| Artist | Rachel Romano | Resides | United States |
| Website | rachelromanofineart.com | Medium | Oil |
| Print Shop | rachelromanofineart.com/works | rachel@rachelromanofineart.com | |
| Representing Gallery | Stanek Gallery Philadelphia, PA. USA Gallerie Lorien Frederiksberg, Denmark Beddington Fine Art Bargemon, France | Themes | Figurative Symbolism, Personal Myth Storytelling Allegory Surrealism Adversity Strength Sorrow Inner Demons Ideology Patriarchy Belonging Resilience |
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About the artist
Rachel Romano is a New Surrealism Figurative Painter. Her connection to art began at age 7 with sojourns with her father, a poet, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which planted the seeds of storytelling.
In 2014, after many years of diverse careers in advertising, architecture, and landscape design, Rachel attended a workshop to discover her inner voice as an artist. At this time she realized she was a storyteller for adults.
Rachel is represented by Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia Pennsylvania; Beddington Fine Art, Bargemon France; and Gallerie Lorien, Fredericksburg Denmark. Rachel’s work has been exhibited at Canyon Road Gallery, Santa Fe NM; Russell Sage College, Albany NY; Pictor Gallery, Chelsea NY; Art Santa Fe; Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington DE; Awaken Galley NC; Goggleworks Cohen Gallery East, Reading PA. Demuth Museum Lancaster PA; Festival d’Art Contemporain à Roquebrune sur Argen, Seillans, and Bargemon France. Rachel has been featured in publication, blogs and interviews, including Painters Tubes (Uk/Sweden); In-The-Net-EU (Italian/English); The Jealous Curator; Margaret Winslow, Head Curator Delaware Art Museum (radio interview).
She has been awarded numerous residencies in Europe, and is collected internationally. Rachel works out of an old industrial building in Coatesville, PA. United States.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Rachel Romano finds inspiration in personal myth and the stories of others. The laughter, love, and sorrow of our lives fills her creative well. It is this connection to one’s heart that helps Rachel bring out the richness of story in her work. “It is important for me to explore my deeper self, to discover how we find strength through change, and adversity.“
Rachel’s paintings and drawings are expressed in a more traditional style, but their meanings are relevant to our contemporary world. The vibrant colour is used as a contrast to offset the reality of what lies within each painting. She thinks the intense colour comes from her subconscious, so that she may bring joy and light to difficult experiences and feelings. Essentially to soften the blow with beauty.
“Working in oils is perfect for me and ‘my thinking as I am doing process’; allowing me to wipe out, or radically change an image”. If a painting is not working, she will even cut it apart. It is important to be fearless. Rachel works on several paintings at a time, to give them breathing room, and not to become too precious, creating fluidity in the process. Consequently, her paintings will go through many iterations before they are complete.
It is her hope that when people view her paintings, they are taken “somewhere else” within their own story.
Upcoming Exhibitions
| When | Exhibition | Gallery |
| May 2024 | 2 person exhibition: “Serious Play” | Stanek Gallery Philadelphia, PA. USA |
| May 2024 | Group exhibition: “Get Out of Your Skull” | 10Dence Gallery Ghent Belgium, Amsterdam/Rijsenburg/Dordrecht, Netherlands |
| June 2024 | Group exhibition: “Myths, Fairy Tales, Mysterious” | 10Dence Gallery Ghent Belgium |
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Education
1996-1997, Foundation Year, Lyme Academy of Fine Art, Connecticut, United States
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
Imaginaire,LM Studio Gallery Hyeres, France
2021
Alchemy, Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE. United States
Mind’s Eye, Cohen East Gallery/Goggleworks, Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
2019
Persona, La Macina di San Cresci, Greve in Chianti, Italy
Rachel Romano, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, UNited States
2017
True North, Mala Galleria, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States
2016
The Art of Being, The Boyer Gallery, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Women Artists Ambassadors, Women’s Institute, Russell Sage College, Albany, New York, United States
International Women’s Day, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
2023
Dialogue II, 2 person show, City Arts Salon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Multiplicities, Toni & Stuart B. Young Gallery, Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, Delaware, United States
35th Anniversary Show, Blue Streak Gallery Wilmington, Delaware, United States
2022
Isn’t it Ironic?, Pictor Gallery, Chelsea, New York, United States
Life Magic, Gallerie Lorien, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Le Festival d’Art Contemporain, Roquebrun Sur Argens France
Le Festival d’Art Contemporain, Seillans, France
2020
20th Anniversary Exhibit, Beddington Fine Art, Bargemon, France
2019
Le Festival de Bargemon, Bargemon, France
Anniversary Show, Awaken Gallery Anniversary Show Mt. Holly, North Carolina, United States
2018
Imaginari, (curator), Oxford Art Alliance, Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States
2017
Totems and Allegories, J ed Williams Gallery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Figures, Malvern Retreat House, Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States
