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Rachel Mica Weiss (b. Rockville, MD, 1986) is a sculptor and installation artist based in New Paltz, NY. Through sculpture, installation, and wall-based works, Weiss examines how boundaries are constructed and destabilized through material systems. Working with several interrelated material processes, Weiss is concerned with the relationship between bodies and the structures that contain them. Approaching materials as active frameworks, she foregrounds the ways that form and material organize space and produce conditions of vulnerability.
Weiss earned a BA in psychology from Oberlin College and an MFA in sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute. Recent solo, two-person, and institutional exhibitions include Cyclicalities at CARVALHO, New York (2024); YIELD at the Al Held Foundation, Boiceville, NY (2025); Homespun at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY (2023); The Wild Within at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA (2020); Objects of Desire at Below Grand, New York (2019). Her work has also been exhibited at The Hole, Yossi Milo, Hesse Flatow, Asya Geisberg Gallery, and Nazarian / Curcio.
Weiss has completed numerous public commissions and permanent installations, including Vanishing Topographies for 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York (2025); Infinite Arches for the City of Oklahoma City (2023); Boundless Topographies for the University of Washington's Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (2018); and projects for Google, Airbnb, Brookfield Properties, the Pittsburgh International Airport, and the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Weiss is the recipient of a grant from The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, and is a recipient of the San Francisco Foundation’s Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship. Her residencies include Fountainhead Residency, Lux Art Institute, 100W Corsicana, and Marble House Project. Weiss lives and works in Gardiner, NY.
Weiss is represented by CARVALHO, New York, and Nazarian / Curcio, Los Angeles.
