About

Artist Statement:

Primary life experiences, relationships, family history and human condition at large, are the main source of inspiration driving the making. Mother daughter relationship stands out as a recurrent theme.

Familiar, even mundane elements serve as navigational tools, guiding viewers through unfamiliar and introspective landscapes. Each image is crafted as a poetic riddle layered with personal narratives. The viewer is invited to engage with the work on their own terms either solve the riddle or make their own connection and interpretation.

Biography:

Rachel Shatil, was born in a kibbutz in Israel and graduated Tel Aviv University departments of Theater Directing and Sociology . She worked as a theater director, art director, and drama instructor both in Israel and the United States. Her theater company, the Portal Theater Company, performed in Boston stages in the late 90s and early 2000s and received great reviews in local media.

In 2017, Rachel transit to visual art attending in various institutions including the Mass College of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Elliot School. Today, Rachel is an active artist working from her home studio and showing in different galleries mostly in the eastern United States.

Exhibition History (selected):

Wall of Visibility, Outdoor Installation, Studio without wall, Muddy River Park, Brookline, MA, 2024

Roots of Passage (Group Show), Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA, July, 2024

Lost and found, Outdoor Installation, Studio without wall, Muddy River Park, Brookline, MA, 2022

Guess Who? Wave Gallery, Watertown, MA, March 2020 (delayed) July 2020

The Atrocity of US (Three artist Show) Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, MA August 2019

Avatars / Ghosts (Group Show) Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA, March 2019

Point of Departure (solo show) Gallery at Spencer Lofts, Chelsea, MA, October 2017

History is Here and Now (Installation) Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA, June 2017

Hearth and Fire (Four Artist Show) Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, MA, April 2017

Away From Home (solo show) Gallery at Spencer Lofts, Chelsea, MA, May 2016

Walking the Earth (solo show) Galatea Fine Arts, Boston, MA, January 2016

Procession (solo show) Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA, October 2015

Boston Biennial Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA, July 2014

The Knit Art House Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville MA, April 2013

Memory Palace Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, April 2013

Meta Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA, 2013

Firefest Star Works, Star, NC, 2013

Memberships:

Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Joined 2017

Atlantic Works Gallery, 2012-2018

Galatea, 2015-2017