Christine Rabenold
Professor of Art and Design
Christine Rabenold is a Chicago-based artist and professor of art at North Central College, where she is currently serving as the Chair of Art and Design and served as the Student Gallery coordinator from 2009 until 2019. She teaches a variety of courses in ceramics, sculpture, three-dimensional design and advanced studies. Christine received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Tyler School of Art/Temple University and a Master of Fine Arts degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She was born in Lehighton, Pennsylvania.
She has exhibited works nationally at Woman Made Gallery, ClaySpace Ceramic Art Center, Scope Art Fair (NYC), Prak-sis Gallery, NCECA Conference in Houston, TX, Beer-Run Gallery, NCECA Conference in Phoenix, AZ, Baltimore Clayworks, College of DuPage, Loyola University, Contemporary Art Workshop, and NFA Space.
Her artwork comments on, if not examines aspects of memory, individuality, class, humor, and nature. Important questions about how we remember, what we choose to forget, how authentic these memories are, and why memory connects to one’s topographical environment are considerations in the work. In an era that increasingly relies on digital navigational maps, technology, and positional data, what does it mean to create a visual map of memory based on the shifting narratives of personal associations with locations? Furthermore, how does this process impact one’s psychological state and capacity for self-reflection?