Rachel Brumer

Rachel Brumer is a Northwest fiber artist renowned for her rich layering of textures, and ever evolving language of shapes. Brumer’s landscapes are not recognizable as particular geographic places. Rather they are fragments of nature and human existence recomposed as scenes where mind and memory build associations—an arc of earth holds continents of flowers and rich soil. These are not renderings of an actual landscape, but a reimagining that incorporates both randomness and narrative. Based in the current global environmental crisis, this body of work is a poetic demonstration of the Earth and human responsibility.

Before pursuing fine art, Brumer spent many years touring the country as a professional modern dancer, and later worked as an interpreter of American Sign Language. No stranger to alternative modes of expression, Brumer is a fierce believer in non-verbal experience and the power of art. Brumer has been a teaching artist at regional organizations including Mission Creek Correctional Facility, Path with Art, and Seattle Public Schools. Her work can be found in both private and corporate collections, and she has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the US, including Swedish & Harborview Hospitals (Seattle, WA), City of Seattle Courthouse, Tacoma Art Museum, University of Washington Special Collections & Museum of Arts and Design, (New York City, NY) among others.