Bio | CV
Bio
Rebekah Andrade holds a BFA in Visual Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design and a Graphic Design Certificate from Parsons School of Design in New York City. Recently, she completed a residency at Otis College of Art in Los Angeles. Her work has been shown in Canada, the United States, and Chile, and been reviewed by Edeltraut and The Gathered Gallery. In 2018 her work was selected for the Art with Heart auction at the AGO in Toronto featuring the country’s foremost established and emerging contemporary artists. She was one of 44 artists in the New American Painting catalogue, issue #144, released Sept/Oct 2020.
Artist Statement
Through re-imagined environments and composed structures, my work explores notions of objective and subjective realities. Within the layers of geometric combinations, contrasting palettes and recurring forms are abstractions representing psychological states and our physical surroundings. Through a creative process, a visual language has emerged that drives my practice, challenging perceptions and beliefs within my internal and external environments. I strive to create without expectation, taking up creative processes that challanges and expands my present compositons. It is my goal to continue building confidence in my work, trusting the process. I seek to create work that falls into alignment with who I am, reflecting and stimulating a sence of freedom and flexibility within myself, inspiring a playful curiosity within each painting.
CV
Education
2020 Graphic Design Certificate, Parsons School of Design, New York, USA
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts and Visual Arts, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, CAN
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2021 Reflection on Form, East Las Vegas Library Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
2020 Reflection on Form, Sahara West Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
Arranged Structures, Priscilla Fowler Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
2019 Constructed Thoughts, Gallery 1515, Vancouver, CAN
2018 Who Are You Anyways, Akin Vitrine, Toronto, CAN
My Mothers Basement Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2017 It Was Never About You, Storefront Pop-Up Gallery, Toronto, CAN
Layers, Borowicz Gallery, La Casa de la Ciudadanía, Santiago, CHL
2016 Calle de la Ciudad, Chileno-Alemana de Cultura (DCB), CHL
2015 El Color En Movimento, Espacio 1305, Santiago, CHL
2014 Geometric Landscapes, My Mothers Basement Gallery, Toronto, CAN
Selected Group Shows
2021 Superfine Art Fair, NY, USA (Forthcoming)
2020 Summer Group Show, Priscilla Fowler Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
2019 Collective Estivale, Youn Gallery, Montreal, CAN
Group Show, Ignite Gallery, CAN
Locals Only, R.Cline Arts, Las Vegas, USA
Youn Gallery, Papier Art Fair, Montreal, CAN
The Other Art Fair, LA, USA
2018 Get Noticed, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, CAN
Salon VI, Patel Gallery, Toronto, CAN
Summer School, The Assembly Gallery, Hamilton, CAN
Painters Make Better Lovers, Northern Contemporary, Toronto, CAN
2017 Group Show, Sussex Contemporary, Ottawa, CAN
A Festivus for the Rest of Us, Northern Contemporary, Toronto, CAN
Nuit Blanche, WHO ARE YOU, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, CAN
SCA’s 49th, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, CAN
Summer Emerging Art Exhibit, Gallery 1313, Toronto, CAN
2014 Artist Project, Untapped Emerging, Better Living Centre, Toronto, CAN
Grants/Awards
2018 Ada Slaight Gift Grant, OCAD University, Toronto, CAN
Auctions
2019 Art Affect, Spoke Club, Toronto, CAN
2018 Art with Heart, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CAN
Reviews/Press
2020 New American Painting, Issue #144, USA
2018 Horst und Edeltraut, GER
The Gathered Gallery, CAN
Residencies / Collaborations
2019 LA Summer Residency, Otis College of Art and Design, LA, USA
One-Month Digital Residency, The Gathered Gallery, CND
2017-18 Drawing Assistant for Michael Landy, Demonstration, Power PlantGallery, Toronto, CAN
2011 Richard Jackson, Studio Work, Bob Rennie Collection, Vancouver, CAN