Waterpark, 2022

Rebekah Andrade  

Artist Statement:

Bio
Rebekah Andrade holds a BFA in Visual Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Currently, she is studying graphic design through Parsons School of Design in New York City and recently 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 will be one of 44 artists in the New American Painting catalogue, issue #144, to be released Sept/Oct 2020.

Statement
Through re-imagined environments and composed structures, Rebekah's work explores notions of objective and subjective realities. Within the layers of geometric combinations, meandering lines, contrasting palettes and recurring forms are abstractions representing psychological states and our physical surroundings. Repetition is a crucial element in her work, employed as a method for balancing compulsive and reflective thoughts, and rethinking the concrete and ambiguous spaces we inhabit. To expand on compositional and conceptual possibilities, traditional and experimental woodblock printing techniques are incorporated, creating movement, depth, and texture. The mindful process of carving and stamping, unpredictable in its nature, contrasts with notions of the 'ideal' and an anxious attachment to outcome. Through a creative process, a visual language has emerged that drives her practice, challenging perceptions and beliefs within our internal and external environments.

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

Awards & Distinctions:

Grants/Awards
2018-Ada Slaight Gift Grant, OCAD University, Toronto, CAN
Auctions
2019-Arts 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
2014
-The Curious Creature, Toronto, CAN
Residencies / Collaborations
2019
-LA Summer Residency, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, USA
-One-Month Digital Residency, The Gathered Gallery, CND
2017-18
-Drawing Assistant for Michael Landy, Demonstration, Power Plant Gallery,
Toronto, CAN
2011
-Richard Jackson, Studio Work, Bob Rennie Collection at Wing Sang,
Vancouver, CAN

Exhibitions:

Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2020
-Priscilla Fowler, Las Vegas, USA
2019
-Constructed Thoughts, Gallery 1515, Vancouver, CAN
-Trish Nash Team, Nevada, USA
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 Danforth, Toronto, CAN
-Layers, Borowicz Gallery, Montecarmelo, 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
2020
-Superfine Art Fair, NY, USA (Forthcoming)
-Landing Contemporary, Charleston, USA (Forthcoming)
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 Section, Better Living Centre, Toronto, CAN
2013
-Landscapes of Design and Colour, Communication Gallery, CAN