Personal Portfolio

Rachel Meyers Art

Rachel earned her B.F.A. in Drawing from Pratt Institute and an M.F.A.from Jacksonville University. Inspired by Post modernism and Female artists Louise Bourgeois and Miriam Shapiro, she combines objects with divergent materials and processes associated with and representative of female gender roles to tell personal stories
Rachel currently lives in Longwood Florida.

Biography

Central to my process is the discovery and incorporation of found objects—treasures that arrive laden with their own histories and memories. These materials become portals, opening pathways into stories that transcend individual experience and speak to collective human truths. Each object carries traces of lives lived, decisions made, and moments passed, allowing me to weave together narratives that examine how we construct meaning from fragments of experience.

My most recent body of work emerges from an intensely personal journey following my husband's injury during what should have been a routine medical procedure. This unexpected rupture in our daily life became the catalyst for exploring the complex terrain of anxiety and desire—how trauma reshapes our understanding of safety, hope, and vulnerability. These pieces investigate the space between expectation and reality, examining how we navigate uncertainty while clinging to the familiar structures that once provided comfort.

Working with mixed media allows me to mirror the layered nature of memory and experience. Traditional painting and drawing techniques ground the work in familiar visual language, while found objects and craft materials introduce elements of chance, history, and tactile intimacy. This combination reflects my belief that healing and understanding emerge not from singular approaches, but from the integration of multiple ways of knowing and being.

Through my art, I seek to create spaces where viewers can encounter their own stories reflected back—where the specific becomes a doorway to the universal, and where the act of looking becomes an act of recognition and, ultimately, connection.