Group Exhibitions
2021 430 Apart 11 Together, Grant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2021 Harbinger, Walter and Mcbean Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2021 Wave Tossed but Never Sunk, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2021 Spectrum, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN
2020 Lucky Dip, AIR Gallery, Altrincham, United Kingdom
2020 Women Rising, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
2020 Feminist Art Conference, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada
2020 Connected, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
2020 Vinegar Valentines, Kaneko Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2020 Depictions of Living, Art Pavilion at Mile End, London, England
2020 The Full Light of Day, VAE, Raleigh, NC
2019 Eat Me, 934 Gallery, Columbus, OH
2019 Connected, Volkswagen Headquarters, Herndon, VA
2019 Planet: Heart, BINNAR Festival, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
2019 Connected, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
2019 Self Portraits: Politics of Gender Roles, SK Artspace, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Moments, The Ice Blocks, Sacramento, CA
2019 And I Thought About You Every Day Since, Stellar Stag Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 It’s Ok, I Know What I’m Doing, Reflektor, Užice, Serbia
2019 FILE Festival Web Art, SESI Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2019 A New Media Exhibition, IU Kokomo Art Gallery, Kokomo, IN
2019 Art of Possibilities, Courage Kenny, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Boundaries, Viewpoint Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2019 Members Show, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
2019 Art Teleported, CICA Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Art Ability, Bryn Mawr, Malvern, PA
2018 Play, New Harmony Gallery, Evansville, IN
2018 Blue x80, Villette Makerz, Paris, France
2018 Spectrum, MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
2018 Boys Will Be Boys, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI
2018 Social Code, Arts Warehouse, Delray, FL
2018 Working Title 2, MAGMA Contemporary Art, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
2018 Untitled, Kaneko Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2018 Micro Art, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2018 Perspectives, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2017 Our Daily Armor, Virago Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 Memento Mori, Buffalo White Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2016 - 2017 Language, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
2016 Form-Lore, Beatnik Studios, Sacramento, CA
2016 Feminism, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2016 We Call it Stitch, OFFF By Night, Antwerp, Belgium
2016 Elevate, Arden Fair Mall, Sacramento, CA
2016 Group Exhibition, What The Festival, Bend, OR
2016 Retrograde Motion, Retrograde Museum, Sacramento, CA
2016 The Good The Bad The Ugly, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL
2015 Group Exhibition, TBD Festival, Sacramento, CA
Site-Specific Installations
2021 Her Flag, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
2019 Her Flag, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2018 Interactive and Location Based Installation: The Unsent Project, The Harris Building, Grand Rapids, MI
