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Barbara Rachko

New York NY United States

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    Statement of Work

    I am drawn to Mexican and Guatemalan cultural objects—masks, carved wooden animals, papier mâché figures, and toys—for reasons similar to those of Man Ray and the modernists, who in their case were drawn to African art.

    On trips to southern Mexico and Guatemala I frequent local mask shops, markets, and bazaars searching for the figures that will later populate my pastel paintings and photographs. How, why, when, and where these objects come into my life is an important part of the process.

    I take very old objects with a unique Mexican or Guatemalan past—most have been used in religious festivals—and give them a second life, so to speak, in New York in the present. When I return home I read prodigiously and find out as much about them as I can.

    The Black Paintings series of pastel-on-sandpaper paintings grew directly from an earlier series, Domestic Threats.

    Both series use cultural objects as surrogates for human beings acting in mysterious, highly-charged narratives.

    In the Black Paintings the figures (actors) now take central stage. All background details, furniture, rugs, etc. are eliminated and are replaced by intense dark black pastel. Each painting takes months to complete as I slowly build up as many as 30 layers of soft pastel.

    The idea for the Black Paintings began when I attended a jazz history course and learned how Miles Davis developed cool jazz from bebop. In bebop the notes were played hard and fast as musicians showcased their technical virtuosity. Cool jazz was a much more relaxed style with fewer notes, i.e., the music was pared down to its essentials. Similarly my current series evolved from dense, complex visual compositions into paintings that depict only the essential elements—the actors.

    Begun in 2007, this series is my most personal body of work to date. The black background symbolizes death, chaos, and confusion. The actors have emerged from a deeply painful state. This state is still with them but it is somehow now also behind them. They are thriving with renewed life and newly found vibrancy, clarity, and focus.

    My current work arises out of this deep pain. The series reflects the last seven years of my life as a 9/11 widow who had to struggle to return to making deeply-felt meaningful art after the devastating loss of my husband, Bryan.

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    Barbara Rachko
    www.barbararachko.com brachko@erols.com

    Selected Solo Exhibitions:

    2011 “Barbara Rachko: The Black Paintings,” Gallery Gray, Minneapolis, MN (online)

    2009 “Barbara Rachko: Gods and Monsters,” HP Garcia Gallery, New York, NY

    2008 “Out of the Black: Pastel Paintings and Photographs,” New Art Center, New York, NY; curated by
    Barbara MacAdam, deputy editor, ARTnews Art at First, New York, NY

    2007 “Gods and Monsters,” Capital One Art Gallery, McLean, VA
    2006 Azarian McCullough Art Gallery, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY 2005 Blackstone River Gallery, Woonsocket, RI
    Artspace, Richmond, VA
    “Scenes,” Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
    “Domestic Threats,” Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, The Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR

    2004 Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
    “Domestic Threats,” Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC

    2001 Olin Gallery, Roanoke College, Salem, VA

    2000 La MaMa La Galleria, New York, NY

    1999 “There is No Place Like Home,” Park Avenue Atrium, New York, NY; curated by Leah Poller,
    director, Art Alliance, New York, NY 1998 Broadway Windows, New York, NY
    “There is No Place like Home,” Mercedes-Benz Manhattan ArtSpace, NYC; curated by Leah Poller
    “Through the Window,” Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT

    1996 “Monkey Business,” Brewster Arts Ltd., New York, NY (two-person show)
    479 Gallery, New York, NY Watchung Art Center, Watchung, NJ School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
    1995 Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
    Howard County Community College, Columbia, MD

    1993 Cunneen-Hackett Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA

    1992 Capitol Hill Art League, Washington, DC

    Selected Group Exhibitions

    2016 Gallery Orange, New Orleans, LA

    2015 Art Busan, Korea; represented by Space 776, Brooklyn, NY
    Affordable Art fair, Hong Kong; represented by Space 776, Brooklyn, NY James Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
    Betty Dare Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

    2014 Aqua Art Miami, The Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach, FL; represented by Space 776, Brooklyn, NY Perkins Center for the Arts, Collingswood, NJ (three person exhibition)
    “Age of Innocence,” Studio 5404, Massapequa, NY James Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
    Betty Dare Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

    2013 James Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Betty Dare Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

    2012 “Art to the Point,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; selected by Donald Sultan MUSECPMI, New York, NY
    James Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Betty Dare Art Gallery, Chicago, IL Longstreth Goldberg, Naples, FL

