CV

b. 1992, Seattle, WA
Lives and works in Philadelphia, PA

Education
2021
Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture
Tyler School of Art and Architecture

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture
Western Washington University

Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2024
The Weight of Our Living, Maja Park, Philadelphia, PA

2022
The Heart Bears a Blade, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Heart in My Mouth, Gallery 456, New York, NY

2021
Before the River Becomes the Sea, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA

2017
The Place Has Changed, Dakota Gallery, Bellingham, WA

2015
this time, again, Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham, WA

2014
Relations, Recollections, B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Concerning Place, B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Killing Me Softly, SOIL, Seattle, WA
Strumming My Pain, United Colors (formerly Curiouser KC), Kansas City, KS

2022
The Third Body Part 2: Enduring, AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, PA
The Third Body Part 1: Utterances, AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, PA

2021
Everything Must Go, Atelier Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Flat Files, Peep Space, Tarrytown, NY
Flat Files, Collar Works, Troy, NY

2020
Ministry of Truth: 1984-2020, SaveArtSpace x Art At A Time Like This, New York, NY

2015
Escape Routes, Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Beyond Borders, Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Studies in Order, Dakota Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Coterie, Cascade Space, Bellingham, WA

2014
Beyond Borders, Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Home, B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Unicycle, Bellingham, WA
Vanity, B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Bloodlines, B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA

2013
La Mostra, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy
In Situ, B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Senior Exhibition, Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Faking It, B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA

Published Writing
2025
“Leave Me Hungry,” Mulberry Literary, Spring/Summer 2025 Issue (forthcoming)

2022
“Be/Holding the Sea,” Honey Literary, Issue 3

2021
Fetch the Moon from the Seabed (海底撈月), Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY

Publications & Press
2024
A sculpture that probes your sole: ‘The Weight of Our Living’ quietly arrives on the Parkway, Peter Crimmins, WHYY
Philly’s buzziest film fest | Things to Do, Rosa Cartagena, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rachel Hsu presents The Weight of Our Living, Kimberly Haas, Broad Street Review
Rachel Hsu’s Art on the Parkway invites contemplation of tenderness, the body, community, Joyce Chung, Artblog

2022
The Third Body by Addison Namnoum and Lydia Smith, Passing Notes Issue 2
Volume 38.5, Interim, Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

2021
APIARY 12: THE GENRE JAWN, APIARY Magazine, Philadelphia, PA

2020
Ministry of Truth: 1984/2020 Now Open for Viewing by Mark Westall, FAD Magazine, Nov. 2, 2020
Ministry of Truth: 20 Billboards Across NYC Address Politics, Whitewall, Oct. 15, 2020
An Orwell-inspired Billboard Project Considers the State of US Politics by Sarah Rose Sharp, Hyperallergic, September 28, 2020

2018
The Creative Unconscious, May 20, 2018 (publication discontinued in 2018)

2015
Escape Routes, Exhibition Catalogue
Jeopardy Magazine, Issue #51
Beyond Borders, 20th Annual International Art Competition, Exhibition Catalogue
AS Review, Issue 02.09.15

2014
Beyond Borders, 19th Annual International Art Competition, Exhibition Catalogue
AS Review, Issue 11.28.11