Rachel Lehrman is a practicing artist and writer. Currently, she is completing a practice-based PhD in artistic collaboration at Roehampton University where she lectures in Performance Theory.

In 2000, she graduated Cum Laude from Brandeis University with High Honours in Creative Writing Poetry and a second BA in European Cultural Studies. During this time, she received the Dorothy Blumenfeld Memorial Prize for her translations of poets Lorca, Neruda and Jiménez. In 1998 she took part in Lift Every Voice-- an invitation-only workshop led by community artist Jane Sapp, which focused on using art to build community. More recently, she participated in a workshop exploring collaboration at the Tate Modern.

Communication and collaboration are at the core of Rachel’s practice. She believes that artistic collaboration can be used to create change and build communication.

While completing her Masters in Fine Art at the University of Arizona, Rachel received the UA Foundation Award for her poetry. She also received the Graduate and Professional Award for Outstanding Work in the Community. In addition to teaching essay composition at the university, she directed the special events at the ASUA Women’s Resource Centre. She coordinated Women’s History Month and programmed the city of Tucson’s Take Back the Night—an annual march and concert to protest domestic violence. For two years she taught bookbinding as the Volunteer Coordinator of Kore Press, a non-profit press devoted to creating books that artistically represent the literature they house.

In addition to Nomadics and Phantasmagoria, Rachel’s poetry has appeared in several small magazines. She has performed her work publicly in both Arizona and Massachusetts. More recently, her work was displayed on the opening night of Tenemos at the Camden People’s Theatre.