Rachel Debuque, Director, School of Art, University of Arkansas
Rachel Debuque is an accomplished visual artist and designer, arts administrator and educator centered on fostering accessible and inclusive communities. Debuque’s research and work spans installation, sculpture, video and performance, exploring identity, psychology, spiritualism and consumerism. She is interested in how these topics can pair with accessible expressions of humor, joy and absurdity to defy traditional art paradigms.
Her work has been exhibited extensively including The Cue Foundation in New York City and Vox Populi in Philadelphia and the ICA in Baltimore. Debuque was an artist in residence at The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and received the Southern Constellations Fellowship at Elsewhere: A Living Museum. She received a Maryland State Arts Grant for Sculpture and the 2018 and 2023 Robert K. Purks Faculty award. Her work has been featured in The Huffington Post, Washington City Paper, Bmore Art, Daily Serving, Maake Magazine and ART 21 Magazine.
Debuque received her M.F.A. with an emphasis in sculpture at the University of Georgia and her B.F.A. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.