EDUCATION
MFA, Photography, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
BA, Photography, Painting & Digital Media, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SELECTED PRINT MEDIA
Burn Barrel Vol. 4, Burn Barrel Press, New Orleans, LA, 2023
YNST Issue 002, YNST Magazine, Wheeling, WV, 2023
Banks, Pearce. The Fear of Being Alone. Same Coin Press, Fairfield, IL, 2023
“Eastern Kentucky Needs Flood Relief, Not Another Federal Prison” The New York Times, New York City, NY, 2023
Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images. By Terry Barrett. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London, UK, 2021
Distant: Issue 002, Same Coin Press, Fairfield, IL, 2020
Nighted Life Issue 14, Los Angeles, CA, 2019
“Bonnie Prince Billy: A Louisville, La Tradition n’Est Jamais Loin.” Libération Magazine, 2019
Photograph is 30, Photograph Magazine, New York, NY, 2018
Crusade for Your Audience: Finding and Cultivating Art Collectors. Yoffy Press, Atlanta, GA, 2017
Southern Glossary Issue 3, New Orleans, LA, 2016
Mitchell, Blue, et al. “Diffusion Annual.” One Twelve Publishing, Portland, OR, 2015
Rand, Glenn, et al. “Teaching Photography: Tools for the Imagine Educator.” Routledge Press, 2015
SELECTED ONLINE EDITORIALS + ARTICLES + PERIODICALS
“Blood Ties: Behind a camera, tracking deer, and other family.” Orion Magazine, 2024
The Trail of the Dead, The Lens, Cincinnati, OH, 2024
“Interview with Rachael Banks” UnderMain Magazine, Lexington, KY, 2022
Rachael Banks, Silver Eye Center for Photography, 2021
“As Everything Goes Virtual, One Professor/Curator Doubles Down on the Physicality of Art with Photo Books.” FotoFocus, Cincinnati, OH, 2020
“Rachael Banks: The States Project: Kentucky.” Lenscratch, 2019
“'We Love Trump': Enthusiasm For President’s Re-Election Is High At Cincinnati Rally.” NPR: National Public Radio, Cincinnati, OH, 2019
“Featured Photographer: Rachael Banks.” Wobneb Magazine, 2019
“Rachael Banks.” PhotoVogue, 2019
“Interview with Photographer Rachael Banks,” F-Stop Magazine, 2019
“Group Show 62: 100% Fun.” Humble Arts Foundation, 2019
7 Images: Rachael Banks, Saint Lucy Books, 2018
“Nathan Pearce Discusses Rachael’s Affinity for Zines and Her Own Involvement in Creating Them.” Yield Magazine, Issue 7, 2018.
“Carnegie Exhibit Explores Connection between People and Their Pets.” News and Tribune, 2018
“Carnegie Center offers a scholarly and playful exhibit on humans and their pets.” Louisville Future, 2018
“Interview + Feature: Rachael Banks.” Photo-Emphasis, 2017
“Rachael Banks.” Don’t Smile Photo, 2017
“Pictures Without Words.” Strant Magazine, Vol. 001, 2017
“Louisville Photographer Rachael Banks Featured on Huffington Post.” Louisville Future, 2017
“On Exhibit: New NKU Faculty Member’s Photos.” River City News, 2017
“A Thematic Breakdown of This Year’s FotoSeptiembre Photographers and Exhibitions.” San Antonio Current, 2017
“Powerful Portraits Capture When Home No Longer Feels Like Home.” Vice Media, 2017
“Introducing Some Days Just Are: A New Collaborative Photo Series.” Huffington Post, 2017
“Focal Point 1.16 + Zines: A Culture of Affordable Sharing and Collecting.” Crusade for Art, 2016
“Growing Up Too Fast – A Photographer’s Story.” Edge of Humanity Magazine, 2016
“Rachael Banks Photographs Her Family and Friends She Can’t Seem to Let Go.” FotoRoom, 2016
“Rachael Banks: Kentucky, Pain of Separation, Family Muse.” Southern Glossary Magazine, 2016
“Q & A: Rachael Banks.” Strange Fire Collective, 2015
“Human Nature’ on display at Greiner, West Street.” Madison Courier, 2015
“Between Home and Here: Rachael Banks.” Fraction Magazine, 2015
“Between Home and Here: Rachael Banks.” Dodho Magazine, 2015
“seasons change and so do you + I’m Not From Here: Rachael Banks.” Fraction Magazine Japan, 2015
“Between Home and Here: Rachael Banks.” TRIP Magazine, 2015
AWARDS + GRANTS + HONORS
