RACHAEL SHORT - Curriculum Vitae

Photographer

Education

B.A. in Photography, Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA — 2003

Carmel High School, Carmel, CA — 2000

Gallery Representation

Gallery EXPOSED, Carmel, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022 — Diaz Gallery at the Cooper Molera Adobe, Monterey, CA

2019 — The Little Girl Sang, Gallery EXPOSED, Carmel, CA

2017 — See You, See Me, Gallery EXPOSED, Carmel, CA

2015 — From the Shadows, Gallery EXPOSED, Carmel, CA

2013 — iPhoneography, Gallery EXPOSED, Carmel, CA

2010 — Cuba and Beyond, Gallery EXPOSED, Carmel, CA

2005 — Solo Exhibition, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 — The Magic of Light, Art/Space 114, Los Angeles, CA

2023 — black/white, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX

2021 — Krappy Kamera Exhibition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY

2020 — Small Works, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX

2019 — Member’s Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA

2016 — Homage to Carmel, Gallery EXPOSED, Carmel, CA

2015 — Depth of Field (Rfotofolio), Art Intersection, Phoenix, AZ

2015 — Grotteschi: Exploring Hieronymus Bosch, Carmel Visual Arts, Carmel, CA

2014 — Figure and Ground, Carl Cherry Foundation, Carmel, CA

2013 — Heart of Steinbeck Country, Carmel Visual Arts, Carmel, CA

2012 — Group Exhibition, Ventana Gallery, Big Sur, CA

2011 — Self Portraits, Gallery 122, Minneapolis, MN

2010 — Juried Exhibition, Carmel Art and Film Festival, Carmel, CA

2009 — Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA

2009 — Juried Exhibition, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA

2009 — Group Exhibition, Gallery EXPOSED, Carmel, CA

2008 — Photographs in Conversation with Robinson Jeffers, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA

2008 — Juried Exhibition, Wild Heart Gallery, Carmel Valley, CA

2008 — Weston Scholarship Fund Exhibition, Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA

2007 — Holiday Lites, Lauryn Taylor Fine Art Gallery, Carmel, CA

2007 — Group Exhibition, PK Fine Art Gallery, Sand City, CA

2006 — Holiday Lites, Lauryn Taylor Fine Art Gallery, Carmel, CA

2006 — Big Sur Art Initiative, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA

2004 — Graduation Exhibition, Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA

Public Collections

Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA

Curatorial Experience

2009–Present — Gallery EXPOSED, Carmel, CA

2015 — Next Generation Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA

Publications & Press

2019 — Apple Newsroom

2016 — San Francisco Chronicle, “Carmel’s Artists in Residence”

2015 — Rfotofolio — Artist Interview

2014 — Black and White Magazine, October Issue, pp. 38–47

Grants & Awards

2025 — Emerging Artist Grant, Arts Council of Monterey County

2023 — Director’s Award, A Smith Gallery (black/white)

2021 — SCI Innovator Artist Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation

2019 — Award of Excellence, Center for Photographic Art Member’s Juried Exhibition

2015 — Rfotofolio Grant Award