Rachel Lynn Mindrup, BFA, MFA

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

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Contact

RachelMindrup@creighton.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Medical Humanities
Fine & Performing Arts
Studio Arts
LECA - Lied Education Center for the Arts - 314

Rachel Lynn Mindrup, BFA, MFA

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Rachel Mindrup is an associate professor of drawing and painting and the Richard L. Deming, MD Endowed Chair in Medical Humanities at Creighton University. She received her BFA from the University of Nebraska - Kearney and then continued with atelier studies at the Art Academy of Los Angeles. She received her MFA from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. Her current painting practice is about the study of the figure and portraiture in art and its relation to medicine, healing and identity. Her son's diagnosis has been the motivation behind her series of portraits "Many Faces of Neurofibromatosis (NF)". She is currently painting someone with NF from all 50 states to bring to Washington D.C. when advocating for federal funding for NF research.

Mindrup's work has been shown nationally and internationally including the Queens Museum in Queens, NY, the Mayo Clinic, Positive Exposure Gallery in NYC, Georgia Regents University, Vanderbilt University and Washington University Medical School. Her artwork is held in many private collections including those of Primatologist Jane Goodall and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

Department

Fine & Performing Arts

Position

Associate Professor

Publications

  • Genealogy (Basel)
    Abney Mariah R., etal American Indian and Alaska Native Understandings of Cancer Through Poetry: A Holistic Experience
    9:3, p. 97 2025
  • Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
    Mindrup Rachel, Artist's Statement: The Wristband
    100:6 2025
  • Academic Medicine
    Mindrup Rachel, Artist's Statement: Ill-Fitting
    98:8 2023
  • AMA journal of ethics
    Mindrup Rachel, Imprints of 'Scanxiety'
    24:7 2022
  • AMA Journal of Ethics
    Mindrup Rachel, etal Medicine and society: Neurofibromatosis and a portrait of 1 in 3000
    22:6 2020

Awards

  • Individual Artist Fellowship
    The Individual Artist Fellowship program recognizes exemplary work by Nebraska artists and provides support through public recognition and monetary awards of $1,000-$5,000. Applicants are adjudicated by a professional, out-of-state panel according to the merit of their work. The program rotates annually, highlighting different artistic disciplines each year.
    Nebraska Arts Council
  • Artist in Residence
    I was awarded the AIR position to work at Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, NE for a few weeks in August. I worked with the rangers and put on a public program showcasing the work done at the monument and teaching the public how to create historical narratives.
    National Park Service (NPS)
  • Artist in Residence
    I was chosen to receive this residency to spend uninterrupted time working on a new body of work at their facility in Frederick, IL. In conjunction with the residency, I put on a public talk and showcased the 6 new NF patients' whose stories I will be sharing in upcoming shows
    Farwell House
  • Artist in Residence
    I was chosen to receive this residency to spend uninterrupted time working on a new body of work at their facility in Nebraska City, NE. The experience working without distraction and meeting other residents from across the country was an amazing experience
    Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
  • Excellence in Teaching Award
    NISOD Excellence in Teaching Award-University of Texas at Austin.
    NISOD
  • Artist in Residence
    I was chosen to receive this residency to spend time working on a new body of prints at their facility in Ithaca, NY. While there I was able to work with faculty from both Ithaca College and Cornell University.
    Ink Shop Printmaking Center
  • The Mamie E. Johnston, D.O., FACOP, Creative Medical Art in Teaching Award
    This grant is to encourage the use and incorporation of medical and scientific art in teaching and advance the osteopathic medical profession. I used this grant to teach medical students at KCUMB artistic anatomy. I received the grant in 2011 and then again in 2013.
    Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences