Rachel X Hobreigh is a muralist, painter, sculptor and Tai Chi master, with an MA in public art from California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Her work focuses on exploring mindfulness and the five-element theory through painting, performance art, photography and sculpture.
Hobreigh’s work is in private and public collections including at CSUN’s Mike Curb College of Art and Design. Recent exhibitions of work have included The Helms Corridor Gallery, the Gallery in the Marie de Paris 8 in Paris, France, FH Gallery in Jena, Germany, Gallery 417 in Los Angeles, the Museum Comtempo in Olympia, Washington; Building Bridges Art Exchange at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica; the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles; and at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco. Her mural work can be seen across California from Haddon Elementary in Pacoima to The Golden Fleece in the Pacific Palisades.
She serves on the Board of Directors of the Rachel Rosenthal Company, is director/co-creator of The Pony Tail Girls, a nonprofit organization teaching young girls self-reliance and self-esteem through visual art and martial arts. Hobreigh is also a past President of The National Tai Chi Ch’uan Association and a current chair of SLMM - Society of Layerists in Multi-Media exhibitions committee.
Education
California State University, Northridge Masters Degree in Art
2008 University of California, L.A. Language (emphasis on
Mandarin dialect) 2000 California State University, Northridge
Bachelor of Arts with an emphasis in Printmaking (Cum
Laude) 1978
Exhibitions
UPLIFT: A Fire Relief Art Exhibition and Benefit, in conjunction with the SLMM (Society of Layerists in Multi Media) at the Helms Design Center Corridor Gallery, Culver City, CA 2025
Dancing with Silk: Eco-Printing on Silk with Dance Performance at the Helms Design Center, Culver City, CA 2024
All about Trees: Exhibition in Support of TreePeople with artists from SLMM, Washington Corridor Gallery, Culver City, CA 2023
Women, Water & Spirals, Red Hen Press Gallery, with artists from SLMM, Pasadena, CA 2022
Walls of Water: An Art Exhibition/SLMM in support of the The Samburu Project , Helms corridor Gallery Culver City, 2021
Urban Forest: with donations of art from SLMM, Helms Corridor Gallery, Red Hen Press, Culver city, Pasadena, CA 2019
Other Realms: Red Hen Press, Pasadena, CA 2018
Bridges Between Continents, Helms Design Center, Culver City, CA 2018
Shadow Portraits, Gallery 417 solo show, Los Angeles, CA 2017
Building Bridges Between Continents, The Marie de Paris 8, The Mu Gallery, Paris,France,Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys Brittany, France 2017
Place, Helms Design Center Gallery, Culver City CA 2017
Building Bridges Between Continents, The Marie de Paris 8, and The Mu Gallery, Paris, France Shadow Portraits… 2016
Above and Below, Museum Contempo, Shelton, Washington State, 2015
Shadow Portraits, Building Bridges Art Exchange, Bergamot Art Center, SM CA, 2014
Driving From Las Vegas, FH Gallery, Jena, Germany, 2013
“ Lict ist Lebben” (Light and Shadow), Gallery Eiermann, Apolda, Germany, 2012
Gems, West Hollywood Studio Show, WH, California, 2012
Inner Vessels, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, CA 2012
Day of the Dead Planet, Gallery Avenue 50, Highland Park, California 2011
Ice and Water, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA 2010
A Precious Gem, Handel with Care, Skirball Cultural Center, Brentwood, Ca 2010
The Spirit of Water Series, Subid Center, Los Angeles, California 2010
Open Studio Shows West Hollywood/Pacific Palisades, California 1991-2010
Rachel Rosenthal Birthday Bash, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA 2009
Yin/Yang and the Five Elements, Solo Show at the Mike Curb College of Design, Northridge CA 2008
Energy and Light, Pacific Palisades W Center Gallery, CA 2006
Chakrah Seven, Kollar Center Gallery, PP, CA 2005
Public Art
Fairy Godmother Performances, Lane Estate, Sherman Oaks, CA 2015
One Horse Power, Sculpture and Video, Wong Malibu Estate, CA 2013
Tsunami Dance, Performance at the LELA Gallery, Little Tokyo, CA.(fund raiser for victims of the tsunami in Japan), 2011
Spirit of Water, Performance piece and painting exhibition Subid Hall, LA 2010
Dear Mr. President, Video Trailer construction and design collaboration CSUN 2008
Waterfall Art Stream and Five Element Tower, Permanent fountain installation, California State University Northridge 2007
Bottomless Bliss, Directed this Art Performance, Astro Museum of Art, LA 2006
Day of the Dead, Ofrenda construction and collaboration, Chicano House, California State University, Northridge 2006
Mapping the Flow of Energy Cal State Northridge, Art Department Courtyard, Arcadia Park, Arcadia CA, Rachel Rosenthal’s Studio 2006
Murals Moon Eclipse, Lane Residence, Sherman Oaks, CA 2012
Eco Systems, mural collaboration-Haddon Elementary School, Pacoma, CA 2007
Gorillas in the Mist, Elizaldie Residence, Altadena, California 2005
Celestial Bodies, Orr Residence, Pacific Palisades, California 2000
Dogs in Heaven, The Golden Fleece, Pacific Palisades, California 1999
Publications
African Sleeping Beauty, Illustrations Blue Beginnings CA ,2020
Apprentice to the Dawn , Cover Design Philosophical Research Society CA 2003
White Trash, Cover Design, Blue Beginnings, Sherman Oaks CA 1993
