Abigail Rainey is an interdisciplinary artist and art educator from May, TX, currently based in Denton, TX. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education in 2020 and her Master’s of Fine Art in Visual Arts from Texas Woman’s University (TWU) in May 2025. As an art educator, Abi has worked with students in a variety of settings including both grade school and collegiate classrooms, and led workshops for art institutions, conferences, retreats, and other gatherings. Her work has been exhibited across Texas, including Dallas Contemporary, 500X Gallery, and the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center. Abi’s debut solo exhibition Uncommon Grace: all that I don’t deserve was at the Dorothy and Wendell Mayes Art Gallery in Brownwood, TX, and her recent exhibition Amid the Passing Hours at Umbrella Gallery in Deep Ellum this spring will marked her first solo show in the Dallas area. Abi’s recent honors include the Virginia Chandler Dyke Scholarship, for which she was the recipient for the School of Arts and Sciences at Texas Woman’s University. She was also recently selected for the Experiential Student Scholars Program for an arts-based research project grant, also at Texas Woman’s. In 2024, Abi won the first prize for the 13th Biennial Artist Book Competition held by the University of North Texas Libraries. Abi is currently an Adjunct Professor at Texas Woman’s University, where she enjoys teaching foundations.