EDUCATION
2012 MFA, Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
2006 BA, Fine Arts, Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Rebecca Ward & Sandra Blow: Nothing to See Here, Ronchini, London, UK
2022 unfolding, Ronchini Gallery, London, UK
distance to venus, SITE, Santa Fe, NM
infinite plane, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
2018 silhouettes, Ronchini Gallery, London, UK
2017 Rebecca Ward, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
2015 aphasia, Ronchini Gallery, London, UK
indulgences, Ex Chiesetta, Polignano a Mare, IT
2013 Shucked & Silked, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
Crocodile Tears, East Hampton Shed, East Hampton, NY
Rebecca Ward + Carla Accardi, Bibo’s Place, Todi, Italy
cow tipping, Ronchini Gallery+Artnesia, London, UK
2011 thickly-sliced, CAM Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Fresh Faces from the Rachofsky Collection, Site 131, Dallas, TX
Field of Vision, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
2020 CUBED, The Hole, New York, NY
2019 Summer Exhibition, Luxembourg & Dayan, London, UK
2018 Moondog, East Hampton Shed, East Hampton, NY
Over & Over, Columbia College, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 Micro Salon #7, Galerie l’Inlassable, Paris, FR
Six Years of the Shandaken Project, Philips Auction House, New York, NY
Sister Outsider, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Summer Fling, The Barn Show, Johannes Vogt, East Hampton, NY
All Fun And Games Until Someone Gets Burnt…, Manhattan Loft Gallery, London, UK
Making & Unmaking, curated by Duro Olowu, Camden Arts Center, London, UK
The Tim Sayer Bequest: a Private Collection Revealed, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK
3 Shifts. With Mernet Larsen and Garth Evans, Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, NY
Eastwing Biennial, Artificial Realities, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
2015 Des/Conexiones, Impakto, Lima, Peru
Diphthong, Shirley Fiterman Art Center at BMCC, New York, NY
Surface Tension, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY
Future Perfect, Philip Bloom Gallery, Nantucket, MA
SURPH, The Barn Show, East Hampton, NY
Space Between, Curated by Louis Grachos + Stephanie Roach, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY
Post-Analog Painting, The Hole, New York, NY
Linear Abstraction, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
January, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
2014 Spotlight, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
All That Matters Is What’s Left Behind, Ronchini Gallery, London, UK
The Shaped Canvas, Revisited, Luxembourg & Dayan, New York, NY
Material Images, Vogt Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Experiment. Studio, APERTO Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
Thirteen Twenty-Three, Brooklyn, NY
239 Days, School of Visual Arts MFA Alumni Show, Allegra La Viola Gallery, New York, NY
2012 TIME after TIME, Ronchini Gallery + Artnesia, London, UK
Post-Op, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
Hennessy Youngman: It’s a Small, Small World, Family Business, New York, NY
The Way Beyond Art, Wattis Institute, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
The Virgins Show, curated by Marilyn Minter, Family Business, New York, NY
Just the Tip, Organised by Mike Egan, SVA Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Elbow Room, Westside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
CAA MFA New York Area Exhibition, Hunter College, New York, NY
2010 Deconstruct + Reconstruction, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
2009 Buttress Buttress, Mini Dutch Gallery, Chicago, IL
Prismatak, Domy Books, Houston, TX
2008 Architecture of Perception, Box 13 Artspace, Houston, TX
New Art In Austin, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2007 Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX
Double X, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Texas Biennial, Austin, TX
2006 New American Talent 21, Arthouse, Austin, TX
AWARDS + RESIDENCIES
2016 Shandaken Project at Storm King
2015 Nomination. Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award
2015 Corporation of Yaddo, Visual Artist Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, New York
2013 Atelier Alighiero Boetti, Residency Fellowship, Todi, Italy
2013 Nominated Artists Under 30 Prize, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2012 School of Visual Arts, MFA Fine Arts Award
2011 School of Visual Arts, MFA Fine Arts Award
CATALOGUES
2021 Rebecca Ward, FLAG Art Foundation, essay by Jonathan Rider
2019 FLAG Art Foundation 10th Anniversary Catalogue
2016 Making and Unmaking. Camden Arts Center. London, UK.
2015 aphasia, Ronchini Gallery, essays by Eliza Gregory and Anna Moszynska, London, UK.
