EDUCATION
2022 Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation Diploma (Distinction), British Columbia Institute of Technology, CA
2013 Photography, Bachelor of Arts, University of Derby, UK
RESIDENCIES
2022 Advanced Mammal Tracking Program, A Naturalist’s World, Yellowstone National Park USA
AWARDS
2024 Editor’s Pick: Critic’s 2024 Choice Competition Gallery, LensCulture, USA (April 1)
2023 Shortlisted, Booooooom x Capture Photography Festival Public Art, Vancouver CA
2023 The Fur-bearers Arts and Science Scholarship, Toronto CA
2022 Ralph Charlesworth Award, Burnaby CA
2022 Nature Vancouver Scholarship, Vancouver CA
2021 Featured Artist, Eco-Artist Directory, The Visionary Projects, New York USA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024 Immersive Ecological Narratives: A Lumen Printing Workshop – Capilano University, North Vancouver CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Liminal Sun, Charles Clark Gallery, Vancouver CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 New and Emerging, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver CA
2023 ArtRich 2023, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond CA
2023 Cyanotypes, Bad Print Magazine
2020 Chase the Light 2020, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle USA
2020 Eye of the Beholder, Analog Forever Magazine, USA
2020 Congruence, I like Your Work, Columbus USA
2020 Corona: It’s All About the Light, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston USA
2019 West End Photography Society Showcase, West End Community Centre, Vancouver CA
2013 New Light Final Degree Show, University of Derby, Derby UK
PRESS/PUBLISHED
2024 April Issue, Suboart Magazine, Portugal
2024 Editor’s Pick: Critic’s 2024 Choice Competition Gallery, LensCulture, USA (April 1)
2024 Features: Rachel Foster - Dark Sands and Saltgrass, Outlast Journal, London UK (Mar 15)
2024 Polaroid Extravaganza: Inaugural Showcase, Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston USA (Feb 26)
2024 Hidden Worlds, Viridis Magazine, Exeter UK
2024 Issue 10, Aeonian Magazine, USA
2023 Dark Sands and Saltgrass by Photographer Rachel Foster, Booooooom, Vancouver CA (Dec 20)
2023 The Land Issue, PhotoED Magazine, Toronto CA (print edition)
2023 The Land Issue Digital Extra, PhotoED Magazine, Toronto CA (digital edition)
2023 Issue 41, The Hand Magazine, Kansas USA
2023 Issue 8, Aeonian Magazine, USA
2020 Irreplaceable Sources, Lose The Film, Ohio USA
2020 Curated Online Directory, All SHE Makes, Texas USA
PUBLICATIONS
Foster, R. 2022. Cloven-hooved Mammals of the Rocky Mountains: A Tracking Guide. A Naturalist’s World. Published by Kindle Direct Publishing.
Foster, R. 2021. The Relationship between Cavity Nesters and Forest Fires. Discovery. Published by Nature Vancouver. 49: 51-55.
INTERVIEWS
2024 Hidden Worlds, Viridis Magazine, Exeter UK
2023 Issue 8, Aeonian Magazine, USA