EDUCATION
Savannah College of Art and Design
MASTER OF ARTS in Arts Administration / 2013 – 2015
Appalachian State University
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Art Management / 2004 – 2009
BACHELOR OF ART in Studio Art / 2004 – 2008
MINOR in General Business
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011-present Principal / Lorelle Rau Studios / Boise, ID
2019-present Assistant Director / Capitol Contemporary Gallery / Boise, ID
2013-2018 Art Consultant/Project Manager / The Anderson Art Group / Richmond, VA
2016-2017 Gallerist / Gallery Five18 / Boise, ID
2011-2016 Assistant Manager / Crossroads Art Center / Richmond, VA
2014 Intern / The Ward Center for Contemporary Art / Petersburg, VA
2011-2013 Gallery Director / Chasen Galleries / Richmond, VA
2009-2011 College Exhibitions Coordinator / Corcoran Gallery of Art/College of Art + Design / Washington, DC
2009-2010 Museum Assistant / The Phillips Collection / Washington, DC
2009 Curatorial Intern / Boca Raton Museum of Art / Boca Raton, FL
2008 Curatorial and Collections Management Assistant / Turchin Center for the Visual Arts / Boone, NC
2008 Gallery Curator / Looking Glass Gallery / Plemmons Student Union at Appalachian State Universit / Boone, NC
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
2020-present The Art Spirit Gallery / Coeur d’Alene, ID
2019-present Capitol Contemporary Gallery / Boise, ID
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Joshua Tree / Capitol Contemporary Gallery / Boise, ID
2023 Intangible: Jon Morse and Lorelle Rau / Capitol Contemporary Gallery / Boise, ID
2022 New Work | Featured Artist Exhibition | Gallery 55 / McCall, ID
2020 Land & Body: Karen Eastman and Lorelle Rau / Capitol Contemporary Gallery / Boise, ID
2019 Meander / Northwest Nazarene University / Nampa, ID
2019 Land Alive / Evermore Gallery / Boise, ID
2018 Featured Artist Show / Branched Roots / Boise, ID
2016 Featured Artist Exhibition / Crossroads Art Center / Richmond, VA
2015 A View Reconstructed / artspace / Richmond, VA
2014 Nothing Exists But This (co-exhibited w/ Jenny Courain) / The Camel / Richmond, VA
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
2023 Idaho Youth Ranch / Caldwell, ID
2022 The Martha Building / Pivot North Architecture / Capital City Development Corporation / deChaseMiksis Development / SMR Development / Boise, ID (public mural)
2022 Coiled Wines / Garden City Placemaking Fund / Conservation Voters of Idaho / Garden City, ID (public mural)
2022 Sinto Commons / Spokane, WA
2021 Charter Headquarters / Stamford, CT
2021 Boston Children’s Hospital / Boston, MA
2021 City of Eagle Arts Commission / Eagle, ID
2020 Boise Arts & History Department Archive / Boise, ID
2020 PacificSource Health Plans / Springfield, OR
2020 Exceed Legal / Boise, ID
2020 Pontifex Capital / Boise, ID
2020 Hotel Viking / Newport, RI
2020 Marks Oil Inc. / Denver, CO
2020 HCA Healthcare / Richmond, VA
2019 Morgan Conservatory / Cleveland, OH
2019 Zions Bank / Boise, ID
2019 Heritage Wealth Advisors / Richmond, VA
2019 Microsoft / Boise, ID
2018 Boise Arts & History Department / Boise, ID
2014 First Line Films / Richmond, VA
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS
2024 Hypatia-in-the-woods / Residency / Shelton, WA
2023 Foraged Inks / Workshop / Sitka Center for Art and Ecology / Otis, OR
2022 Mendocino Art Center / Exploring a Sense of Place with Textiles / Workshop / Mendocino, CA
2021 Art&Soul: Desert Mountain Retreat / Artist Residency / Truth or Consequences, NM
2021 Penland School of Crafts / Papermaking Workshop / Bakersville, NC
