Rachel Feinstein

Rachel Feinstein (b. 1971, Fort Defiance, Ariz.) is a New York-based sculptor, painter, and set designer known for creating whimsical, multidimensional installations inspired by a concoction of references ranging from fairy tales and religious myths to 18th-century European craft and 20th-century American kitsch. Feinstein fabricates idyllic landscapes and decadent genre scenes with a heightened awareness of the power that accompanies storytelling. In 1993, she earned her B.A. from Columbia University, where she studied studio art and religion and worked closely with Kiki Smith and Ursula von Rydingsvard. That same year she attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Beginning with the group exhibition Let the Artist Live at New York's Exit Art in 1994, Feinstein has continued to show her work internationally. Recent solo exhibitions include Rachel Feinstein: Maiden, Mother, Crone at the Jewish Museum, New York; Folly at Madison Square Park, New York; The Snow Queen at Lever House, New York; and Tropical Rodeo at Le Consortium, Dijon, France.