Rachel Citrino
Contact Information
Phone: 856-305-4810
Studio & Gallery
349 Roadstown Greenwich Road Bridgeton, NJ 08302
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Artist's Biography
Rachel Citrino is a visual artist and independent curator. For over fifty years, Ms. Citrino has exhibited her work in numerous group, and solo exhibitions in the USA and abroad.
As an artist, she utilizes a mixed media approach incorporating painting, drawing, and photography into her work. Rachel has won both awards and citations from the City of Philadelphia, as well as the City of Florence, Italy. She was awarded residencies in S. Stefano in Sessanio (Abruzzo), The studios of Mauro Corbani, Scarlino, Tuscano, and the Vermont Studio School, USA.
Her curatorial abilities have contributed to both city-wide and global exhibitions and workshops, such as Sister Cities, Philadelphia and Florence Exchange, The Ladies of Leonardo, RRCA, Millville, NJ, GLOBAL INTERSECTION 13 at Globe Dye Works.
With Italian artist, Mauro Corbani, she co-organized a Monoprint Workshop in Italy, and served on the Exhibition Committee of The Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, and the Mayor’s Task Force, in Millville, NJ. She co-founded Artist/Writers Workshops in Vasto, Italy with an exhibition: United States of Art. Her arts advocacy tendencies began in the early eighties as president of Women’s Caucus for Art, Philadelphia Chapter. A former Director of the DaVinci Art Alliance, Rachel currently serves on the Board of Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (FPAFA) in Philadelphia.
A lifelong Philadelphia native, Rachel Citrino now resides in the historical hamlet of Roadstown, NJ. Her home and studio, also located in this idyllic setting, hosts traveling international artists annually.
Artist's Statement
Line, Color, and Space are elements that I have come to revere not only for their visual properties but as the magical elements I play with every day. Whether with pen and ink or paint on a roller, I am focusing on the magic of the line making connections through time and space.
In the content and process of my work I am interested in what connects ancient meanings to contemporary ideas. I have fun with the visual properties of signs and symbols as they fit into my composition but also how they evoke responses sometimes subliminally.
A new format occurs as drawing merges with painting. Ink lines are drawn freehand with a ruling pen. Fields of color are applied with brush. Broad areas of color applied with roller. All provide a very immediate and sensual experience in the process with a resulting expressiveness that is visceral in that the movements of my hand as extension of my body feels like a dance as I work and my intension to communicate something unutterable is achieved.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2020 - 2021
Sunshine on My Left Shoulder, Perkins Center for the Arts, Collingswood, NJ
2018
Gryphon Café, Fishtown, Philadelphia, PA
Group
2020 - 2021
Annual Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Exhibition, HOT∙BED, Philadelphia, PA and Virtual Exhibition
Awarded: Lucy Glick Prize
Villa Roadstown New Art Studio Announcement
2019
Studio Relocation Project
2018
Rail Park Fundraiser, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Bridgette Myer
Painting Center, New York, NY
Neither Here Nor There, Gallery 50, Bridgeton, NJ
2017
National Juried Annual, Attleboro Museum of Art, Attleboro,MA
Bivalve Arts Center, Bivalve, NJ
Selections from CFEVA's Members, Bebe Benoliel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain, Chelsea, NY
Grass Is Greener, Artspace 1241, Philadelphia
SIX, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Curaor: Barbara Sosson
International Juried Exhibit, Frederick, MD
2015
POPE UP, Globe Dye Works, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Leslie Kaufman
2012
Water On The Wall, House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Ladies of Leonardo, RRCA, Millville, NJ
2011
Celebrating 150 Years, Italian Consulate exhibiting Italian American Artists of Philadelphia
Revisioning the Decameron, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Best of Show
The Curators of Herstory at RRCA, Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts,
Millville, NJ
Two-person show with Liz Nicklus
2010
Galleria Commune Scarlino, Grossetto, Italy
Citrino/Sivin, Paper/Clay, The Clay College, Millville, NJ
Confluence: Adams, Citrino, Garfield, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
A Philagrafika 2010 Independent Project
Photography 29, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Particular/Peculiar a Portfolio, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Print Love In, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Block Party, Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ
From My Window, Smile Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Othello, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Exhibitions Curated
2013
Global Intersections Global Intersection 13, Globe Dye Works, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Artists Of Latin America, The Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ
HERSTORY, The Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ
Professional Experience
Co-organizer, Monoprint Workshop in Italy with Mauro Corbani and Rachel Citrino
Archivist, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Design Team Committee, City of Bridgeton, Bridgeton, NJ
Co-producer, Vasto Artists Workshops, Abruzzi, Italy
Exhibition Committee, The Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ
Mayor’s Task Force, Millville, NJ
Residencies
Partial List
Galleria Commune Scarlino, Grossetto, Italy
Sextantio, Abruzzi, Italy
Vermont Studio School, Johnson VT
Collections
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Professional Affiliations
Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
Malia Collective, NYC
Philagrafika 2010
Vasto Writers and Artists Retreat, CH Italy
Education
Continuing Education
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Recent Artist Member Mentions on InLiquid
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Fade to Gist
Our memories are our connection to the past, present, and future. Yet like a kaleidoscope, our recollections morph and recombine … See Full Post
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2021 Fellowship Annual Exhibition
Reception Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, 4-7pm On Monday evening, April 19, 1897, approximately five hundred people met in the Pennsylvania … See Full Post
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POST: Philadelphia Open Studio Tours 2021 – Northeast
POST Online: April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021. 6-8pm each evening. CFEVA IS THRILLED TO PRESENT POST ONLINE, TO YOU, … See Full Post
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Rachel Citrino New Website
Congrats to Rachel Citrino for launching her new website!
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Rachel Citrino Solo Exhibition
Rachel Citrino’s solo exhibition, Sunshine on my Left Shoulder, is at the Perkins Center for the Arts From November 22, 2020 – January 14, 2021. There is an artist reception Saturday, December 12, 2020 5:00 – 8:00 PM.