2018 Interactive and Location Based Installation: The Unsent Project, This Town is Small, PEI, Canada
2016 Cutting Ties, Art Hotel, Sacramento, CA
2015 The Unsent Project, Crystal Ice Building, Sacramento, CA
Residencies
2018 The Do Good Residency, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Awards and Grants
2021 Graduate Dean’s Merit Scholarship, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV
2021 Holmes Art Scholarship, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV
2019 International IphiGenia Gender Design Award, Museum of Applied Art, Cologne, Germany
2019 VSA Emerging Young Artist Award of Excellence, VSA Connected, Washington D.C.
2019 Portfolio Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2019 Third Place, Juried Exhibition, Art of Possibilities, Courage Kenny, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Honorable Mention, Juried Exhibition, Members Show, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
2018 Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards, New York, NY
2018 Second Place, Juried Exhibition, Art Ability, Bryn Mawr, Malvern, PA
2018 Top 25 Time-Based Artist, ArtPrize 10, Harris Building, Grand Rapids, MI
2018 First Place, Juried Exhibition, Perspectives, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Teaching
2021 Guest Speaker, “Everyday Ableism”, L&D Matter, Illinois Math and Science Academy, Aurora, Illinois
2019 Award Speech, “Feminism and Gender Design”, International IphiGenia Gender Design Award, Museum of
Applied Art, Cologne, Germany
2019 Guest Speaker, “The Walk”, Koeln International School of Design, Cologne, Germany
2019 Guest Speaker, “The Walk”, University of Applied Science, Cologne, Germany
2019 Guest Speaker, “The Walk”, Art Teleported, CICA Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Artist Talk & Workshop, “The Unsent Project”, This Town is Small, PEI, Canada
2018 Guest Speaker, “The Walk”, International Women’s Day, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2018 Guest Speaker, “Chronic Illness Reimagined as Something Glamorous”, More Than Lyme Event, Portland, OR
2017 Guest Speaker, “(Don’t)”, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2016 Guest Speaker, “Handle With Care”, Femwinism, Clara Raley Studios, Sacramento, CA
2016 Guest Speaker, “Handle With Care”, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
Selected Press
2021 Chloe Williams, “12 Inspiring Poets to Follow on Instagram RN”, Brit + Co, February 2021
2021 Rachel Hunt, “Rora Blue’s New Art Series is Essential for Understanding Ableism”, The Diamondback, March
2020 Colony Little, “Confronting Discomfort: VAE Exhibit Reframes Disability”, Walter Magazine, January 2020
2020 Kenneth Kim, “Angst in the 21st Century: An Interview With “The Unsent Project” Founder Rora Blue”, Lithium Magazine, July 2020
2019 Ben Wainman, “An Interview With Rora Blue”, Issue 09, Dezine Magazine, June 2019
2019 Georgia Gadsby, “Having a Nosey With: Rora Blue, Feminist Visual Artist”, Having a Nosey, May 2019
2019 Isaiah Freeman, “Meet the Artist: 10 Questions With Rora Blue”, Framebridge, June 2019
2019 Michaela Amort, “Design Für Alle”, Mutboard and Vogel Magazine, November 2019
2019 Peter Christenson & Jon Henry, “Swim”, Issue: Rurality, Slag Mag + Null Set Magazine, April 2019
2019 Sarah Eiseman & Eden Rose, “The Unsent Project”, Issue 1: Home, Nook Magazine, May 2019
2019 Saskia Ketz, “The Objects Women Carry For Protection While Walking Alone”, A Woman’s Thing, January 2019
2019 Sarah Peace, “The Walk”, Wordpower: Language as Medium, Library X, April 2019
2018 Beatrice Cretu, “Rora Blue & The Unsent Project”, Noizz, July 2018
2018 CICA Museum, “Experimental Art Event Teleported From Korea to Brooklyn to Promote Culture For Fluidity”, KTVN, December 2018
2018 Heather Rae Hatton, “Swim”, Art Catalog; Volume 1, Club 157 Gallery, September 2018
2018 Hugo Marquez, “Is Blue the Warmest Color?: How “The Unsent Project” Shows the Pigments of Closure”, Cultura Collectiva, August 2018
2018 Issue Number 16, “The Unsent Project”, Wotisart Magazine, July 2018
2018 John Thomason, “Art, Social Media Square Off in Arts Warehouse’s Best Show Yet”, Boca Mag, August 2018
2018 Sandy Palmer, “Hues of Blue”, Kaleidoscope, August 2018
2018 Tony Davis, “Seattle Artist Enjoys Creating ‘The Unsent Project’ During P.E.I. Residency’, The Guardian, August 2018
