Rebecca Meredith

I explore an idea through research, sketching, and finally completing the artwork construction.

Inspirations are never-ending, but often include:
Tailored sentences and etymology
Fashion and architecture
Urban landscape and narrative textiles
Color relationships, shapes, suggestive line
Music and spatial arrangement
Masks and sociology
Dance and allegory
Psychology and interaction

When others approach the artwork, I hope they will have a similar joy for the layers of art experience, whether drawing from mental analogy or whimsical visual interpretation.

AWARDS AND HONORS
Awarded residency at The Contemporary Artists Center (April, 2009),
Art Farm ( May 2009), ArtCroft in Carlisle, Kentucky. (August 2008)
Awarded full fellowship at Stonehouse Residency (June 2009), Vermont Studio Center Residency (June 2008)
Awarded emerging artist booth and travel scholarship to The Toronto Artist Project 2009.
Awarded free spread advertising in Direct Act Magazine. (May 2008) Awarded Top 100 by Paint America. Painting to travel around the United States over duration of the year. (Topeka, Ks. January 2008)
Awarded Merit of honor and nominated for museum purchase by Triton Museum of Art. (Santa Clara, Ca. May 2007)
Received grants from Volunteers for Peace and The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation to implement arts program at orphanage in Jalisco, Mexico. (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, June 1999) Member of juried organization Oil Painters of America (2007-2008)

TEACHING

Taught art history and social theory, contemporary art, graphic design and art foundations at ITT College (Sacramento and Concord locations, 2008- present) Lectured on cultural landscape studies and media ecology at University of San Francisco (San Francisco, 2007-2009...