About Patricia RAIN Gianneschi

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PATRICIA RAIN GIANNESCHI: Teaching Artist; MFA 2017, MAAE, 2004, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Teaching Artist, Department of Art Education, SAIC (2013-14); Teaching Artist; Studio Teacher IATSE#476 2012-present, 2017, Artist Technician; 20th Century Fox, “EMPIRE”, Teaching Artist Chicago Public Schools 1990-2012; 1978 BFA, UC, Berkeley; 1978 BFAE, UC Berkeley; Exhibitions: Jan. 2018: WET PAINT 2018 National MFA Exhibition, Zhou Brothers Art Center, Chicago; Jan 2018; New American Painters: Studio Visit Exhibition in Print, 2017 SAIC MFA Thesis Exhibition, Chicago; 2017, Main Street Museum; 2016, Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, Vermont; Throop Street Show LRMFA Group Exhibit, 2009, Chicago Cultural Center; 2003, Chicago Cultural Center; 1990-2000, Gallery 1633, Chicago; Publications, 2017, “ Becoming RAIN; Art, Spirit & Social Justice”, 2004, “Becoming Women; Art & Leadership for Adolescent Girls”, Flaxman Library SAIC Chicago; 2004 AIC “The Last Flowers of Manet”; 2000, “Magic In America” AIC; 2017 “Just Words” & Just Words II” Poetry SAIC Special Collections Library, 2015 “Six Days At The Mouse House” RR-22 MUSIC Production; 2001 “I & I”, FFB Productions, Chicago; 1981-1988 Feature Paintings; MGM/Gerber, Chicago; Awards, 2010, LA Music Awards; 2002 & 2003 William Carr Oldendorf Award, Ox-Bow; 2001, Robert Rauschenberg Power of Art Award, Washington, D.C.; 1998 & 1999, Illinois Alliance for the Arts; Grants; 2006-2012, (6) Oppenheimer Family Foundation Teacher Incentive Grants, Chicago; 1996-2012, Illinois State University; 1993-2009, Chicago Foundation For Education, Chicago; 1991, Rochelle Lee Grant, Chicago; 1981 Illinois Arts Council, Chicago; Commissions, 2000, Kraft Foods, Chicago; Commissions: 2003-2009, AIC, Performance Art; “Artists in the Galleries”, Chicago; 2015-Present; Chair: Caucus for the Spiritual in Art Education, NAEA; 2013 Elementary Chair, Caucus for the Spiritual in Art Education; NAEA
Fellowships, 2010 & 2012, Intuit Gallery, Chicago www.praingianneschiart.com

Patricia RAIN Gianneschi:

Visual Artist, Musician, Teacher, Gardener, Thinker, Activist, Mother, Wife, Sister, Daughter, Lover, Friend.

RAIN was born and raised in Chicago, and is an artist working across Poetics.

In her multimedia work, whether music or visual art, the intersection of social justice and spirituality is a thread that runs through all the disciplines of her work. As a teaching artist with students, from the classroom to the stage at the Art Institute of Chicago, she weaves a pedagogy with the same threads of spirituality and social justice.

Her paintings, prints and drawings going back over 35+ years represent an artistic practice rich in ideas, content, creativity and authenticity.

RAIN is currently a founding member of the art collective: MOTHER ART: REVISITED

Educated in the Arts at University of California, Berkeley. RAIN holds two degrees from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a Master’s in Art Education, and a Master of Fine Arts. She has served as a teaching artist for the Chicago Public Schools for 22 years, and as adjunct faculty in Art Education at The School of the Art institute of Chicago.

Recent exhibitions include Chicago, Ann Arbor, Miami, New York, London, Athens, Mexico City, Prague & Slovakia.

Rain Solo show April 2022 in London.

Patricia RAIN Gianneschi

Chicago, Illinois