    2011 “Pandemonium: Inaugural Preview Exhibition,” The New York Center of Photography and the Moving Image, New York, NY
    James Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
    Longstreth Goldberg, Naples, FL
    “Bazar,” Betty Dare Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

    2010 HP Garcia Gallery, New York, NY
    “Artists for Haiti,” Contemporary Art Network, auction in support of Doctors Without Borders for
    Haitian earthquake relief
    “Pulp Friction,” James Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
    “Past Forward,” Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA (four-person show) “Define: Art,” Betty Dare Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
    Longstreth Goldberg, Naples, FL

    2009 Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation award winners, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY Rogue Space, New York, NY
    Artexpo, Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, NY; Artisan Direct, Pittsford,NY Longstreth Goldberg, Naples, FL
    Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
    ArtHaus, San Francisco, CA
    1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA

    2008 “Timeless: The Art of Drawing,” Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
    CANcer, New Art Center, New York, NY
    “Modes of Expression,” Deloitte and Touche, New York, NY
    ReynoldsWolfe, Center 44, New York, NY
    “Animals in Your Kingdom,” Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY
    Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ; curated by Carter Foster, curator, department of
    drawings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT
    Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
    Hefton-Page Fine Art, Blue Ridge, GA
    Longstreth Goldberg, Naples, FL
    “Figurative Works by Gallery and Guest Artists,” “Outward Appearances,” and “About Face,”
    ArtHaus, San Francisco, CA 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA

    2007 "Zen of the Artist," Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY
    “Red,” Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY; curated by Serge Gregorian, director, Contemporary
    Artists Network, New York, NY
    “SCAN,” New Art Center, New York, NY
    “Clear Blue Tuesday,” movie directed by Elizabeth Lucas; the artist and her work appeared in a
    gallery opening scene
    “Free Play,” Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
    Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
    Hefton-Page Fine Art, Blue Ridge, GA
    Longstreth Goldberg, Naples, FL
    “Masters’ Mystery Art Show,” Ritz Carlton, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
    “five x seven,” Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX and “five x seven – on the road: Houston,”
    Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX ArtHaus, San Francisco, CA
    1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA

    2006 “Between Body and Object,” Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY; curated by Pam Brown, gallery director
    “Postcards from the Edge,” Sikkema, Jenkins, New York, NY Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
    Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
    Hefton-Page Fine Art, Blue Ridge, GA
    Longstreth Goldberg, Naples, FL
    “Masters’ Mystery Art Show,” Ritz Carlton, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL “Big Fun,” “About Face,” ArtHaus, San Francisco, CA
    1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA

    2005 Room With a View Gallery, Shangai, China
    “Night of a Thousand Drawings,” Artists Space, New York, NY
    “Multiple Oneness,” Park-Art Gallery, New York, NY
    “Au Courant,” A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (three-person show)
    Gallery Z, Providence, RI
    Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
    Art Struck Gallery, Blue Ridge, GA
    Longstreth and Goldberg, Naples, FL
    Margeaux Kurtie Modern Art, Madrid, NM
    “House Party - Celebrating 15 Years of Breast Cancer Action,” ArtHaus, San Francisco, CA 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA
    Permanent Collection Loan, Main Library, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM

    2004 “What an Art Gallery Should Actually Look Like (Large Glass),” Exit Art, New York, NY; curated by Michele Thursz and Anne Ellegood
    “Night of a Thousand Drawings,” Artists Space, New York, NY
    “Play Things,” Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY; curated by John Rossis
    “The Drawing Show,” Old Church Cultural Center School of Art, Demarest, NJ; curated by
    Mary Murray, gallery director
    “National Drawing 2004,” The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
    “Art of Survival,” Herspace, West Long Branch, NJ; curated by Nanci Hersh, artist
    “Looking In/Looking Out,” Paul Mellon Arts Center at Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT;
    curated by Ellen Pliskin, artist
    “Embodiment: Myths in Animal Form,” PostPicasso.com, Richmond, VA; curated by Ursula
    Ilse-Neuman, curator, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
    “Critical Mass,” 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA; curated by Peter Schjeldahl, critic, The New Yorker Artway Gallery, Brampton, Ontario
    “Masters’ Mystery Art Show,” Ritz Carlton, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
    Padulo Longstreth and Goldberg, Naples, FL
    Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
    Margeaux Kurtie Modern Art, Madrid, NM
    “Integrate/Disintegrate,” Visual Arts Gallery, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM Permanent Collection Loan, Main Library, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
    1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA

