SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Making and Retelling, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, WI
2023 Back in Stock, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI (solo)
2023 Life As a Mall Brat, Kolman & Reeb Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
2022 An Artificial Likeness, Weitz Center for Creativity, Space 229, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
2019 There Is No Conflict, Willmar Gallery, Ridgewater College, Willmar, MN (solo; curator: Andrew Nordin)
2018 There Is No Conflict, Hutchinson Gallery, Ridgewater College, Hutchinson, MN (solo)
2016 From the Outer Regions, Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries, St. Mary’s Univ., Winona, MN (solo)
2015 Protoscapes, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN (solo)
2013 Protosystems, Transformer, Washington, DC (solo)
2013 Ideal Lunar Landscapes, Rivermont Studio, Lynchburg, VA (solo)
2013 The Tale of Two Suns, Delicious Spectacle, Washington, DC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Big Tiny Show, Kolman & Reeb Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2023 Open Door XVIII, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2023 Fandom, Fresh Eye Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2023 Hyper Memory, Inez Greenberg Gallery, Artistry, Bloomington, MN
2022 But I Guess I’m Already There, Winona County Historical Society, Winona, MN (curator: Roger Boulay)
2021 Alpha 60, Augmented Reality, geo-located at the Emerald Necklace park system, Boston, MA (curator: Michael Lewy)
2021 North of the 45th, 14th Annual Exhibition, DeVos Art Museum, MI
2021 Mini-Sota, North Suburban Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN
2021 Speculative Futures, Present Imaginations, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, MN (virtual exhibition, curator: Nicole M. Watson)
2020 Lifeline: Portraits of Rochester Essential Workers by Local Artists, Rochester Art Center, MN
2020 Portray, Anderson Center Gallery, Red Wing, MN (curator: Stephanie Rogers)
2019 Art(ists) On the Verge 10, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN (catalog)
2019 Homecoming, Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College, Davidson, NC (catalog)
2018 Four Square, Rochester Community and Technical College Art Gallery, Rochester, MN
2017 Not of This Earth, Boston Cyberarts, Jamaica Plain, MA, (curator: Michael Lewy)
2016 Remix, Fine Arts Gallery, School of Art, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2015 Ardor, Watkins Gallery, Winona State University, Winona, MN
2013 Momentum, Metropolitan Art Project, Fairfax, VA
2012 Future Daze, Open Space Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2012 Elevator to the Moon: Retro-future Visions of Space, Artisphere, Arlington, VA
2011 Ten Second Film Festival, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2011 The Extended Image: A Sense of Place, Mason Hall Alumni Atrium Gallery, Fairfax, VA
AWARDS
2022 Project Space Grant, Kolman & Reeb Gallery
2022 Creative Support for Individuals Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board
2021 Semi-Finalist, Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Early Career Artists
2020 Artists Respond: Combating Social Isolation Grant, Springboard for the Arts
2018 Art(ists) On the Verge 10 Fellowship
2018 Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board
2017 Finalist, Jerome Emerging Artist Fellowship
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Shayne Wells, Meet the artists: Northrup King Building, Fox9 KMSP, October 6
2022 Mark Favermann, “‘Alpha 60’—A Simple Walk in the Park Becomes a Visual Sci-Fi Adventure,” The Arts Fuse, June 16
2022 Jared Bowen, “Augmented reality roams the Emerald Necklace,” Arts This Week, Morning Edition, WGBH, May 26
2021 Anne Halliwell, “Rochester artist renders neighborhood in puppetry to battle isolation,” 507 Magazine, Post Bulletin, March 3
2020 John Molseed, “A moving display: Gallery wall-on-wheels unites neighbors,” Post Bulletin, May 16
2020 John Molseed, “Chris Rackley on practicing art and getting out of his own way,” 507 Magazine, January 23
2019 Alicia Eler, “Minnesota artists go big for ‘On the Verge’ exhibition at Rochester Art Center,” October 25
2019 Carolina Adams, “Homecoming: VAC Celebrates 25 Years,” The Davidsonian, March 27
