Bio
Rebecca Riess was born in London in 1972. She received her BFA from The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD 1994 and MFA from Columbia University, School of The Arts, NYC 1996.
She has exhibited widely, both across the US (including LA, Chicago, NYC) and in Europe. In 2010 she moved to Suffolk, UK. Her practice involves drawing, painting, sculpture and stitching. The work usually contains fictional spaces which overlap with reality, non-linear timelines, feminist and socio-political concerns and critiques.
Solo Exhibitions
2026 LOSSLESS, Firstsite, Colchester UK
2025 HOLLOW POND, Panrucker, London UK
SCENES FROM A PLACE CALLED WORLD, The Art Station, Suffolk UK
2024PLAYTHING, The Art Station, Suffolk UK
2023DEAD RURAL, 303 Projects, Suffolk UK
1997FIZZGIG, POST, Los Angeles CA, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 In Proximity, Curated by Lisa Newby, Norwich Castle Museum & Gallery, Norwich UK / 2025 Land Too, Curated by Clare Palmier, The Old Theatre, Framlingham, Suffolk UK. Land, Curated by Clare Palmier, The Art Station, Suffolk UK. Silent Disco 25, Curated by Graham Crowley, Wickham Market, UK. In Sight: In Mind, EA Projects at Kelvedon Hall, Curated by Joanne Ooi, Essex UK. Noon to Moon, Curated by Alexander Costello, Kensington Gardens, First Light Festival, Suffolk UK. Space Oddity, Curated by Michael Stubbs, Atelier Gallery, Leiston, UK. Encounters, The London Art Fair, Represented by The Art Station, London UK / 2024 For Folk Sake, Curated by Alexander Costello & Rebecca Riess, The Cut, Suffolk UK. Thread Count Part Two, The Old Theatre Framlingham, Suffolk UK. Thread Count Part One, The Art Station, Suffolk UK. Unconsumed ll, The Shoe Factory, Norwich UK. Clyde & Co Art Prize, Shortlisted Exhibition, London UK. Macfarlanes’ Art Prize, Shortlisted Exhibition, London UK. Encouters, The London Art Fair, Represented by 303 Projects, London UK / 2023 Goddesses on Sea, Curated by Angela Johnson & Lucy Jagger, The Lido Stores, Margate, UK. The Goddesses (A Love Explosion), Curated by Angela Johnson & Lucy Jagger, Terrace Gallery, London, UK / 2022 Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Curated by Karen Densham & Annabel Dover, The Art Station, Suffolk UK. StudioUS, PRIMYARC, Originalprojects, Norfolk. Give Me Love, The Lido Stores, Margate, UK / 2021 FOR SUFFOLK SAKE, The Art Station, Suffolk, UK, Curated by Rebecca Riess and Alexander Costello / 2002 Relative Object, POST, Los Angeles CA, USA. Alice doesn’t live here anymore, Marvelli Gallery, NYC NY, USA. La Tigresa Ultima, ACME, Los Angeles CA, USA. Frankfurt International Art Fair, represented by POST, Frankfurt, Germany. Chicago International Art Fair, represented by POST, Chicago IL, USA / 2001 Duck n Drink DiannePruess, Los Angeles CA, USA. 100% Rag, POST, Los Angeles CA, USA. Two Friends and so on, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles CA, USA. Somewhere in the Night, POST, Los Angeles CA, USA / 2000 Night of a 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, NYC NY, USA. Next to Fish CornerCorp, Canal Street NYC NY, USA / 1999 Milennial Tension, POST, Los Angeles CA, USA / 1998 8.1/29.98, POST, Los Angeles CA, USA. Plaats (Place) W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Individually Twisted, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles CA, USA. Square Pegs, Ron Breeden Gallery, OC CA, USA / 1997 Gramercy International Art Fair, Represented by POST, Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles CA / 1996 24 Degrees, curated by Kenny Schachter, 480 Broome Street, NYC NY, USA. Avoid Collision, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Watson Gallery, Columbia University NYC NY, USA
Education & Development
2022 New Platform Art Professional Development Program, UK
2021 Lead Artist Commission - Suffolk Peer Group Critique - The Art Station, Suffolk,
2020-22 Contemporary Painting Mentor Program, New Art School, UK
1994-96 MA Fine Arts Columbia University, School of The Arts, NYC, NY, USA
1995 Residency Fellowship, Skowhegen School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, USA
1990-94 BA Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD, USA
Small Sea 2020, 30 x 40cm, Vinyl Emulsion on Linen