RACHEL ENG is a Pennsylvania-based visual artist whose interdisciplinary practice spans installation, sculpture, photography, and video. Her work investigates the complex relationships between human behavior, ecological systems, and the materiality of the natural world. Drawing inspiration from thinkers such as Robin Wall Kimmerer, Anna Tsing, and Lauret Savoy, Eng explores the interconnectedness of human and non-human life forms, emphasizing the agency of materials and their reciprocal impact on our habits—especially in relation to land use and climate change.

Eng earned her MFA from the University of Colorado Boulder and her BFA from Pennsylvania State University. She has presented solo exhibitions at NARS Foundation (New York, NY; 2025), Atlanta Contemporary (Atlanta, GA; 2023), the Springfield Museum of Art (Springfield, OH; 2023), Jane Hartsook Gallery (New York, NY; 2022), and Flecker Gallery (Long Island, NY; 2020). Her work has also appeared in group exhibitions at the AIM Biennial (Miami, FL & Online; 2023), Susquehanna Art Museum (Harrisburg, PA; 2023), Maguire Art Museum (Merion Station, PA; 2023), Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ; 2022), and The Clay Studio (Philadelphia, PA; 2020).

She has participated in residencies at the McColl Center (Charlotte, NC), Studio Kura (Itoshima, Japan), and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (Newcastle, ME), among others. In 2017, she was named an Emerging Artist by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). Her work is held in both private and public collections, including the Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art (Republic of Korea) and the Peninsula College Ceramics Collection (Port Angeles, WA).

Eng currently lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with her family, where she is an Associate Professor of Art at Dickinson College. In both her teaching and studio practice, she continues to examine themes of transformation, decay, and regeneration, crafting works that invite viewers to reconsider their relationship with the environment—and with the materials through which that relationship is shaped.

More or her work may be appreciated on her website.

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