Rachel Mangold creates off-kilter ceramic vessels and sculptures of birds and animals, drawing from memory, local surroundings, and art history. Her work is tactile and expressive, with improvised images and marks drawn directly into the clay to evoke movement and material immediacy. A collage of matte and glossy glazes further animates the surfaces. Her sculptures explore play and introspection, shaped by personal observation and the physical act of making.

Mangold (b.1975, Nebraska) lives and works in Long Beach, California. She received a BFA in sculpture from the University of Oklahoma and has exhibited her work at the Long Beach Museum of Art, Craft Contemporary Museum, and South Bay Contemporary Gallery (SOLA).


Exhibition List
2024 Clay LA 2024, Craft Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2023 Art Auction XX, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

2022 Fresh, Rod Briggs Gallery, Long Beach, CA

2022 DUOS, Peripheral Space, Los Angeles, CA

2021 Art Auction XIX, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

2020 Visual Arts Exhibition, OC Fair, Costa Mesa, CA, online

2019 Her, Black Umbrella Tattoo and Art Gallery, Garden Grove, CA

2019 Visual Arts Exhibition, OC Fair, Costa Mesa, CA

2018 Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA

2018 Interplay: Craft, Art & Design, South Bay Contemporary Gallery (SOLA), Los Angeles, CA

2017 Holiday Salon, ArtExchange Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

2017 Visual Arts Exhibition, OC Fair, Costa Mesa, CA

2017 Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA

2015 Visual Arts Exhibition, OC Fair, Costa Mesa, CA

1997 Senior Exhibition, Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK

1997 83rd Art Students Art Exhibition, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK

1996 82nd Art Students Art Exhibition, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK

1995 81st Art Students Art Exhibition, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK

Education

2021 Certificate, Arts Administration, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA

2015 Certificate, Costume & Textiles Management, California State University, Long Beach, CA

1997 B.F.A., Studio Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK