About

Rachel Debuque is a visual artist and designer whose work spans installation, sculpture, video, and performance. Conceptually, she combines humor with topics such as identity psychology, spiritualism and consumerism. She is interested in how these topics can pair with accessible expressions of humor and absurdity to defy traditional art paradigms. Her work has been exhibited extensively including The Cue Foundation (New York, NY) and Vox Populi (Philadelphia, PA) and the ICA (Baltimore, MD). Debuque was an Artist in Residence at The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and received the Southern Constellations Fellowship at Elsewhere: A Living Museum. In 2017, She received a Maryland State Arts Grant for Sculpture. Her work has been featured in The Huffington Post, Washington City Paper, Bmore Art, Daily Serving, Maake Magazine, and ART 21 Magazine.

Her multi-disciplinary background is reflected in her collaboration, PLAKOOKEE. In partnership with artist Justin Plakas, PLAKOOKEE creates work that ranges from socially engaged projects to installations, video and design.

In addition to her artistic accomplishments, Debuque is a certified RYT 200 yoga instructor and certified laughter leader. She teaches a range of yoga classes and provides community laughter yoga sessions. These additional roles inform her art making by providing a deeperunderstanding of the mind/body connection and play methods that are applied to her performance work and studio experimentation. 

She currently currently resides in Hyattsville, Maryland and is an associate professor at George Mason University’s School of Art and Design

Contact: rdebuque1(at)gmail.com