Drawing from early Modernist architecture of the interwar period and its embodiment of humanist ideals, Chamberlain's works are meditations on dwelling and being.
Rebecca Chamberlain has worked broadly across disciplines, from painting and performance to fashion design. Her paintings and drawings consider the boundaries of public and private spaces and the psychological and physical impact of architecture. Using materials such as lithography ink, ballpoint pen in unusual ways, Chamberlain’s paintings of Modernist architecture call attention to a humanist approach to design and its effect on the way we experience spaces. Simultaneously, Chamberlain has continued to consult in the fashion world from directing her own lines to joining the initial UNIQLO New York design team to designing the award-winning Woolmark collection for M.Patmos. In March 2020, she became a partner at Clementine Vintage Clothing, located in Andes NY.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Chamberlain received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has performed at the Hirschhorn Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. Her work has been exhibited at Dodge Gallery, 303 Gallery, and Knoedler Project Space in New York; VOLTA NY, New York; judirotenberg gallery, Boston, MA; Leyendecker Gallery, SP among other venues. She has been a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Grant and a NYFA Fellowship for Painting. Chamberlain's work has been reviewed in Artforum, The New York Times, Art in America, Artinfo.com, The Boston Globe, Flash Art and Tema Celeste, among others. Her work is included in the collections of The Currier and RISD Museums, Société Bic, Fidelity Investments and Torys LLP. Following a residency at Het Vijfde Seizoen (an artist residence program at a psychiatric hospital in the Netherlands) in 2013, Chamberlain became an Artist Ambassador for the Beautiful Distress Foundation Artist Residency at Kings County Hospital.
Rebecca lives and works between Brooklyn and Delancey, New York.
Art CV / Fashion CV
Contact rebecca(at)rebecca-chamberlain.com
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Hope & Calm, M.Patmos in collaboration with Arts Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Salon Number Four, Two Person Exhibit, Salon Mademoiselle Mars, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Public Housing/ Private Home, Solo Booth curated by Mari Spirito, SPRINGBREAK Art Fair, New York, NY
2017
Homatorium III, Lost Horizon, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibition, Bushel Collective, Delhi, NY
2015
Landscape Architect, Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, Canary Islands, SP
2013
A Home, Not a Metaphor, The Real Thing, Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy, Amsterdam, NL
Homatorium I, DODGEgallery, New York, NY
2011
…Wouldn’t it be sublime…, DODGEgallery, New York, NY
2010
Empire State of Mind, VOLTA NY with judi rotenberg gallery, New York, NY
2009
Pre- Occupation, judi rotenberg gallery, Boston, MA
2003
KAWAII / tête á tête - Twins Series, PUSH, New York, NY
2002
KAWAII / tête á tête, Move Lab, New York, NY
1998
KAWAII / tête á tête – XMAS Messages, Showroom Gallery, Santa Fe NM
Group Exhibitions
2020
Life During Wartime, an evolving on-line exhibition curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné, and organized by USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
2019
The Twenty by Sixteen Biennial, curated in collaboration with Geoffrey Young, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Opening Balance, Bushel Collective, Delhi, NY
2018
Zomergasten, Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent, NL
La Collection BIC, 104 cent quatre, Paris, FR
2017
Summer Exhibition, D. R. Evarts Library, Athens, NY
Post-Election, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
2016
Inner City, Cityscapes Gallery, Marineterrein, NL
Wrap Around 9, Curated by Renée Riccardo, ARENA@Suite 806, New York, NY
2015
Only 2.5 hrs from GWB, Curated by Pia Dehne, Hamden INN & Orphic Gallery, Roxbury, NY
2014
Thank You, DODGEgallery, New York, NY
2012
Size Matters, DODGEgallery, New York, NY
2011
The Last Space, Openhouse Gallery, New York, NY
SHAKEDOWN, DODGEgallery, New York, NY
2010
Vivid: Female Currents in Painting, Schroeder, Romero & Shredder, New York, NY
DRAMATIS PERSONAE, DODGEgallery, New York, NY
Sites of Memory: Architecture and Remembering, curated by William Stover, Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Death is Not the End, 31 Grand, New York, NY
Summer, curated by Marella Consellini, Knoedler Project Space, New York, NY
Places, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
2007
Three for Society, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
In Pursuit of Happiness, Sarah Bowen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
At Work, judi rotenberg gallery, Boston, MA
Interiors, Imoderni, Miami, FL
Just a Ghostly Paper Sigh, 31 Grand Gallery, New York, NY
2006
New York, New Work, Agenzia 04, Bolognia, Italy
2005 Group Show, AudioEngine, NY
Inside/Out, The Garage, Jersey City, NJ
#3, Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Dead Kids do Nothing, 31 Grand, Brooklyn, NY
2004
The Studio, David Allen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Art & Community VI: The Color Project, Esther M. Klien Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999
Size Matters, Gail Gates fine art, Dumbo NY
A Room With a View, Sixth @ Prince Fine Art, New York, NY
1998
WAIT STATION, Showroom Gallery at The Art Exchange, New York, NY
1995
Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merian Gallery, New York, NY