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Education 

2019	B.F.A. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Painting & Printmaking
	Advanced Painting: Delving into Practice with Rubens Ghenov, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

Related Experience 

2021	Artist Assistant, Erin Wiersma, Manhattan, KS
	Printmaking Staff Assistant, Department of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Caricature Artist, Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair, Friends of the Smoky Hill Museum, Salina, KS
2020	Printmaking Staff Assistant, Department of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2019	Demo Assistant, “Workshop: Electro Etching,” McKnight Art Center, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
	Electrolytic Etching Research Lab Technician, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Printmaking Studio Technician, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Demo Assistant, “Transforming Printmaking through Chemical Innovation” for Print Council of America, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Demo Assistant, “Shelley Thorstensen: NEA Research Visiting Artist in Residence,” Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Media Relations Officer, Painting Society, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Assistant Director/Exhibitions Coordinator, Prairie Fire Printmakers Fine Arts Press, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Caricature Artist, Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair, Friends of the Smoky Hill Museum, Salina, KS
	Printmaking Studio Monitor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2018	Media Relations Officer, Painting Society, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Assistant Director/Exhibitions Coordinator, Prairie Fire Printmakers Fine Arts Press, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Printmaking Studio Monitor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Caricature Artist, Rolling Hills Zoo, Private Wedding, Salina, KS
	Caricature Artist, Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair, Friends of the Smoky Hill Museum, Salina, KS
2017	Caricature Artist, Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair, Friends of the Smoky Hill Museum, Salina, KS

Awards and Scholarships 

2019	Commerce Bank Best of Show Award, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Weary Family Art Scholarship, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Anderson Ranch Arts Center Fellowship, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2018	Undergraduate Research Assistant Scholarship, “Transforming Printmaking through Chemical Innovation” National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artworks Grant, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Commerce Bank Junior Award, Commerce Bank, Manhattan, KS
	Mark Chapman & Cheryl Mellenthin Fine Arts Scholarship, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2017	Weary Family Art Scholarship, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2016	Mary Lucille Dunn Art Scholarship, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2015	Elsie Wall Vesco Scholarship, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Exhibitions and Portfolio Exchanges 

2020	Embracing the Wilds Juried Exhibition, Online, Embracing the Wilds Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
	Tiny Print Exchange, National Portfolio Exchange, Organizer: Hayley Simon
	Wrap It Up!, Manhattan Arts Center Gallery, Manhattan, KS
2019	B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Mark A. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Prairie Fire, McKnight Art Center, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
	Wrap It Up!, Manhattan Arts Center Gallery, Manhattan, KS
	Donut Exchange: Color Print Workshop, Regional Portfolio Exchange, Organizer: Becci Spruill
	Re:Vision, Print Council of America Conference, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Annual Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, Mark A. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2018	Beat Generation Art: Rising Kansas, Bluemont Hotel, Manhattan, KS
	Drawing Orvieto: 2017, Yoshi Ikeda Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Annual Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, Commerce Bank, Manhattan, KS
	Annual Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, Mark A. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2017	Printmaking National Exhibition, Mark Arts, Wichita, KS, Juror: Sarah Riley, Southeast Missouri State University
	Orvieto Sketchbook, Bottega Chioccia Tsarkova, Orvieto, Italy
	Modern Venus: The Female Perspective, Finishing School for the Modern Woman, Wichita, KS, Organizers: Jamie Ford and Emily Loy
	Feminist Art Show, 86 Cold Press, Wichita, KS
	OYBC Presents: Art by Rachel Hermes, Omaha Yoga & Bodywork Center, Omaha, NE (solo show)
	Annual Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, Commerce Bank, Manhattan, KS
	Annual Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, Mark A. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Identity Art Show, The Fellow Coworking, Manhattan, KS
2016	Annual Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, Commerce Bank, Manhattan, KS
	Annual Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, Mark A. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Bibliography 

2020	The HAND Magazine, Issue 30, October 10, 2010
2019	The Collegian, “One student artist’s journey from intro to printmaking to exhibits and conferences,” Peter Loganbill, December 8, 2019
	Live Ideas: Undergraduate Primary Texts Journal, “Artist Spotlight: Rachel Hermes,” June 20, 2019
	Touchstone, “Dreaming of Lambs,” March 17, 2019
	Live Ideas: Undergraduate Primary Texts Journal, “Overcome,” January 15, 2019
2017	Printmaking National Exhibition Catalog, “Lotus,” July 2017
	Touchstone, “Lilies at Dusk” and “Morning Light,” Spring 2017

Lectures/Panels 

2019	Texchange: Southern Graphics Council International conference, Dallas, TX, Panel assistant: “From Shop Rags to Riches: Strategies for Securing External Funding for Interdisciplinary Printmaking Research” with Jason Scuilla and Dr. Stefan Bossman (Kansas State University)

Collections 

2019	Prairie Fire Printmakers Permanent Collection, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	SGCI Permanent Collection, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
2018	Prairie Fire Printmakers Permanent Collection, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	SGCI Permanent Collection, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA