RESUME
Rebecca is an artist specializing in public art. Far from progressing in a straight line, her artistic development has proceeded along a variety of interesting paths. She has not confined herself to one specific approach but creates artwork to fit the needs of the client and the site. She navigates between diverse mediums, from glass and terra cotta to metal or stone. Her collaborative experience working with other artists and design professionals has broadened her perspective providing her with opportunities to advance her work each time in different ways at the intersection of public art, design, and architecture.
Selected Exhibitions
2008 Iowa Artist / Drawing, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1993 One Person Show Grandview College, Des Moines, Iowa
1991 “Objects’ Group Show, Olson- Larson Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
1991 Women’s Invitational Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
1983 Women’s Invitational Warm Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Grants
2007 Iowa Arts Council
1994 Iowa Arts Council
Teaching
2016 Community Outreach Program, Des Moines Art Center
2015 Partnership 2GETHER residency Western Gallilee, Israel
2009 - 10 Drake University, College of Art and Design, Des Moines, Iowa
2007 Metro Arts Alliance, After School Program, Des Moines, Iowa
Selected Commissions
2015 Davidson’s Dream, Eling Hall, Biorenewable Building, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
2015 Elements of Erudition, School Of Education, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
2014 - 15 The Peace of Wild Things, Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown Iowa
2012 Purest Substance, Hach Hall, Chemistry Building, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
2011 Service and Honor, Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown, Iowa
2010 Calm Waters, P. Sue Beckwith Boathouse, University Of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2008 Unfolding Passage, Iowa Juvenile Home, Toledo, Iowa
2004 Seeds of Change, Martin Hall Residence Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
2003 Harmonia Universalis, Buchanan Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
2002 Gathered in the Spirit, St.Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Ames, Iowa
2001 Seeds of Change, Eaton Hall Iowa State University Ames, Iowa
1994 Carrie Chapman Catt Memorial, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1992 Dwight Opperman Memorial, Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa
1989 Willard Boyd Portrait, University of Iowa Law School, Iowa City, Iowa
1983 Life Flight Memorial Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa