Rachel Refael

conceptual - design - digital technology - body - social

Rachel Refael (b. 1992) is a multidisciplinary artist and designer with roots in Canada and a current residence in Rotterdam. Refael earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, in 2018, and furthered her academic journey with a Masters of Arts in Interior Architecture from the Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in 2021 In 2020, she established 166 BRUT, an interdisciplinary research and design practice that explores informal histories, gender dynamics, and our interconnectedness with the environment.

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    • Spatial Designer/Creative

    Project

    • 15-08-2023 t/m 15-04-2024
    • In collaboration with: Northern Light
    • Location:, Amsterdam
    • Content and design development for museums and cultural institutions.

    FlevoLAB New Maker (Phase 1)

    Residencies / exchange

    Poster Design - Ans and the Universe

    Residencies / exchange

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 21-10-2022 t/m 21-10-2022
    • In collaboration with: Studio Berkveldt
    • Location: BioArt, Eindhoven
    • Moderating exhibition opening for Studio Nerkveldt's project; 'Life to come: the importance of death in nature'. with Jeroen Helmer, ARK Nature Illustrator, and Elke Wenting, PhD candidate at Wageningen University.
    • https://www.instagram.com/dead_and_alive_by_berkveldt/

    Untitled

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 18-05-2022 t/m 22-05-2022
    • In collaboration with: Het Duivennest
    • Location: De Hillevliet, Rotterdam
    • Work in progress exhibition on form study

    Peeping Spaces

    Project

    • 14-04-2022 t/m 30-01-2026
    • In collaboration with: Gavin Oliver O'Leary and Milena Sekulic
    • Location: Arcam, Amsterdam
    • An ongoing multidisciplinary research on the necessity and legitimization of sex interiors within the Red Light District. This Project was partly funded by Stimulerings Fonds: Architecture Grant. Advisor: Pol Esteve Castello
    • https://www.stimuleringsfonds.nl/en/news/architectuur-27-projecten-geselecteerd-2

    Made to Disappear

    Exhibition / presentation

    FlevoLAB New Maker (Phase 2)

    Residencies / exchange

    • 06-03-2024 t/m 01-06-2024
    • In collaboration with: FlevoLAB
    • Location: , Almere
    • Continuation of the Artistic research on the province of Flevoland.

    Borderland

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 01-12-2019 t/m 18-12-2019
    • In collaboration with: Piet Zwart Institute
    • Location: coopwijk 010, Rotterdam
    • Collective exhibition questioning the role of institutions and archives

    Poster design

    Project

    • 01-12-2019 t/m 01-12-2019
    • In collaboration with: MIARD - Piet Zwart Institute
    • Location: coopwijk 010, Rotterdam
    • Post/Flyer design for the 2019 exhibition Borderland.

    Domestic Territories: Online Exhibition

    Exhibition / presentation

    Acknowledgments

      Scholarship

    • Stimulation Fund

    • 2022
      Scholarship

    • Bekker La Bastide Fund Recipient

    • 2021
      Scholarship

    • Van Beek-Donner Fund Recipient

    • 2021
      Scholarship

    • JCFC Educational Scholarship

    • 2019
      Scholarship

    • FlevoLab - New Makers Workshop

    • 2023
      Scholarship

    • FlevoLab; Research stipend

    • 2024
      Pricing

    • MIARD Alumni Research Award

    • 2021
      Publication

    • The Piet, no. 2

    • 2022
    • Zine
    • Piet Zwart Institute -
      Publication

    • HistoricAll!

    • 2023
    • collective writings
    • Onomatopoeia - Cecilia Casabona, Maxime Benvenuto