With a civil liberties lawyer for a mother and a rocket-scientist for a father, Rachel Mello learned early to consider wildly disparate interests overlapping in the same place. When I started school, I began studying architecture, because it felt like a perfect combination of my enjoyment of the structured and formal, and my passion for design and making. I began my studies at Tulane University in New Orleans then finished with a dual Bachelors in Architecture and Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Seeking a way to continue designing, but also to be more hands-on with building and painting I went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts in Theatrical Set Design and Scenic Art from Brandeis University.

With a civil liberties lawyer for a mother and a rocket-scientist for a father, Rachel Mello learned early to consider wildly disparate interests overlapping in the same place. When I started school, I began studying architecture, because it felt like a perfect combination of my enjoyment of the structured and formal, and my passion for design and making. I began my studies at Tulane University in New Orleans then finished with a dual Bachelors in Architecture and Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Seeking a way to continue designing, but also to be more hands-on with building and painting I went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts in Theatrical Set Design and Scenic Art from Brandeis University.

www.rachelmello.com

The above exhibit runs January 14 to February 28, 2010
(Tuesday through Saturday, noon-6PM)