Rachel MacFarlane is a visual artist. She has an MFA from Rutgers University, a BFA from OCAD University, and a Certificate of Advanced Visual Studies from OCADU Faculty of Art Florence Program. She’s had solo exhibitions at MacLaren Art Centre, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Mason Gross Gallery, the Howard Park Institute, and Anna Leonowens Gallery at NSCAD University. She was awarded a 2021 and 2019 Canada Council for the Arts Grant, a 2019 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, 2019 Vermont Studio Center Residency, 2015 Ontario Arts Council Grant, the Doris McCarthy Artist-in-Residence at Fool's Paradise in Scarborough, Ontario, the NSCAD Robert Pope Artist Residency at NSCAD University, Triangle Artists Workshop position in NYC, and was visiting artist at Cow House Studios in Wexford, Ireland. She received the Drawing and Painting medal from OCADU, and the Rutgers Mason Gross Dean’s Choice Award among numerous other awards. Her work is in numerous public and private collections. She is represented by Nicholas Metivier Gallery in Toronto and Norber Hall Gallery in Calgary.