Rebecca Ward
b. 1984 Waco, TX
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
BA, Fine Arts, Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Solo + Two Person Exhibitions
2009
Milk Gallery. 3 Sept - 27 Sept. Istanbul, Turkey.
Charlotte Street Foundation. Paragraph Gallery. Emily Sall+Rebecca Ward. 19 March-8 Aug. Kansas City, MO.
2007
First Night Austin. 31 December. Austin TX.
Finesilver Gallery. 6 September - 6 October. Houston, TX. catalogue
Lawndale Art Center. Project Space. 9 March - 14 April. Houston, TX.
2006
The Donkey Show. Rebecca Ward+Kurt Mueller. 15 June - 30 July. Austin, TX.
Group Exhibitions
2010
Forthcoming: NOVA ARTSCAPES. Scion Space. 18 September - 17 October. Culver City, CA.
Visual Arts Center. Reconstruct+Deconstruction. 23 September - 23 October. Austin, TX.
Museum for Image and Sound. ROJO®NOVA. 1 July - 14 August. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2009
Mini Dutch Gallery. Buttress Buttress. 7 February - 8 March. Chicago, IL.
Domy Books. Prismatak. 31 January - 16 March. Houston, TX
2008
Box 13 Artspace. Architecture of Perception. 27 September - 25 October. Houston, TX.
New Art In Austin. Austin Museum of Art. February 16- May 11 2009. Austin, TX.
Traveling Exhibition. San Antonio, TX (Blue Star), Abilene, TX (Grace), Houston, TX (Diverseworks).
2007
Step Gallery. Double X. Arizona State University. 22 October. Tempe, AZ.
Texas Biennial. 1 March - 15 April. Austin, TX.
Art Palace Gallery. <FAIR>. 18 November - 23 December. Austin, TX.
2006
Affair at the Jupiter Hotel (Art Palace Gallery). 29 September - 1 October. Portland, OR.
Mass Gallery (Nohegan Exhibition). 14 July - 13 August. Austin, TX.
Arthouse. New American Talent 21. 17 June - 20 August. Austin, TX.
Creative Research Lab. Senior Show. 25 February - 18 March. Austin, TX.
2005
Cinematexas 10. Austin, TX. 14-18 September.
Creative Research Lab. Heydays (again). 6 December. Austin, TX.
Commissions
Kate Spade, New York. Aoyama flagship store. 14 October 2009. Tokyo, Japan.
Kate Spade, New York. Broome Street flagship store. 16 February 2010. New York, NY.
Bibliography
2011
Geometric Design. PageOne Publishing (Singapore). Forthcoming
Installation Art. Sandu Media. (China). Forthcoming
2010
Juxtapoz (online). 5 August. View.
Sceno. Published by Gestalten (Germany). Forthcoming.
Graphics and Space. Published by Sandu Media (China). August.
Cericola, Lisa. Biz Bash Magazine. p.15 July-August issue. View.
Casa Living (Korea). Spring Issue.
a+a (architecture + art, China). Volume 30. No. 4. p.95 - 99.
Wooster Collective. Shit We’re Diggin: Rebecca Ward at Kate Spade. Interview, Sara Schiller. 1 March. View.
2009
Kor, Coco. Design360 (China). Issue No. 24. pp 58-61. "The Dimensions of Tape." Interview. November. View.
Luxe Magazine. November issue.
Pinar, Arslan (Turkey). XXI. Lbantlarla Mekan Örmek. October issue. View.
Kiger, Rumeysa (Turkey). Today's Zaman Daily. Rebecca Ward brings the art of tape to Beyoglu. 17 September. View.
Malewski, Nick. Kansas City Star. Installations at Paragraph gallery create awareness of space. 08 July. View.
Leatham, Will (Kansas City). arttatter.com. Rich and Sumptious Collaborations, for the Pleasure of the Viewer. 24 June. View.
De:Bug (Germany). Rebecca Ward: Tape Raume. Issue 132, p. 18. May issue. View.
Isé, Claudine (Chicago). Newcity Art. Buttress, Buttress/Mini Dutch Gallery. 23 February View.
R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, M. Huebner (Germany). Tangible: High Touch Visuals. Published January 2009.
FRAME Magazine (Netherlands). Interview. January/February issue. View.
2008
Grafik Magazine (UK). Interview, Talent Feature. November and December issues. website.
Boni, Andrew. Jetcomx.com. Fantastically Intricate Red Vinyl Tape Art... 24 July. View.
Design Boom. Installations by Rebecca Ward. 14 July. View.
Fisch, Sarah. San Antonio Current. Grip River and Austin Fever. 11 November. View.
Haskell, Caitlin. New Art in Austin (Exh Cat.).
Reeves, Kimberly. Austin Chronicle. 11 January.
2007
Castillo, Salvador, Amanda Douberly, Nikki Moore. The Austin Chronicle. 6 April.
Cook, Rachel and Gupta, Anjali. Texas Biennial (Exh. Cat.)
Kirch, Corinna. ...might be good. Issue 90. 29 June. Issue 85. 9 March.
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. Houston Press. 4 October. View.
Schulze, Troy and Kelly Klaasmeyer. Houston Press. March, April issues.
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. Austin American Statesman. 29 December.
2006
Chang, Aimee. New American Talent 21 (Exh. Cat). Austin: Arthouse.
Douberley, Amanda. The Austin Chronicle. 14 July.
Fisher, Garren. The Daily Texan. 10 August.
Haskell, Caitlin. Interview in …might be good. 28 June.
Horyn, Cathy. “Lone Star Syle.” New York Times. 27 August.
Libby, Brian. The Oregonian. 2 October. (photograph)
Moore, Nikki. The Austin Chronicle. 14 July.
Fellowships/Awards
Nominated Best Artist in Austin by Austin Critics Table. 2007/2008.
Undergraduate Research Fellowship Grant, 2006
Bernard and Audre Rapoport Scholar, 2003-2006
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