
Lucky Seven, Texas Woman's University: East and West Galleries, Denton, TX Self-Portrait, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Juror: Caleb Cole)
Mysterious Visions: Dreams, Fantasies and Mirages, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
(Juror: Emma Powell)
Voertman’s Student Art Competition, Texas Woman’s University: East and West Galleries
Denton, TX. (Juror: Andrea Karnes)
2012
Alliance Student Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University: East and West Galleries, Denton, TX. (Juror: Leslie Murrell)
Selected Publications and Press
2016
Streit House Space, Half Year Vol.3, Photo Zine (Editor: Jordanna Kalman)
Strant Magazine, Sad Things by Rachael Banks, Photo Zine Review (Editor: Shaun Kelly) Tiny Hands Press, Sad Things, Photo Zine (Editor/Publisher: Rachael Banks)
Same Coin Press, All Night Long: Volume 18: Rachael Banks and Nathan Pearce,
Photo Zine (Editor: Nathan Pearce, Publisher: Same Coin Press)
Same Coin Press, All I Ever Wanted: Rachael Banks, Photo Zine. (Editor: Nathan Pearce,
Publisher: Same Coin Press)
Crusade for Art, Focal Point 1.16 + Zines: A Culture of Affordable Sharing and Collection, Article
and Interview. (Editor: Jennifer Schwartz, Publisher: Crusade for Art)
2015 One Twelve Publishing, Diffusion Annual, Magazine, Editor: Blue Mitchell
Same Coin Press, All Night Long: Volume 10: Rachael Banks and Nathan Pearce, Photo
Zine (Editor: Nathan Pearce, Publisher: Same Coin Press)
Steadfast Arte, Featured Artist: Rachael Banks, Article. (Editor: Christina Arza)
TRIP Magazine, Between Home and Here: Rachael Banks, Article. (Editor: Dean Davies) Gonzo Today, “A Cold 40′′ Art Project Draws Big Crowd to Seidenfaden’s in Germantown,
Review. (Author: Clayton L. Luce)
Leo Weekly, Staff Picks, Visual Arts: A Cold 40, Article. (Author: J. Cobb)
Fraction Magazine Japan, seasons change and so do you & I’m not From Here: Rachael Banks,
Article. (Editor: Yoichi Nagata)
Float Magazine, Portfolio: Rachael Banks, Article.
365 Artists | 365 Days Project, Rachael Banks, Interview.
Texas Woman’s University, Student Accolades: Outstanding MFA Student, Brochure.
Dodho Magazine, Between Home and Here: Rachael Banks, Article
The Southern Photographer, Southern Photographers in the News, Blog. (Editor: John N. Wall) Fraction Magazine, Between Home and Here: Rachael Banks, Article. (Editor: David Bram) Streit House Space, seasons change and so do you: Rachael Banks,
Teaching Photography: Tools for the Imaging Educator, Glenn Rand et al.
2014
Creative Boom, Between Home and Here by Texas Photographer Rachael Banks, Article
Artebella, Daily Archive: Rachael Banks, Article
Feature Shoot, 33 Photographers Reveal Their Definition of Intimacy, Article
Beatlands, Interview, Portrait of a Photographer: Interview with Rachael Banks Superstition Review, Issue 13, Article
Prism | Photo Magazine, Issue 16, Article
POSI+TIVE Magazine, Featured Story: Rachael Banks, Article
2014 Student Creative Arts & Research Symposium, Texas Woman’s University, Program
2013
Dissident Voices, The JFK Unspoken Speech, Video and Print
2013 Student Creative Arts & Research Symposium, Texas Woman’s University, Program
Selected Lectures and Community Involvement
2016
Slug and Gutter, Vendor/Artist, Pittsburgh Zine Fair, Pittsburgh, PA
Same Coin Press, Vendor/Artist, Unbound: Art Book and Zine Fair, Cleveland, OH Same Coin Press, Vendor/Artist, KY Fried Zine Fest, Lexington, KY
Flash Powder Retreats, Invited Artist, Highlands, NC
Same Coin Press, Vendor/Artist, Philadelphia Art Book Fair, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Between Home and Here, Invited Speaker, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
On Fruited Plains, Panelist, SPE Midwest Regional Conference, Louisville, KY
Student Portfolio Reviewer, SPE South Central Regional Conference, Oklahoma City, OK A Cold 40: A $40 and Under Art Show, Invited Artist/Vendor, Seidenfaden’s, Louisville, KY Making Photographs that Don’t Suck, Invited Speaker, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX ISAS Arts Festival, Invited Portfolio Reviewer, Forth Worth County Day, Fort Worth, TX Denton County 4-H Club Photography Contest, Invited Juror, Denton, TX
2014
Identity, Memory and Place, Panelist, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN Being a Photographer and Preparing for College, Speaker, Navo Middle School, Aubrey, TX
2013
Performance and the Photograph, Invited Speaker, Texas Woman's University
Booth 50 Project, Photographer/Digital Technician, 2013 National SPE Conference, Chicago, IL I’m not from Here, Speaker, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Selected Public Collectors
International Center for Photography Library, New York, NY Houston Center for Photography, New York, NY Independent Publishing Resource Center, Portland, OR The City Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
The Postcard Collective, Tucson, AR
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Bloomington, IN Lansing School of Nursing, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY
Memberships
Society for Photographic Education (2009-Present) College Arts Association (2014-Present) Photographic Artists Coalition (2012-2015)
