Rachel Lee Hovnanian is an American conceptual artist working across sculpture, installation,
painting and performance. Recent institutional presentations include Nature Deficit Disorder, her
first solo museum installation at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 2026, and Angels Listening, an
official Collateral Event of the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in
2022.
For more than two decades, Hovnanian’s work has examined the forces shaping how people see
themselves and relate to one another. Her work has been presented internationally across the
United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East and is held in public, corporate and private
collections, including the 21c Museum Hotels Collection. Hovnanian received her BFA from the
University of Texas at Austin and completed postgraduate studies at Parsons School of Design in
New York. She lives between Miami, New York and Italy.
