Biography

Rachel Rushing is a Louisiana native living in Dallas, TX.

Her work revolves around inclusive materiality, collaborative experiences, social and civil systems, and mediated environments which can manifest from photo-based installations to participatory making practices with an emphasis on cultural equity, intersectional feminist theory, and the ethics of artistic production.

Rushing graduated from the University of North Texas with a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts in 2014. She runs a social practice community space, Sunset Art Studios, in Dallas, Texas, has served as the Oak Cliff Earth Day Arts Coordinator for three years, co-hosts and produces the Art Funk Podcast, and works with the Texas Organizing Project to promote civic engagement on a grassroots level.