Reevah Agarwaal 
b. 1999, New Delhi, India 
Lives and Works in Chicago, IL 

EDUCATION
2022-Present     Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago IL
2021                   Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago IL
2018                   Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency, Saugatuck MI, (Printmaking and drawing courses)

EXHIBITIONS

2022                  101, SAIC Graduate Open Studios, 280 Base Space, SAIC, Chicago IL
                          Homeplace, SAIC Graduate Open Studios, Maclean Center, SAIC, Chicago IL
2021                  SkyART 20th Anniversary Community Celebration, Chicago IL
                          LOCUS VIII, The Martin, Chicago IL
                         Chicago Asian Ink Summer Mentorship Showcase, Chicago IL
                          Portals: A Print Folio, Free Range Gallery, Chicago IL
                          Spring Undergraduate Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago IL
2019                  The Price is Nice: Annual Benefit Auction, Spudnik Press Cooperative, Juried by Stephanie Cristello, Chicago IL
                          Members United: 2019 Member Exhibition, Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago IL
                          Hats Hats Hats Group Show, Free Range Gallery, Chicago IL
2018                  Domestic Violence Awareness Month Pop Up Show, Leroy Neiman Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
                          Artbash: Freshman Year Showcase, Leroy Neiman Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

2020                 Social Fabrics Exquisite Corpse Project, SAIC, Chicago IL

COLLECTIONS

2019                 Printmedia Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

PRESENTATIONS

2022                   SAIC Graduate Open Studios Night, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
2021                   Artist Interview, LOCUS VIII, The Martin, Chicago IL
                          Virtual Presentation, Chicago Asian Ink Summer Mentorship Showcase, Chicago IL
2019                   Gallery talk, Members United: 2019 Member Exhibition, Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago IL, September 20.

AWARDS

2021                   Microgrant Recipient, LOCUS VIII Gallery Show and Stay Home Gallery, Chicago IL
2018                   Work Scholarship Recipient, Ox-bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency, Saugatuck MI
2017                   Merit Scholarship Recipient, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

RELATED FIELDWORK

2022-Present      Graduate Peer Advisor, CAPX, SAIC, Chicago IL
                            Teaching Assistant, Printmedia Department, SAIC, Chicago IL
2021-2022           Teaching Artist, SkyART, Chicago IL
                            Intern, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago IL
2020-2021           Art Editor, Beyond the Commons, Los Angeles CA
2019-2020           Mentor, College Arts Access Program SAIC, Chicago IL
2019                     Studio Assistant Intern, Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago IL
2018                     Intern, Arts4All and The Create Studio, New Delhi, India

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agarwaal, Reevah. 2022. “Reevah Agarwaal.” In Artsin Square Magazine, Issue 2, 76-77.
Agarwaal, Reevah. 2021. “Can Art Have Another Renaissance?” Beyond the Commons, Issue 12 (Spring 2021), 16-19.
Agarwaal, Reevah. 2020. “How to Block Print.” In Social(ly-distanced) Fabric(s): A Guide to Artmaking in the Pandemic, 20-22. Chicago IL: Fiber and Material Studies Department SAIC.
Agarwaal, Reevah. 2020. “Alexia Sambrano.” Beyond the Commons, Issue 11 (Summer 2020), 59-68.



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