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[2008-10-21 03:36:28 +0000 UTC]
"has stopped becoming an artist."
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 750; Deviations: 241; Watchers: 35
Watching: 58; Pageviews: 12582; Comments Made: 577; Friends: 58
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Rauschenberg, ManetFavorite bands / musical artists: The Classic Crime
# About me
Born in 1989 in southern California, Rachel Ahlers moved to St. Louis when she was only two years old. At the age of four she created her first large scale work of art by drawing on her bedsheets when she determined that a simple piece of legal size paper would not suffice for what she had planned. Her parents’ anger upon finding this piece of art did not discourage her, and her dream of making art still lived when her family moved to a small Nebraska town when she was six. However, a kindergarten classmate informed her that “all the famous artists are dead,” and in dismay Rachel abandoned her desire to be an artist for several years. She always enjoyed drawing in her free time, but it was not until she was finally able to take a formal art class as a junior in high school that the dream was reignited. “You’re going to do something with art someday,” her teacher said prophetically one afternoon, and it was in that moment that Rachel realized that creating art was her true desire. She studied art for four years at Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska, acquiring her BFA in Studio Art in the spring of 2012. Shortly before her graduation, Rachel spent a brief week serving as a volunteer gallery assistant at the Norfolk Arts Center near her Nebraska hometown, giving her a taste of what it might be like to work in a gallery. She was able to be involved in much of the process of hanging their new show, and she realized she loved it. In August of that year she moved to Minneapolis, hoping that city life might offer her more opportunities to do similar work. She lives there now, making art and taking encouragement from remembering that even the “famous dead artists” had bumpy starts as she begins her career.
Education
2012 - BFA Studio Art, Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska
Awards
2011 - Best of Show, Concordia University Annual Student Art Exhibition, Marxhausen Gallery of Art, Seward, Nebraska
2008 - Best of Show, NFWC Norfolk Women's Club All-School Art Show, Norfolk, Nebraska
Exhibition history
2012 - Concordia Art Department Senior Thesis Exhibition, Marxhausen Gallery of Art, Seward, Nebraska
2012 - NICF Student Art Exhibition, O'Keefe Elevator Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
2009-2012 - Concordia University Annual Student Art Exhibition, Marxhausen Gallery of Art, Seward, Nebraska
2007-2008 - NFWC Norfolk Women's Club All-School Art Show, Norfolk, Nebraska
I am nearly always open to taking commissions, and most of the art shown in this online gallery is available for purchase. For inquiries, please message me or email me at rachel.ahlers@cune.org.
# Comments
Comments: 236
thanks for the fave...i think i'm the only one saying thanks right now...i'm commandeering your message wall [link] . XD
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lol. i like the link, matey.
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Hey, thanks a lot for the favorite!
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Thanks for the watch Rachel!
*watches back*
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Wonderful deviations
PS...come to my gallery
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why thanks! and don't worry, i always visit people who comment.
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Hey Rachel,
I showed your DA page to Steve O. from art class. His screen name is FreeDan90. You should add him to your DeviantWatch
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Thanks for the +fav, and also for being a part of The Rescue!
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thank you for the favorite (:
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Thank you for the favourites
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thanks! i just kind of got submission crazy....
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Cool np, hey i work for Art Creations Magazine, and i want to publish some of you work in our next upcoming issue free. Just sign up on the site: [link]
Let me know what u think.
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I would be interested in it, but can you give me some more information about this magazine first? I've never heard of it. Is it an actual physical magazine? The website just looks like it's a public art site.
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thank you for the fave!!!!!!!!
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check my gallery here:[link]
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Hey Rachel!
This is Josh! I have found your DeviantArt page!
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woo! awesome. i'm on my way to check out your page.
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KRISTEN!i can't put anything up yet because i still don't have a functioning power chord for my computer yet, but I will get some up asap so you can feast your glistening eyes upon my joyous artistic endeavors!
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XD woot woot i say! woot woot!
...are my eyes really glistening? ;3
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heck yes they are! and what a beautiful glisten they have, too.
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XD aww, stop it, you're making me blush
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