2017 Ana Belen, “(Don’t) – A Series of Comments That Force Gender Roles On Men” We Call it Stitch, July 2017
2017 Anna Breslaw, “These 3 Stories Perfectly Illustrate Why It’s So Hard To Get Over Your First Love”, Women’s Health, August 2017
2017 Brindy Francis, “Don’t”, Issue 001: 10 Mile Stereo, Sunstroke Magazine, August 2017
2017 Brenden Woodrow, “Turning Those Sexist Comments Into Art As A Way Of Crushing the Patriarchy”, Flawless Diply, July 2017
2017 Emilie Elizabeth, “5 Comments Women Are Still Forced To Hear All the Time”, Diply, June 2017
2017 Lea Porcelli, “Meet Rora Blue- Interview”, Mad Sounds Mag, May 2017
2017 Locke Hughes, “Thousands of People Are Sharing What They Wish They Could Have Said To Their Exs”, Womens Health, July 2017
2017 Saskia Ketz, “Modern-Day Sexism: “Handle With Care” by Rora Blue”, A Woman’s Thing, March 2017
2017 Suzanne Wegh, “Rora Blue”, Curated By Girls, May 2017
2017 Tia Hill, “This Woman Found A Brilliant Way To Turn Sexist Comments Into Art”, NowThis, June 2017
2016 Alice Sholl, “This Woman Turns Sexist Comments Into Mesmerizing Art”, Yahoo News, September 2016
2016 Alison Lynch, “People Are Sharing The Text Messages They’d Love To Send To Their Ex And It’s Heartbreaking”, Metro, January 2016
2016 Anna Menta, “Texts People Wish They Sent Their First Loves Will Give You All The Feels”, Elite Daily, January 2016
2016 Anna Gragert, “The #unsentproject Is The Most Tragically Romantic Hashtag We’ve Seen”, Hello Giggles, January 2016
2016 Brittney McNamara, Feminist Artist Uses Sexist Comments From Instagram As Art, Teen Vogue, August 2016
2016 Brittany Wong, “These Are The Texts People Wish They Could Send To Their Exs”, Huffington Post, January 2016
2016 Caroline Stanley, “The Unsent Project Will Make You Remember Your First Love”, Refinery 29, January 2016
2016 Catriona Harvey-Jenner, “Seven Young Women Doing Amazing Things To Empower Others”, Cosmopolitan, August 2016
2016 Cortney Clift, “These Are the Heartbreaking Texts People Wish They Could Send Their Ex”, Brit + Co, January 2016
2016 Dee Collier, “Meet Rora Blue, The Feminist Artist We Can’t Get Enough Of”, The Lala, August 2016
2016 Erin Rose Belair, “Art Crush: Rora Blue and the Handle With Care Series”, Live Fast, July 2016
2016 Hannah Smothers, “People Are Posting the Texts They Wish They’d Sent to Their First Loves on Instagram”, Cosmopolitan, January 2016
2016 Jeannie Mai, “The Unsent Project”, The Real Tv Show, January 2016
2016 Joi-Marie Mckenzie, “Sacramento Artist’s Viral Project Asks What Color Is Love”, Good Morning America, January 2016
2016 Kelly Diamond, “What Do You Wish You Could Text Your First Love? The Unsent Project Wants To Know”, Mashable, February 2016
2016 Lily Puckett, “Rora Blue On the Unsent Project She Started To Connect People Anonymously”, Teen Vogue, December 2016
2016 MAKERS Team, “This Artist is Turning Sexist Comments Into Inspiring Photographs”, Makers, September 2016
2016 Miranda Larbi, “This Art Project Deals With All The Bullsh*t Sexist Comments We Hear Every Day”, Metro, August 2016
2016 Morgan Eckel, “Conversations- Rora Blue”, Local Wolves, August 2016
2016 Natalie Walsh, “The Modern Love Lyric: Rora Blue Is Injecting Romance Into A Digital Age With The Unsent Project”, Jolene, Spring/Summer 2016
2016 Priscilla Frank, “Sick Of The Bulls**t, A Woman Is Turning Sexist Comments Into Art”, Huffington Post, August 2016
2016 Rajeswari Ramanathan, “Artist Flips The Script On Sexist Comments”, Al Jazeera Plus, August 2016
2016 Rachel Moss, “The Unsent Project Reveals The Heartbreaking Texts People Wish They Could Send To Their First Love”, Huffington Post, January 2016
2016 Rachel Moss, “Rora Blue’s Handle With Care Project Turn Sexism Into Stunning Works Of Art”, Huffington Post, August 2016
2016 Sophie Roberts, “You Used To Be My Cup Of Tea I Drink Coffee Now: Heartbroken Singles Reveal The Texts They’d Love To Send their Exs”, The Sun, January 2016
2016 Vicki S, “Meet the Teen Artist Tackling Everyday Sexism In Her Work”, Fbomb, September 2016
2016 WITW Staff, “Visual Artist Creates Empowering Art From Sexist Comments”, New York Times, September 2016
2016 Zoë Pipa, “Artist Spotlight- Rora Blue Interview”, Lucca Mag, August 2016
Education
2021 BFA New Genres San Francisco Art Institute
2024 Expected MFA University of Nevada Reno