Rebecca Warren Art

Rebecca Warren — Australian abstract artist exploring place, mapping, landscape and the physical act of making marks between Australia and France. Living permanently in the Lot Valley, France since 2018, she draws inspiration from the rivers, landscapes and deep history of the region, as well as from her Australian background and long-standing interest in Aboriginal art and culture.
Her work explores landscape, memory, mapping and the emotional responses generated by particular places. She has a fascination with maps and the patterns of rivers, pathways, cells and organic forms, translating these into abstract visual languages.
At the heart of her practice is the haptic act of making marks—the physical, intuitive process of painting itself. She is particularly fascinated by the beauty of the accident: the unexpected mark, gesture, colour or collision that emerges through the process and becomes part of the work.
Her interest in mapping, nature and the emotional experience of landscape has been influenced by Aboriginal approaches to Country, alongside her own experience of the Australian landscape. These influences come together with her fascination for abstract mark-making to create paintings that evoke waterways, aerial maps, orga...

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
TESOL English Course, 2024
Anthropology teaching and tutoring (Levels 1 & 2) and casual lecturing, University of Adelaide, 1994–2007.

Secondary School Teacher, 2011–2015: Stuart High School, Woodville High School, Oodnadatta Aboriginal School, Windsor Gardens High School (South Australia).
Specialist teacher and tutor in Indigenous education (secondary and university levels), 2011–2015 (South Australia).

EDUCATION

2023 GRETA Figeac: French as a Foreign Language (FLE) for Professional Purposes; DCL certification (Level B1–B2)

2013 Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language, TAFE College

2010 Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education, University of Adelaide

1995 University Teaching Course (ACUE), University of Adelaide

1991–96 PhD, University of Adelaide (Dept. of Anthropology) – Incomplete; withdrew in good standing to raise children

1994–2007 Anthropology teaching and tutoring (Levels 1 & 2) and casual lecturing, University of Adelaide

1987 Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies, Victoria College

1986 M.A. (Hons.), Monash University (Dept. of Anthropology)

1984 B.A., University of Adelaide Anthropology

MUSEUM PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

South Australian Museum, Museum Research O...

2024 Several public Conferences on Aboriginal Art in St Pierre Toirac, Lot
2025 Exhibition and Aboriginal Art Workshop at Montbrun, Lot
2026 Exhibitions at St Pierre Toirac, and Montbrun, as well as art workshop at Montbrun. Establishment of Saatchi site.