    2003 “Fighting Back: An Exhibition in Support of the Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women,” Kyoritsu Women’s College, Tokyo, Japan
    Phyllis Weil & Company, New York, NY
    Monique Goldstrom, New York, NY
    “Suspended Narratives,” Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI;
    curated by Judith Tolnick, gallery director
    Boston Corporate Art, Boston, MA
    “Fetish and Ritual,” Bruce Gallery of Art, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA;
    curated by William Mathie, gallery director
    Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
    “Little Gems,” Padulo Longstreth and Goldberg, Naples, FL
    “International Works on Paper,” William Whipple Art Gallery, Southwest State U., Marshall, MN Margeaux Kurtie Modern Art, Madrid, NM
    Permanent Collection Loan, Main Library, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM Gallery Bergelli, Larkspur, CA
    1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA

    2002 Art Alliance, New York, NY
    “Continuity,” La Mama La Galleria, New York, NY
    “Chromatic Intrigues,” Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ; curated by Stephen Sennott, director, City
    With-out Walls, Newark, NJ
    “The Insomnia Show,” City With-out Walls, Newark, NJ; curated by Lori Field and Elizabeth Seaton,
    artists
    Boston Corporate Art, Boston, MA
    “All Dolled Up,” Suffolk Museum, Suffolk, VA, and Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA; curated by Trudi
    Van Dyke, director, Ellipse Art Center and Nancy Kinzinger, director, Suffolk Museum,
    Suffolk, VA
    “Extraordinary Things: A Study of Contemporary Art Through Material Culture,” University Art
    Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN; curated by Kaz McCue, gallery director Padulo Longstreth and Goldberg, Naples, FL
    Margeaux Kurtie Modern Art, Madrid, NM
    Gallery Bergelli, Larkspur, CA

    2001 Art Alliance, New York, NY
    Boston Corporate Art, Boston, MA
    KLFine Arts, Highland Park, IL Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT
    “Go Figure,” Gallery Bergelli, Larkspur, CA
    Steve Stein Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA 2000 Brewster Arts Ltd., New York, NY
    Art Alliance, New York, NY
    “Emerge2000,” Aljira, Newark, NJ; curated by Richard Klein, assistant director, Aldrich Museum of
    Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
    “Extraordinary Things: A Study of Contemporary Art through Material Culture,” University Gallery,
    University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT; curated by Kaz McCue, gallery director Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ
    Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT
    James Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
    KL Fine Arts, Highland Park, IL
    “Latin Influences,” Gallery Bergelli, Larkspur, CA Steve Stein Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA

    1999 Brewster Arts Ltd., New York, NY Art Alliance, New York, NY
    KL Fine Arts, Highland Park, IL

    1998.Brewster Arts Ltd., New York, NY Art
    Alliance, New York, NY
    “The Biennial at Ben Shahn Galleries: Lines of Direction,” William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ

    1997 Brewster Arts Ltd., New York, NY
    "Realities III," “Realities IV,” Art Alliance, NYC; traveled to Fenton Moore Gallery, Buffalo, NY New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit NJ

    1996 Brewster Arts Ltd., New York, NY
    "Realities: International Contemporary Realism," and "Realities II," Art Alliance, New York, NY New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ

    1995 “National Midyear Exhibition,” Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ

    1994 Gallery Juno, New York, NY
    “Irene Leach Memorial Exhibition,” Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA “American Drawing Biennial,” Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA

    1993 Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
    Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA

    1992 “American Drawing Biennial,” Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL

    1991 Sumner Museum, Washington, DC
    Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA

    Selected Awards, Honors, and Accomplishments:

    2014 Published first eBook, “From Pilot to Painter,” on Amazon Interviewed by Brainard Carey for Yale Radio WYBC

    2013 Selected for a fellowship to the New York School of Art Independent Study Program

    2012 A Grant from the Templar Trust, Liechtenstein to produce a book about my work, to be published by
    MUSECPMI, New York, NY

    2011 Nominated for the Freedom to Create Prize, Singapore

    2010 Grants from The Templar Trust, Liechtenstein, and the Midtown West Arts Association, New York, NY, for a solo exhibition at H P Garcia Gallery, New York, NY

    2009 Award Winner, Lenore Sagan Visual Arts Awards, Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation, New York, NY Grants from The Templar Trust, Liechtenstein, and the Midtown West Arts Association, New York, NY, for a solo exhibition at H P Garcia Gallery, New York, NY

    2007 CAN Fellowship Recipient, Contemporary Art Network, New York, NY; selected by Barbara MacAdam, deputy editor, ARTnews

