Rebecca Ward
b. 1984 Waco, TX
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education
2012 MFA, Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York
2006 BA, Fine Arts, Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin

Solo + Two Person Exhibitions
2011
thickly-sliced. CAM Raleigh. Raleigh, NC.

2009
CMYK. Milk Gallery. Istanbul, Turkey.
Information is Incidental. Charlotte Street Foundation. Emily Sall+Rebecca Ward. Kansas City, MO.

2007
Finesilver Gallery. Houston, TX.
Tape10. Lawndale Art Center. Houston, TX.

2006
Rebecca Ward+Kurt Mueller. The Donkey Show. Austin, TX.

Group Exhibitions
2012
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. Organized by Mike Egan. SVA Visual Arts Gallery. New York, NY.

2011
Elbow Room. Westside Gallery. School of Visual Arts. New York, NY.
Sretenka Design Week. Tsvetnoy Central Market. Moscow, Russia.
Nova. Foundação Casa França-Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
CAA MFA New York Area Exhibition. Hunter College. New York, NY.

2010
Deconstruct+Reconstruction. Visual Arts Center. Austin, TX.
Nova Artscapes. Scion Space. Culver City, CA.
Nova. Museum for Image and Sound. Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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.
Traveling Exhibition. San Antonio, TX (Blue Star), Abilene, TX (Grace), Houston, TX (Diverseworks).

2007
Double X. Step Gallery. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
Texas Biennial. Austin, TX.
<FAIR>. Art Palace Gallery. Austin, TX.

2006
Affair at the Jupiter Hotel. Art Palace Gallery. Portland, OR.
Nohegan Exhibition. Mass Gallery. Austin, TX.
New American Talent 21. Arthouse. Austin, TX.

2005
Cinematexas 10. Austin, TX.
Heydays (again). Creative Research Lab. Austin, TX.

Commissions + Public Projects
2012 Stella McCartney. New York, NY
2011 Design Trust for Public Space. Center 548. New York, NY.
2010 Kate Spade. New York, NY.
2009 Kate Spade. Tokyo, Japan.
2007 First Night Austin. Austin TX.

Public Lectures
2011 CAM Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
2011 Fundacao Casa Franca Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2008 Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2007 Texas Biennial, Austin, TX
2007 Lawndale, Houston, TX
2006 Women and Their Work, Austin, TX

Catalogues
New Art in Austin: 20 to Watch. Austin Museum of Art. Austin, TX.
Finesilver Gallery. Houston, TX.
Texas Biennial. Austin, TX.
New American Talent 21. Arthouse at the Jones Center. Austin, TX

Bibliography
2012
Weiner, Emily. Domus. The Virgins Show at Family Business. 23 Feb.
Myriam Ben Salah. Artpress. The Virgins Show. 20 April.

2011
Duffy, Stephen. High on the Line. New York Observer. 9 November.
Robinson, Walter. Artnet. 29 September.
Vitiello, Chris. Independent Weekly. 24 August.
Greenberg, Blue. The Herald-Sun. 27 August.
Artdaily. 10 August.
Zigler, Matt. ncartblog. 2 August.
Millsaps, David. New Raleigh. 29 July.
Geometric Design. PageOne.
Yuan, LinYee. Theme Magazine. Interview. p.20. January Issue.

2010
Installation Art. Sandu Media. December.
R. Klanten, L. Feireiss. Staging Space. Gestalten. October.
Calderon, Trina. Juxtapoz. 15 Sept.
Juxtapoz. 5 Aug.
Graphics and Space. Sandu Media. August.
a+a. Volume 30. No. 4. p.95 - 99.
Schiller, Sara. Wooster Collective. Interview. 1 March.

2009
Kor, Coco. Design360. Issue No. 24. pp 58-61. Interview. November.
Pinar, Arslan. XXI. October issue.
Kiger, Rumeysa. Today's Zaman Daily. 17 September.
Malewski, Nick. Kansas City Star. 08 July.
Leatham, Will. arttattler.com. 24 June.
De:Bug. Issue 132, p. 18. May issue.
Isé, Claudine. Newcity Art. 23 February.
R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, M. Huebner. Tangible: High Touch Visuals. Published January 2009.
Szita, Jane. FRAME Magazine. Interview. January/February issue.

2008
Grafik Magazine. Interview. November and December issues.
Design Boom. 14 July.
Fisch, Sarah. San Antonio Current. 11 November.

2007
Castillo, Salvador, Amanda Douberly, Nikki Moore. The Austin Chronicle. 6 April.
Kirch, Corinna. Might Be Good. Issue 90. 29 June. Issue 85. 9 March.
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. Houston Press. 4 October.
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. Austin American Statesman. 29 December.

2006
Bae, James. Might Be Good. 28 June.
Douberley, Amanda. The Austin Chronicle. 14 July.
Haskell, Caitlin. Interview. 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.

Awards
2011/2012 SVA MFA Fine Arts Award
2007/2008 Nominated Best Austin Artist by Critics Table
2006 Undergraduate Research Fellowship Grant
2003-2006 Bernard and Audre Rapoport Scholar