Rachel Eckstein Ritchford is an American-born Dutch artist living in Normandy, France. Her work uses landscape to deal with the climate crisis and subsequent eco-anxiety. She is inspired by the limited green spaces in cities and the shrinking wild spaces everywhere.

Ms. Ritchford earned an MFA in painting from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago receiving a Trustee Scholarship and an MFA Graduate Grant. Other awards include an MFA Fellowship and a Past Fellows Award from the Dedalus Foundation in 2022; a Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Award; and an Ellen Batell Stoeckel Fellowship from Yale University School of Art. She has exhibited at Field Projects and The Yard (NYC), MiM Gallery (Los Angeles), Mt. Comfort (Indianapolis), TW Fine Art (Brisbane) and The Rathouse (Berlin).