Rachel Betty Case was born in 1985 and raised in Lopatcong,
NJ. Her appreciation of art began at a young age with Saturday morning
art classes, art history books and visits to museums in NYC and DC.
Both of her parents were very supportive of her creativity and gave her
complete artistic freedom within the parameters of her bedroom.
Rachel's walls were covered with doodles, messages and image clippings, and the room was full of
collected objects from the woods behind her house and elsewhere. The
freedom to experiment with materials and collect inspiring objects is a
large influence on Rachel’s work today.
Rachel was trained as a traditional fine artist at the
Delaware College of Art and Design, then as an art teacher at the Maryland
Institute College of Art. In 2008, Rachel presented her graduate
thesis project. On a small pedestal, covered with a vitrine, stood ten small
skeletons made of nail clippings. This was the beginning of Human Ivory
and Rachel's love for the shock value.
Rachel resides in Easton, Pennsylvania. Her studio is
located in a large attic room of her historic home. Her work has been
featured in newspapers, magazines, blogs,
radio and television shows across the globe.
