Masters of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Illustration Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Nightshade, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
Celeste Rapone and Ryan Mosely, Josh Lilley LA Pop-Up Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
Controlled Burn, Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago, IL
The Big Dig (Virtual), Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
Retreat, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Celeste Rapone and Sarah Peters, Zidoun-Bossuyt, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Future Amateur, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Everlast: Celeste Rapone and Betsy Odom, Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago, IL
Celeste Rapone and Justin O’Brien, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
Celeste Rapone and Jenn Smith, Julius Caesar Gallery, Chicago, IL
A Place for Me: Figurative Painting Now, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston, MA
Wild Frontiers, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
In Situ, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY and Aspen, CO
Time Takes a Cigarette, Josh Lilley London, UK
Drinking the Reflection, Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, OR
Stains on a Decade, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK
Behind Face, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Small Paintings, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
Five Propositions, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA
On Anxiety, Cleve Carney Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL
Stretching out the Cramp: A Drawing Survey from 2017, Green Door Gallery, Chicago, IL
Women Painting Men, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
8, Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York, NY
Not Knowing, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Minds Eye I, Ed Paschke Art Center, Chicago, IL
Layer Cake, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Close to Me, Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL
Figure It Out, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Storytelling, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Seven, Elizabeth Houston Gallery New York, NY
Ground Floor: A Biennial Exhibition of New Art For Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Luminarts Cultural Foundation Visual Arts Exhibition, Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Hoarding, Amassing, and Excess, Northern Illinois Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
Should have gave you my number, Art Amalgamated, New York
American Painting Today: Physical and Visceral, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
Union Civic and Arts Foundation Visual Arts Competition, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Severe Style, LeRoy Neiman Center Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
I Speak American, The Gallery at Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
Emerging Artists 2009, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
INPLACE, SOHO20 Chelsea, New York, NY
ATOA (Artists Talk on Art) Winners Exhibition, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
Rockers and Posers, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY
The Last Word, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, NJ
RISD Alumni Exhibition, Caelum Gallery, New York, NY
RISD Senior Invitational Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
RISD Illustration Departmental Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Finalist, Chicago Artadia Award
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient
Working Artist Grant Recipient
Teaching Fellowship, Department of Painting and Drawing, SAIC, Chicago, IL
First Place, Emerging Artists 2009, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
Artist Fellowship, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
Winner, Curator’s Choice, ATOA (Artists Talk on Art)
School of Visual Arts Summer Residency Program, Painting and Mixed Media, New York, NY
Winner, Rhode Island School of Design Alumni Exhibition, Caelum Gallery, New York, NY
Illustration Departmental Award for Excellence in Figure Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
“Celeste Rapone Crosses the River to the Jersey Side in a New Body of Work”, Forbes, Brienne Walsh, May 11, 2022
“At the ICA, ‘A Place For Me’ breathes new life into an old art form”, Boston Globe, Murray Whyte, May 12, 2022
HORS D’OEUVRE #1 - The Watermelon Issue, Anna Broujean, July 2021
Common Practice: Basketball and Contemporary Art, Published by Skira, Edited by Carlos Rolon and Dan Peterson, May 2021
“ARTnews in Brief: Nicelle Beauchene Gallery Now Represents James Miller—and More from April 23, 2021”, ARTnews, Tessa Solomon, Claire Selvin, Alex Greenberger, April 19, 2021
“Week in Review: African Film Archive Destroyed in Fire; NY Museums Can Open at 50%”, Hyperallergic, Jasmine Weber, April 22, 2021
“Marianne Boesky Gallery now representing Celeste Rapone”, artdaily.com
Celeste Rapone “Controlled Burn” at Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago Artist Writers, Journie Kirdain, Nov. 2, 2021
“Artists Capture Moments of Stillness Amid COVID-19 in Group Exhibition”, Hypebeast, Keith Estiler, Jan 12, 2021
“In Situ - New Paintings: Inspired Art in Quarantine at Marianne Boesky Gallery”, Provokr, Ines Valencia, Jan 29, 2021
“Artists Who Travel Through Time”, Luxembourg Times, Yasmin Elci, Sept 18, 2020
“The Figure Does Not Win Every Time: In Discussion with Celeste Rapone”, Femme Art Review, Elaine Tam, July 30, 2020
“5 of the Best Artworks to Be Found at the Armory Show, From a $210,000 Livestream of the Sun to the ‘Amazing Black-Man”, ArtNet, Andrew Goldstein, March 5, 2020
The Essential Artists You Need to Know Right Now, Elephant Magazine, Emily Steer, February 7, 2020
“Playful Interplay of Volumes and Colours Command Celeste Rapone’s Paintings”, Art Verge, Yannis Kostarias, March 8th, 2019
New American Paintings Midwest Issue No. 143
“Celeste Rapone; Lenz Geerk”, Artillery Magazine, Annabel Osberg, September 18th, 2019
“7 NAP Alumni Shows You Can’t Miss”, New American Paintings Blog, September 18th, 2019
“Celeste Rapone and Betsy Odom: Everlast”, Fabrik Magazine, February 18th, 2019
What Should We Do?, Expert Picks, "The Best NYC December Events, According to These Culture Vultures", Paddy Johnson, December 1, 2018
GAYLETTER, November/December 2018, Letter 471, "Art: Rose-tinted - Justin Liam O'Brien & Celeste Rapone", Editors, December 1, 2018
KT Hawbaker, “Curator Gwendolyn Zabicki talks Kierkegaard, FOMO and the relationship between art and anxiety”, Chicago Tribune, August 29
KT Hawbaker, “KT Hawbaker, “Crushing the patriarchy with one look”, Chicago Tribune, May 25
“Celeste Rapone and Jenn Smith at Julius Caesar”, Chicago Artist Writers, Kelly Reaves, June 2017
“Fun and Fresh Directions in Painting”, New City, Alan Pocaro, March 2017
New American Painting Midwest Issue 125
“All the Beautiful, Expensive, and Corny Art I saw at Art Basel This Year”,
Vice Media, December 2015, Nick Gazin
The Georgia Review, Featured Artist, “Material Memories”, Jenny Gropp Hess, Fall 2012
New American Paintings MFA Annual, Juror: Dominic Molon, Chief Curator, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Nancy Clare Caponi, Profile: The Art of Celeste Rapone, Makeshift Magazine, Issue #5
CMYK Magazine, Issue #39
ArtInfo, Discover New Talent, May 15th, 2007, www.artinfo.com