    2000 Chosen for the inaugural class, “Emerge2000,” Aljira, Newark, NJ; selected by Richard Klein, assistant director, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

    Selected Bibliography
    Adelson, Fred B. “Fall arts season offers invigorating sense of renewal,” (Review), Courier-Post, Cherry Hill, NJ, September 27, 2014. (Reproduction)
    Aptaker, Ann, and Miller, Stephen. Timeless: The Art of Drawing, (Catalogue), Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, 2008. (Reproduction)
    Awodey, Mark. “Southern Culture,” (Exhibition Review), Seven Days (Burlington, VT), Oct. 28, 1998. (Reproduction)
    Birke, Judy. “Exploring Art-Making’s Internal and External Worlds,” (Review), New Haven (CT) Register, Sept. 26, 2004.
    Bischoff, Dan. “Art by Hand: Regional Drawing Throughout the Century,” (Review), Star Ledger, (Newark, NJ), October 4, 2008.
    Bischoff, Dan. “A World of Art,” (Review), Star Ledger, (Newark, NJ), February 17, 2006. Bischoff, Dan. “Insomnia Exhibit is a Real Eye-Opener,” (Review), Star Ledger, (Newark, NJ),
    March 24, 2002. (Reproduction)
    Bischoff, Dan. “Gallery Celebrates 25 Years in the Vanguard,” (Review), Star-Ledger, Sept. 17, 2000.
    (Reproduction)
    Bischoff, Dan. “Farewell Heralds New Beginnings,” (Review), Star-Ledger, March 23, 2000. (Reproduction) Braff, Phyllis. "Works that Create and Hold Energy," (Review), The New York Times, Nov. 17, 1996.
    (Reproduction)
    CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, Corvallis, OR, Vol. 22:1, Summer 2004. (Reproductions) Carey, Brainard. “Barbara Rachko: Interviews by Brainard Carey from Yale radio WYBC,” (Podcast), Feb.
    10, 2014.
    Coates, Jason. “All Mixed Up: Artspace’s New Show includes Artists Whose Work Contrasts Sharply with
    Each Other,” (Exhibition Review), Style Weekly, Richmond, VA, Oct. 5, 2005. (Reproduction) Collins, Erica. "Suspended Narratives: Provocative Works on Display in Kingston," (Review), The North
    Kingston Standard-Times (RI), Oct. 23 – 24, 2003.
    Collins, Tom. "SFCC’s Exhibition Space One of City’s Best-Kept Secrets," (Review), Albuquerque (NM)
    Journal, Feb. 24, 2004.
    Dellafiora, James. "From the Navy to Artist's Life," (Feature Article), The Villager (New York),
    Aug. 28, 1996. (Reproduction)
    Fighting Back: An Exhibition in Support of the Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women, (Exhibition
    Catalogue), Amnesty International, Tokyo, Japan, March 2004. (Reproduction)
    Fortwengler, Erica. “Juror’s Remarks,” (Article), Alexandria, VA, March 2010.
    Fortwengler, Erica. “Barbara Rachko: Journey to Finding Success as an Artist,” (Feature Article),
    Developments, Alexandria, VA, Spring 2008. (Reproductions)
    Gascot, John. “Domestic Threats,” (Article), Huffington Post, June 30, 2010. (Reproductions)
    Grant, Daniel. “Self-Publishing a Catalogue,” (Feature Article), American Artist, February 2004. (Reproduction)
    Haas, Cherie. “32 Insider Tips: Learn Secrets of Success From Past Finalists in the Artist’s Magazine’s Annual Art Competition,” (Feature Article), The Artist’s Magazine, December 2010.
    Harrison, Helen. "With Luck, Iconoclasts Find Their Mediums," (Review), New York Times, Feb. 18, 2006. (Reproduction)
    Henry, Gerrit. “Barbara Rachko: Gods and Monsters,” Domestic Threats, (Catalogue), New York, NY, 2001, reprinted 2004. (Reproductions)
    Konau, Britta. “He Urged Her to Abdicate and Film Noir,” Domestic Threats, (Catalogue), New York, NY, 2001, reprinted 2004. (Reproductions)
    Kovalsky, Serena. “A Second Life for Mexican Folk Art,” Artful Vagabond, August 20, 2012. (Reproductions)
    Klein, Richard. “Curator’s Remarks,” Aljira Emerge 2000 (Exhibition Catalogue), Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, March 9 - April 21, 2000. (Reproduction)