2019 Alexa Rose Foundation / Recipient of Grant to attend paper making workshop / Boise, ID
2019 Morgan Conservatory / Paper Making Workshop / Cleveland, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Group Show / Capitol Contemporary Gallery / Boise, ID
2022 Alexa Rose Foundation Exhibition / Boise, ID
2022 Group Show / Capitol Contemporary Gallery / Boise, ID
2022 10th Anniversary Shrinky Dink Art Auction and Gala / Surel's Place / Boise, ID
2021 Confluence | Influence / The Art Spirit Gallery / Coeur d’Alene, ID
2021 Unwrap the Creative – 25th Annual Small Works Invitational / Coeur d’Alene, ID
2021 Group Show / Capitol Contemporary Gallery / Boise, ID
2021 BOSCO Small Works Show / Surel’s Place / Garden City, ID
2021 64th Annual Small Works Show / The Art Spirit Gallery / Coeur d’Alene, ID
2020 Art in the Time of Corona / Dab Art. Co / Los Angeles, CA
2020 Coiled Wines / Boise, ID
2020 Best of BOSCO Exhibition / Riverside Hotel / Boise, ID
2020 The Potter’s Center / Garden City, ID
2019 The Power of Small Things / Port Angeles Fine Art Center / Port Angeles, WA
2019 Textures/ Fine Line Creative Arts Center / Kavanaugh Gallery / St. Charles, IL
2019 Best of BOSCO Exhibition / Riverside Hotel / Boise, ID
2019 Converge: Capitol Contemporary Gallery Group Show / Evermore Gallery / Boise, ID
2019 Art-Decko 6 / Visual Arts Collective / Swell Artist Collective / Garden City, ID
2019 Van Dyck Frame Design / Boise, ID
2018 Idahopes / Gem Center for the Arts / Boise, ID
2018 Best of BOSCO Exhibition / Riverside Hotel / Boise, ID
2018 BOSCO Small Works Exhibition / Art Source Gallery / Boise, ID
2018 Art-Decko 6 / Visual Arts Collective / Swell Artist Collective / Garden City, ID
2017 Howdy: A Mini Show / Swell Artist Collective / Boise, ID
2017 Halloween Show / Evermore Gallery / Boise, ID
2017 Think Small 9 / artspace / Richmond, VA
2017 32 Cells / Swell Artist Collective & Idaho State Penitentiary / Boise, ID
2017 Emerge 2017 Pop-up Show / Coeur d’Alene, ID
2017 Idaho State Historic Preservation Office & Swell Artist Collective / Boise, ID
2017 Alefort / Swell Artist Collective / Boise, ID / 2017
2016 Howdy: A Mini Show / Swell Artist Collective / Boise, ID
2016 5th Annual Miniature Show / Gallery Flux / Ashland, VA
2016 3rd Annual Holiday Show / Radius Gallery / Missoula, MT
2015 Small Works Show / Chasen Galleries / Richmond, VA
2015 4th Annual Miniature Show / Gallery Flux / Ashland, VA
2015 Think Small 7 / artspace / Richmond, VA
2014 Artist Advisory Committee Exhibition / Hillyer Art Space / Washington, DC
2014 Structures Brought to Light / Gallery Flux / Ashland, VA
2012 Silent Auction Gala Birthday Bash / Hillyer Art Space / Washington, DC
2012 Juried All-Media Show / Petersburg Regional Art Center / Petersburg, VA
2012 Collection on a Dime / Hillyer Art Space / Washington, DC
2012 Juried All-Media Exhibition / Crossroads Art Center / Richmond, VA
2011 Juried All-Media Show / Artworks / Richmond, VA
2009 Online Photography Exhibition / The Contemporary Art Project / Washington, DC
2009 Going Postal / Target Gallery / Washington, DC
2009 11th International Collage Exhibition & Exchange / Puke Ariki Museum and Virtual Tart Gallery / New
Zealand
2008 Art Expo / Catherine J. Smith Gallery / Boone, NC
2007 Figure It Out! / Turchin Center for the Visual Arts / Boone, NC
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2023 Paper & Post: Mail Art Exhibition (co-curated w/ Debra Mulnick) / Boise State University / Boise, ID
2020-2022 Capitol Contemporary Gallery Artists / The Arid Club / Boise, ID
2015 Reclaimed | Retold / Pop-up Exhibition at 6 E Broad / Richmond, VA