Post-Analog Painting, The Hole, New York, NY
2014 The Shaped Canvas Revisited, Luxembourg & Dayan.
All that matters is what’s left behind, Ronchini Gallery, London, UK
2013 Rebecca Ward: cow tipping, essay by Stephen Maine, Ronchini Gallery, London, UK
2010 TIME after TIME, Ronchini Gallery, London, UK
New Art in Austin: 20 to Watch. Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2007 Texas Biennial, Austin, TX
2006 New American Talent 21. Arthouse at the Jones Centre, Austin, TX
COLLECTIONS
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA
The Warehouse, Dallas, Texas, USA
FLAG Art Foundation, New York, USA
The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK
Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Tasmania, Australia
LECTURES + TEACHING
2020 Visiting Artist, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2016 Visiting Artist, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2015 Visiting Artist, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2015 Visiting Artist, School of Visual Arts, NY
2014 Luxembourg & Dayan, with Jacob Kassay and Suzanne Hudson, New York, NY
2011 CAM Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
2011 Fundacao Casa Franca Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2008 Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2006 Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Abatemarco, Michael, “Long-Distance Relationship,” Pasatiempo, September 2
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Kinsella, Eileen. “The Armory show makes a triumphant return…” Artnet News, September 9
300 Magazine. “Field of Vision, a Unique Five-person Exhibit at Peter Blum Gallery,” July
Heinrich, Will. “3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now”. The New York Times, June 30
2020 Batycka, Dorian. “Pared Down and Profit Sharing,” The Art Newspaper, April 1
Art Fix Daily. “10 Artworks to see at The Armory Show…” March 5
2019 One Artist, One Material: Fifty Makers and Their Medium, Frame Publishers
2017 Dunmall, Giovanna. Wallpaper, October, 24
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PaperMag. 11 Must See Shows, June 1
Singer, Jilll. “30 Artists,” Sight Unseen, March 7
LVL3. “Artist of the Week,” February 14
2016 Art Agenda. Brussels Roundup, March 16
Vice. “Creators Project,” April 22
Dallas Observer, April 6
2015 Lee, Helena, “Narrative Threads,” Harper’s Bazaar Art, November
artcritical. “The Ghost in the Machine,” October 5
Feldblum, Samuel. “Space Between,” The Brooklyn Rail, September
McDermott, Emily, “Artist at work: Rebecca Ward”, Interview, August 28
Maine, Stephen. “A Diffuse Glow,” artcritical, August 12
Perry, Eve. “Paintings that Blur Pixel and Pigment,” Hyperallergic, May 11
Granger, Bryan. “Linear Abstraction at the SCAD Museum of Art,” Dailyserving, March 30
Stover, Caroline. “Linear Abstraction for the 21st Century,” Burnaway, March 4
2014 Indresik, Scott. “Afros, Abstraction and Experimentation at Untitled,” Artinfo, 3 December
Asafour, Nana, “A New Art Exhibit Breaks out of the Traditional Square”, Vogue, May
Ostrow, Saul, “The Shaped Canvas Revisited at Luxembourg and Dayan”, Modern Painters, BLOUINARTINFO, July
2013 Smith, Claude. New American Paintings, December
Pagington, Freed. “New Directions in Abstraction,” Artslant Rackroom, July
Maggi, Allessandra. “Todi: l’opening di Bibo’s Place, con Carla Accardi e Rebecca Ward,” Corriere della Sera, May 17
The Art Newspaper, “Being Arty in Boetti’s Atelier”, In the Frame, April 15
Milliard, Colline. “The New (New?) Feminist Painter Rebecca Ward debuts at Ronchini Gallery,” Artinfo.com, April 10
Weinstock, Tish, Garage Magazine, April 11
2012 Kimball, Whitney. “Magic Eye: Op Art at Mixed Greens,” New American Paintings, August
Weiner, Emily. “The Virgins Show at Family Business,” Domus February 23
Myriam Ben Salah. “The Virgins Show,” Artpress, April 20
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