I think now I'm just primed and trying to find those moments of connection more, out in the world of things that we can possibly connect with.
— Rebecca Ness
Rebecca Ness was born in Salem, MA in 1992 and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA from Boston University and MFA from Yale School of Art.
Her recent oils on canvas and gouaches on paper captured everything from the months of social distancing, moments of studio life, and depictions of personal moments with her girlfriend. She elevated the portrayal of her surrounding to providing us a focused insight into the most personal, and literally locked away parts of life.
Interested in personal belongings, objects which we associate with value, and in particular collecting mentality, she has painted everything from her family basement, a pile of books on sale, to the mundane yet personally significant snapshots of her life. Careful about rendering and recreating all the labels, logos, cover graphics, patterns, signs of wear, and the ways they're organized, these cultural relics of a suburban Americana are telling stories within stories while being transformed into unconventional still-lifes of the present day.
Born 1992 in Salem, Massachusetts. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Education
| 2019 | MFA, Painting and Printmaking, Yale School of Art |
| 2015 |
BFA, Painting, minor in History of Art and Architecture, Boston University |
Solo Exhibitions
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2024 |
Jessica Silverman Gallery, Portraits of Place, San Francisco, CA |
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2022 |
Carl Kostyal Gallery, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany |
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Galerie Marguo hosted by Edit Gallery Space, Threads, Seoul, Korea |
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Morgan Presents, Studio Visitor: Rebecca Ness & Joel Shapiro, New York, USA |
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2021 |
Galerie Marguo, Stepping Out, Paris, France |
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Carl Kostyal Gallery, Windows and Worlds, London, UK |
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2020 |
Nino Mier Gallery, Pieces of Mind, Los Angeles, USA |
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2019 |
1969 Gallery, Twice Over, New York, USA |
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2018 |
Yale Slifka Center for Jewish Life, Buttoned Down, New Haven, USA |
Group Exhibitions
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2024 |
Friends of the Pod, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY |
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2023 |
Galerie Marguo, Home Run, Casa Marguo Inaugural Exhibition, Menorca, Spain |
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Morgan Presents Gallery, American Portraiture: Selling the Self, New York NY |
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Jessica Silverman Gallery, Freize Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA |
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2022 |
Jessica Silverman Gallery, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL |
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Morgan Presents, Janus, New York, NY |
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Akron Art Museum, Reflections on Perception, Akron, OH |
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Nassima Landau, do-mes-tic-i-ty, Tel Aviv, Israel |
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Alexander Berggruen Gallery, The Natural World, New York, NY |
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2021 |
Friends Indeed, Mother and Child, San Francisco, CA |
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Harpers Books, 36 Paintings, Hamptons, USA |
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Anton Kern Gallery, 11, New York, USA |
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2020 |
Blum & Poe, Show Me The Signs, Los Angeles, USA |
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Alexander Berggruen Gallery, Katherine Bradford, Hulda Guzman, Rebecca Ness, New York, USA |
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2019 |
New Release Gallery, Yale MFA Painting, New York, NY |
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Richard Heller Gallery,Martin Gordopelota, Andrew Chuani Ho, Ana Benaroya, Anna Valdez, Los Angeles, CA |
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Yale MFA Painting/Printmaking Thesis Exhibition, New Haven, CT |
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Monya Rowe Gallery, On The Inside, Kate Klingbeil and Rebecca Ness, New York, NY |
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Galleria Acappella, MIART Art Fair booth with Daphne Ahlers and Kajsa Nylander, Milan, Italy |
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Gildar Gallery, A Little Tenderness, Denver, CO |
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Danese/Corey Gallery, Personal Spaces, New York, NY |
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Agency Gallery, Uncanny Tales, New York, NY |
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2018 |
1969 Gallery, Now You See It, New York, NY |
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Green Hall Gallery, Words Cannot Express, Yale School of Art Second Year Show, New Haven, CT |
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Readywipe Gallery, Human Shape, curated by Katherine J. Kim, Holyoke, MA |
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808 Gallery at Boston University, A Few Conversations Between Women, Boston, MA |