2018 Kay Johnson, “’Return of the Jedi’ inspires exhibit at Ridgewater College,” Hutchinson Leader, December 10
2017 Emma Schkloven, “’Being intrigued and confused is good’: Artists challenge norms through installation,” The Burg, vol. 19, no. 9, March 1
2015 Erin Devine, “In ‘Unfriendly Skies,’ Bird Art Doubles as Environmental Message,” Washington City Paper, November 6
2014 Brent Wells, “’Excuse Me for My Razzmatazz’: Collaborative exhibit to open in Riverviews Artspace”, The Burg, September 3, 2014
2013 Mark Jenkins, “Chris Rackley: Protosystems,” The Washington Post, November 21
2013 Bill Bridges, “The Tale of Two Suns: Bonner Sale and Chris Rackley at Delicious Spectacle,” The Smithsonian Studio Arts Blog, August 1
2012 Whitney Dail, “Introducing…Chris Rackley,” Jumpsuits & Teleporters (blog), July 23
PRESENTATIONS
2023 Artist Talk, Kolman & Reeb Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, October 5
2020 Think & Drink: With Chris Rackley and Eric Anderson, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, January 30
2019 Art(ists) On the Verge 10 Panel Discussion, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, November 16
2018 Lecture, Science Fiction & Contemporary Art, Rochester Public Library, Rochester, MN, June 5
2018 Artist lecture for Motion Design students, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, MN, March 22
2018 Artist Talk, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, MN, January 21
2017 Lecture, Art and Empathy, Zumbro Lutheran Church, Rochester, MN, March 19
2013 Artist Talk, The Sublime in the Work of Albert Bierstadt and James Nasmyth, Rivermont Studio, Lynchburg, VA, February 2
2011 Panelist, Reading the Body in Contemporary Culture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 23
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2021 Built puppet and provided technical assistance for Xylem, an opera by Ritika Ganguly and Roshan Ganu, MNinatures Program by MN Opera
2017 /ˌənreprəˈzen(t)əd/ (unrepresented), with Edgar Endress, Craddock-Terry Gallery, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
2016 The History of Wild Rice and Princess Pigs, digital print, hand bound book, edition: 20 + 5 AP, with Edgar Endress and Lori Lee, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
2016 Occupy the Future, with Floating Lab Collective, installation at Summit Stage, Lincoln Theatre, Washington, DC, Creative Time Conference
2015 Land’s End, with Edgar Endress, School of Art, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2014 Excuse Me for My Razzmatazz, with Edgar Endress, Brooke Marcy, and Laura Snell, Craddock-Terry Gallery, Lynchburg, VA
2012 The Mask of the Shoe Shiner, with Edgar Endress and ASCHOY Collective, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
2012 Mapping Why, with Floating Lab Collective, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
2012 The Shrine of the American Dream, with Edgar Endress, Brooke Marcy, and Marco Moreno Navarro, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, VA
2012 ReMuseum, with Floating Lab Collective, 5x5 Public Art Project, Washington, DC
2011 Floating Utopia: Mobile Art Gallery Designs, with Floating Lab Collective, Artisphere, Arlington, VA
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2021 Art for Neighbors, Curated by John Schuerman, sponsored by Rochester Art Center, August 29
2021 Haiku House Project, December 2020 – February 2021
2020 Rochester Alternative Learning Center, MN, video-making workshop, October 5-9
2018 Greetings, Earthlings!, video project and art-making workshop, Rochester Public Library, Rochester, MN, July 17 - 19
2015 NEWTOWN, video project with local 5th-6th grade students, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, August 3-14
2015 Neo-Rochester: Destination Mars Colony, workshop participants contributed to a collage painting representing a utopian city, Rochester Public Library, Rochester, MN, April 11-12
2012 Home, with Floating Lab Collective, Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education, Bronx, NY
EDUCATION
2012 MFA, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2000 BA, Studio Art, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
TEACHING
2015-16 Adjunct Professor, 3-D Design and Drawing, Winona State University, Winona, MN
2012-13 Adjunct Professor, Drawing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2003-09 Art Instructor, Schaeffer Academy, Rochester, MN