2015 Art by Helena Ogburn / Capital Alehouse / Richmond, VA
2013 Emerging Energy: Symbiosis of Nature and Man: Joanne Coleman / DéCOR / Richmond, VA
2012 Kathleen Walsh / DéCOR / Richmond, VA
2012 Scenes from Goochland County and the Virginia Countryside: Doug Zeigler / DéCOR / Richmond, VA
2012 Flynn Geissel / DéCOR / Richmond, VA
2012 Sandhi Schimmel Gold / DéCOR / Richmond, VA
2012 Tom Hale / DéCOR / Richmond, VA / 2012
2012 Wild Spaces, Far off Places / DéCOR / Richmond, VA
2011 Transient (co-curated w/ Joseph Hale) / Gallery 31, Corcoran College of Art + Design / Washington, DC
2010 Sensory Overload / Gallery 31, Corcoran College of Art + Design / Washington, DC
2008 The Language of Three / Hayes School of Music Center’s Recording Studio / Boone, NC
2008 Memories of Patterns & Expanses / The Looking Glass Gallery / Boone, NC
2008 Krylon Chronicles / The Looking Glass Gallery / Boone, NC
2008 Four & Nine / The Looking Glass Gallery / Boone, NC
2008 The Space Between / The Looking Glass Gallery / Boone, NC
2008 Family Portrait / The Looking Glass Gallery / Boone, NC
2008 The Thread of Life / The Looking Glass Gallery / Boone, NC
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2023 Boise Weekly / Cover Artist / Boise, ID
2023 The Scout Guide Volume 5 / Boise, ID
2022 Art in the Time of Corona, Volume 1 (Year 1) / Dabster Art Inc. / Yessica Torres / Los Angeles, CA
2022 American Artwork / Berkley, CA
2022 Idaho Press / “Mural display looks to provide positive energy, climate action awareness to Garden City” / Boise, ID
2021 Limberlost Review / Boise, ID
2021 Boise Weekly / Cover Artist / Boise, ID
2020 American Artwork / Berkley, CA
2019 Boise Weekly / Cover Artist / Boise, ID
2019 Boise Weekly / “Collage Artist Lorelle Rau Debuts Her First Boise Solo Exhibition” / Boise, ID
2019 ROOT Magazine / Boise, ID
2019 The Scout Guide Volume 2 / Boise, ID
2018 Greenbelt Magazine / “The Unique Craft of a Specialized Artist” / Boise, ID
2018 The Scout Guide Volume 1 / Boise, ID
VOLUNTEER, MEMBERSHIP & OTHER ACTIVITIES
Organizer / World Collage Day Meet-up Event / Boise State University / Boise, ID / May 2023
Selection Panel Member / Boise Arts and History Department / Boise, ID / July 2019 – present
Member / BOSCO / Boise, ID / April 2017 – present
Member / Swell Artist Collective / Boise, ID / December 2016 – 2020
Artist Demonstration / Boise Art Museum / Boise, ID / November 2018
Arts in the Park Volunteer / Boise Art Museum / Boise, ID / October 2016
Artist Advisory Committee Member / Hillyer Art Space / Washington, DC / September 2011 – July 2016
Intern / The Ward Center for Contemporary Art / Petersburg, VA / May – September 2014
Juror / All Media Show / Side Street Gallery / Richmond, VA / October 2014
Juror / Undiscovered Artists Exhibition / The Weinstein JCC / Richmond, VA / March 2013
Gallery Consultant / Gresham House Gallery / Tappahannock, VA / July-September 2012
Auction Volunteer / Catch 22 Annual Auction / 1708 Gallery / Richmond, VA / April 2012
Exhibition Installation Volunteer / Visual Arts Center of Richmond / Richmond, VA / October 2011
Volunteer / InLight Richmond / 1708 Gallery / Richmond, VA / October 2011
Volunteer / What do YOU Stand For? Public Art Project / Art 180 / Richmond, VA / October 2011
Lighting Design Volunteer / Corcoran Gallery of Art / Washington, DC / June – July 2010
Arts Management Organization Member / Appalachian State University / Boone, NC / 2008 – 2009
Varsity Volleyball Team Member / Appalachian State University / Boone, NC / 2004 – 2007
Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week / 2007
Southern Conference All-Academic Team / 2005, 2006, 2007