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Brilliant Champions Gallery, Bodies of Work, Brooklyn, NY |
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2017 |
Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, You Can Get In And Not Do Anything, Yale MFA |
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First Year Show, New Haven, CT |
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Hows Howard?, Garbage Necklace and Other Things, Boston, MA |
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41 Cooper Gallery, The Cooper Union, Reconstruir, New York NY |
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Anachronism and Liberation, Philadelphia, PA |
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W Hotel and Residences, One Night Stand, Michael Ford, New York, NY |
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Boston Center for the Arts, Boston Center for the Arts Ball, Robert Moeller, Boston, MA |
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Field Projects Gallery, #38, Body/Head, pop up show at Be Fluent NYC, New York, NY |
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Copeland Gallery, B L O O M, London, UK |
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Distillery Gallery, re_vol_ting: an art show in protest, Boston, MA |
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Bergen Street Studios, Brooklyn Lime, Brooklyn, NY |
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Hows Howard?, Queer Painting, Boston, MA |
Residencies
| 2019 | Salon Nino Mier, Cologne, Germany |
| 2016 |
New York Studio School Drawing Marathon with Graham Nickson, New York, NY |
| 2015 |
The Chautauqua Institution, Residency Program, Chautauqua, NY |
| 2014 |
Venice Studio Arts Program, Boston University, Venice, Italy |
Collections
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
JP Morgan Chase Art Collection
Long Museum, Shanghai, China
Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway
Dangxia Art Space, Beijing
M Art Foundation, Shanghai
Recharge Foundation, New York/Singapore
Asymmetry Art Foundation, London/Hong Kong
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Rebecca NessNotes to Self, 2024Oil on linen61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in) -
Rebecca NessGround still life, 2023Gouache on panel41 x 30.4 cm (16 1/8 x 12 in)
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Rebecca NessAlone come morning, 2022Gouache and colored pencil on paper
76.2 x 57.1 cm (30 x 22.5 in)
85.3 cm x 66.3 cm (framed) -
Rebecca NessEvergreen, 2022Oil on linen177.8 x 228.6 cm (70 x 90 in)
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Rebecca NessGroup undress, 2022Gouache and colored pencil on paper76.2 x 57.1 cm (30 x 22.5 in)
85.3 cm x 66.3 cm (framed) -
Rebecca NessLeft behind, 2022Gouache and colored pencil on paper
76.2 x 57.1 cm (30 x 22.5 in)
85.3 cm x 66.3 cm (framed) -
Rebecca NessRest, 2022Oil on linen198 x 305 cm (78 x 120 in)
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Rebecca NessSummer studio, 2022Oil on linen228.6 x 152.4 cm (90 x 60 in)
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Rebecca NessA Happy Memory, 2021Oil on linen198.1 x 304.8 cm
78 x 120 in -
Rebecca NessA Rustling, 2021Oil on linen228.6 x 177.8 cm
90 x 70 in -
Rebecca NessA Rustling II, 2021Gouache and colored pencil on paper57.1 x 76.2 cm
22 1/2 x 30 in -
Rebecca NessBook Sale, 2021Oil on linen76.2 x 101.6 cm
30 x 40 in -
Rebecca NessEscape, 2021Oil on linen198.1 x 264.2 cm
78 x 104 in -
Rebecca NessFamily Basement, 2021Oil on linen165.1 x 264.2 cm
65 x 104 in -
Rebecca NessHerman Counts the Trees, 2021Oil on linen228.6 x 152.4 cm
90 x 60 in -
Rebecca NessIn Flight, 2021Oil on linen228.6 x 177.8 cm
90 x 70 in -
Rebecca NessMy Life, 2021Oil on linen165.1 x 264.2 cm
65 x 104 in -
Rebecca NessNovember 26, 2020, 2021Oil on linen76.2 x 101.6 cm
30 x 40 in -
Rebecca NessOlive Branch, 2021Oil on linen228.6 x 203.2 cm
90 x 80 in -
Rebecca NessTeletherapy, 2021Oil on linen177.8 x 203.2 cm
70 x 80 in -
Rebecca NessUrban bouquet: Night, 2021Gouache and colored pencil on paper76.2 x 57.1 cm
30 x 22 1/2 in -
Rebecca Ness"Put the pencil down my love", 2020Oil on linen152.4 x 203.2 cm
60 x 80 in -
Rebecca NessConvening at the Table, 2020Oil on linen152.4 x 177.8 cm
60 x 70 in -
Rebecca NessHolly Coming Home, 2020Oil on linen215.9 x 304.8 cm
85 x 120 in -
Rebecca NessI See You, 2020Oil on linen215.9 x 304.8 cm
85 x 120 in -
Rebecca NessPencil Flipper, 2020Oil on linen210.8 x 228.6 cm
83 x 90 in -
Rebecca NessPublications of the Past, 2020Oil on linen100.3 x 50.2 cm
39 1/2 x 19 3/4 in -
Rebecca NessTime Together, 2020Oil on linen210.8 x 228.6 cm
83 x 90 in
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#MarguoSummer and Looking Ahead to the Fall
Gallery Closed for Summer Holiday until 15 August 2022 27 Jul 2022Galerie Marguo is temporarily closed for the summer holiday till 15 August. Come back to the gallery starting on 16 August to catch the last...Read more -
Rebecca Ness Joins Galerie Marguo
22 Nov 2021We proudly welcome artist Rebecca Ness to Galerie Marguo and now represent her in France and Asia. Drawn from the fabric of the artist’s...Read more
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Artnet News: What I Buy and Why: Bay Area Fixtures Pamela and David Hornik on Supporting Contemporary Art—With the Help
Lee Carter, Artnet News, 14 Aug 2023 -
Juxtapoz | Stepping Out: Rebecca Ness' Parisian Debut With Galerie Marguo
Sasha Bogojev, Juxtapoz , 26 Oct 2021 -
Juxtapoz | Rebecca Ness: The Tools of Her Trade
Sasha Bogojev, Juxtapoz, 23 Dec 2019 -
ArtMazeMag | Rebecca Ness: If I work with a fire under my ass thats when the paintings gets the most exciting
Layla Leimen, ArtMazeMag, 8 Mar 2018