Fellowship 24, Honorable Mention, Silver Eye Center for Photography, 2024
Summer Fellowship, Project Grant, and Sabbatical Leave, Northern Kentucky University, 2023
Critical Mass: Top 200 Finalist, PhotoLucida, Portland, OR, 2020
New York Portfolio Review, Selected Reviewee, 2020
Professional Development Grant, Northern Kentucky University, 2017, 2018, 2019
ARTIST TALKS + WORKSHOPS
SELECTED INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS
The Trail of the Dead, Weston Art Gallery, 2024
Photographing Family, 2nd Story Art, Lexington, KY, 2024
Artist Lecture, School of Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2024
Sheryl, Imagemaker Presentation, Society for Photographic Education Midwest Chapter Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 2022
Visiting Artist Lecture + Workshop, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, 2020
Addiction + Harm Reduction in Photography, for Volunteers of America, Carnegie Center for Art and Art History, New Albany, IN, 2019
Between Home and Here, Baker-Hunt Art and Cultural Center, Covington, KY, 2019
On Photographing Family, Society for Photographic Education Midwest Chapter Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 2019
Artist Lecture + Workshop, Carnegie Center for Art and Art History, New Albany, IN, 2019
Artist Lecture + Workshop, University of Indianapolis, 2019
Workshop: Teen Artists for Change, Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2019
Cheating Death, Creative Mornings, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, 2017
Artist Lecture + Workshop, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2018
Between Home and Here, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY, 2016
Between Home and Here, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2015
SELECTED PANEL PRESENTATIONS
More Alive By It: Conversations About Photography and Life, Panelist, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2020
Topophilia, Panelist, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, 2019
Breaking into Academia, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2018
Photobooks, Panelist, Yield Magazine, Snite Museum of Art, 2018
Black Friday Zine Share, Panelist, Latitude, Chicago, IL, 2016
On Fruited Plains, Panelist, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2015
Identity, Memory, and Place, Panelist, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2014
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS + ART BOOK FAIRS
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
“Susan Worsham, Lara Shipley, Antone Dolezal—Interview” YIELD Nº11, Snite Museum of Art, 2021
“Clint Woodside and Tim Carpenter—Interview.” YIELD Nº10, Snite Museum of Art, 2020
“Favorite Photobooks of 2019 – Illinois Central.” Photo-Eye Books
“Photobooks of Note—2019.” Deadbeat Club Press
“One Picture/One Paragraph.” Saint Lucy Books, 2018
Poignant Pics No. 3, One Twelve Publishing, 2016
SELF PUBLISHED PRINT MEDIA
The Trail, Edition of 100, Newport, KY, 2024
The Trail of the Dead, Edition of 100, Newport, KY, 2023
I am a Rabid Dog, Edition of 75, Covington, KY, 2018
Blue Baby Blues, Edition of 150, Covington, KY, 2017
Come Thru, It’s Lit, Split zine with Nathan Pearce, Edition of 100, 2017
Sad Things, Edition of 150, Dallas, TX, 2015
ART + PHOTO BOOK FAIRS
Cincinnati Art Book Fair, Participating Artist, 2023
Pittsburgh Art Book Fair, Participating Artist, 2023
Foto Mercado, Participating Artist, Chicago, IL, 2018
Philadelphia Art Book Fair, Participating Artist, 2016
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
International Center for Photography, New York, NY
Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, Chicago, IL
Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY
Paul Paletti Gallery, Louisville, KY
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Bloomington, IN