Rebecca is from London and lives in Stoke On Trent. She has a deeply embedded and collaborative practice that crosses illustration, design, performance and event.
She studied illustration at Glasgow School of Art and graduated from the RCA Communication Art & Design course in 2010, receiving the Sheila Robinson Prize for Drawing. In 2013 she was made an Artsadmin Associate Artist. She has run participation projects with Turner Contemporary, Tate, South London Gallery, and was lead artist of the Whitechapel Gallery Community Workshops for 3 years. Her project, The Oasis Social Club, represented Great Britain at the 2015 Mons European Capital of Culture before completing a UK tour. Rebecca set up Peoples' Bureau with Eva Sajovic, an associate of Tate Exchange. Their film Unearthing Elephant received the AHRC award for Research in film, 2017.
Rebecca and artist Anna Francis set up The Portland Inn Project CIC in 2016 in a residential area of Stoke on Trent, working in collaboration with other artists, arts organisations and residents to improve their community and renovate an old pub building. The project advocates for people led change, and champions the importance of art in leading that change, and in cooperation with public services.
@rebeccamariadavies
She studied illustration at Glasgow School of Art and graduated from the RCA Communication Art & Design course in 2010, receiving the Sheila Robinson Prize for Drawing. In 2013 she was made an Artsadmin Associate Artist. She has run participation projects with Turner Contemporary, Tate, South London Gallery, and was lead artist of the Whitechapel Gallery Community Workshops for 3 years. Her project, The Oasis Social Club, represented Great Britain at the 2015 Mons European Capital of Culture before completing a UK tour. Rebecca set up Peoples' Bureau with Eva Sajovic, an associate of Tate Exchange. Their film Unearthing Elephant received the AHRC award for Research in film, 2017.
Rebecca and artist Anna Francis set up The Portland Inn Project CIC in 2016 in a residential area of Stoke on Trent, working in collaboration with other artists, arts organisations and residents to improve their community and renovate an old pub building. The project advocates for people led change, and champions the importance of art in leading that change, and in cooperation with public services.
@rebeccamariadavies