    Landi, Ann. “Show and Tell: The Dos and Don’ts of Studio Visits,” (Feature Article), ARTnews, September 2013. (Reproductions)
    Langsam, Janet. “Curator’s Choice,” (Review), This and That, Westchester, NY, February 9, 2012. Liburt, Ellen. "Violence, Sex, Greed, & Domination Pervade Brewster Arts Opening," (Review), Open Air
    New York, NY, Oct. 23, 1996. (Reproductions)
    Maya, Carey. "Art Between Structure and Being" (Review), The Suffolk County News, (Oakdale, NY), Feb.
    23, 2006. (Reproduction)
    McCormack, Jeannie. “Barbara Rachko’s Surrogates for Our Inner Demons,” Gallery & Studio, (New York,
    NY), Nov.– Dec. 2006/Jan. 2007. (Reproduction)
    McCue, Kaz. “Curator’s Statement,” Extraordinary Things: A Study of Contemporary Art Through Material
    Culture , (Exhibition Brochure), Indiana State University,Terra Haute, IN; Oct. 30 – Nov. 22, 2003.
    (Reproductions)
    Mercado, Ashley and McGurk, John J. “The Erotic Art Show at the Blackstone River Gallery,” (Review),
    Agenda (Woonsocket, RI), April 14 – 28, 2005.
    New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, Wellesley, MA; April 1998. (Reproductions)
    Norris, Doug. "URI Show Ranges From the Surreal to the Sublime," (Review), South County Independent
    (Providence, RI), Oct. 23, 2003.
    On the Issues Magazine, Winter 2009, Long Island City, NY. (Reproductions)
    O’Shaughnessy, Tracey. “Pliskin, Curator and Artist, ‘Looking In/Looking Out,” (Review), The Sunday
    Republican, Chesire, CT, October 3, 2004.
    The Pedestal Magazine.com, Charlotte, NC, June/July 2003. (Reproductions)
    Phillips, Renee. "Art Entrepreneur: Are Juried Competitions Worth the Gamble," (Feature Article), Art
    Calendar, Dec. 2008. (Reproduction)
    Poet Lore, Volume 91, Number 2, Ann Arbor, MI. (Reproductions, Front and Back Cover).
    Pritzker, Elisa. "Elisa Pritzker Talks Art: Artists Open Studios," (Feature Article), Delaware & Hudson
    Canvas, Nov. 2008.
    Proskow, Christine. "The Year’s Best Art: Experimental," (Feature Article), The Artist's Magazine, Dec.
    2007. (Reproduction)
    Rachko, Barbara, and Drizin, Barbra, editor. “From Pilot to Painter,” (eBook), Amazon.com, Jan. 3, 2014.
    (Reproductions)
    Rachko, Barbara. “Artist’s Remarks,” Fetish and Ritual, (Exhibition Brochure), Edinboro University of
    Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA; Sept. 3 – 25, 2003. (Reproductions)
    Rodriguez, Bill. “Dream Weavers: Suspended Narratives Explores Extra Dimensions,” (Review), The Providence (RI) Phoenix, Oct. 31 – Nov. 6, 2003.
    Rothbart, Daniel. "A Conversation with Barbara Rachko," (Feature Article), ArteryNYC.com, Jan. 2012. (Reproductions)
    Rothbart, Daniel. "Gods and Monsters," (Exhibition Review), NYArts, Spring 2010. (Reproductions) Rutigliano, Dario. “An Interview with Barbara Rachko,” (Feature Article), ARTiculAcion Art Review, July
    2014. (Reproductions)
    Schaber, Greg. “Paint What’s Important,” (Feature Article), The Artist’s Sketchbook, Jan. 2003.
    (Reproductions)
    Schaber, Greg. "Shifting Your Viewpoint," (Feature Article), The Artist's Magazine, Oct. 1997.
    (Reproductions)
    Shaw, Kurt. "Exhibit Shows Paper to Be Anything But Plain," (Exhibition Review), Pittsburgh Tribune-
    Review, January 10, 2011.
    Streitfield, Lisa Paul. “Barbara Rachko,” (Exhibition Catalogue). H.P. Garcia Gallery, New York, NY, Oct.
    2009.
    Tolnick, Judith. “Curator’s Remarks,” Suspended Narratives, (Exhibition Brochure), University of Rhode
    Island, Kingston, RI, Oct. 9 – Dec. 8, 2003. (Reproductions)
    Van Siclen, Bill. "At URI Gallery, Works That Will Give You Pause," (Review), Providence (RI) Journal, Nov.
    6 – 9, 2003. (Reproduction)