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rachel kice, painting in performance with "Big and Rich"

Kice joins the rhythms of concerts and cultural gatherings where she applies paint to spinning canvases; adding line, shape, form, texture and color to reflect the physical environment and mood of the event. She is an observer as well as a participant.

Although Kice’s performances yield a finished art piece, her literal act of painting liberates her from the objects she creates and offers Rachel the freedom to “exhibit” everywhere from concert stages to red carpets to museum galleries.

Her work can be found in the private collections of country music stars to royalty and permanent collections including the Tennesse State Museum, Emprise Bank, Creative Artist Agency, Sony Tree and Sony NY. Her reach and appeal has been fortified in many televised appearances, including the CNN, The Radio Music Awards, Nashville Star, and CMT’s progressive original reality series, MuzikMafia TV. Kice created a custom paint scheme for the #4 Lucas Oil Chevrolet that will make its NASCAR Nextel Cup Series debut in 2006. She was also featured editions of GQ, Dish and Star and Billboard magazines.

As the only visual artist associated with the MuzikMafia, the Nashville-based artists’ collaborative that yielded multi-platinum recording artists Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson, Kice has appeared on the Chevrolet Presents Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson: An American Revolution Fall stadium tour throughout 2004 and 2005. Rachel so encapsulates the sights, sounds, and experience of events that she was the first visual-artist in history signed to a major record label to promote her artwork through merchandising initiatives.

Kice, a teenage mother originally from Wichita, KS, attended college on scholarship at The Berklee College of Music, (Boston, MA) and Wichita State University, where she studied vocal performance and business. Kice resides in Nashville, TN and Los Angeles, CA, with her daughter.