Rachel Ivanyi
Rachel Ivanyi is an award-winning contemporary nature artist, illustrator, and art educator. Recent recognition includes the 2026 inaugural recipient of the Artists for Conservation (AFC) Baldwin award for contributions to conservation through art education. She was also an Invited Juror for the 2024 AFC juried art exhibition, as well as the recipient of the Environmental Statement Award and two Medals of Excellence in the 2023 AFC juried art exhibition. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from the University of California, Davis, and a Graduate Certification in Natural Science Illustration from the University of California, Santa Cruz. As a Signature Member of AFC, her art lives in the hope that people look closer, feel deeper, and make positive changes in their lives and in the lives of others. Her work has been featured in solo, two-person, and group exhibitions, with many of her paintings appearing throughout the U.S. and internationally, as part of permanent museum collections, and in numerous private collections. Her illustration clients include the Smithsonian, National Geographic, Scientific American, Monterey Bay Aquarium, and nature institutions around the world. Rachel has also taught a wide variety of art classes as a core instructor for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, in her beloved desert home of Tucson, Arizona, for over 25 years. She is represented by Keep Contemporary in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Rachel is currently illustrating all the whale species of the world for a large scale installation in the new museum, The Whale, being built in Norway.
