Rebecca Harper
Rebecca Harper’s figurative images are rooted in drawing from observation whether it be from life, borrowed source material, or old photographs found in her family archive. Her subjects and their surroundings take on a dreamlike quality through her distinctive glowing palette and use of translucent layering. Whether working on canvas or paper, the resulting pictures are inhabited by characters that appear both languid and restless; seemingly stopped in time, like snapshots of memories.
Rebecca studied at the Royal Drawing School, London, followed by the Turps Banana Art School, London. She has exhibited widely in the UK and Europe and was selected for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition at the South London Gallery in 2019. She is represented by Anima Mundi Gallery in St. Ives, Cornwall, who presented a solo exhibition of her work titled ‘The Waters of Dwelling’ in September 2021. In the same year, a large-scale painting by Rebecca was selected for the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize exhibition. We were proud to exhibit Rebecca’s work in our group show ‘Drawing Closer’ in 2020 and subsequently launched our online shop with a collection of paintings on paper and sketchbook drawings in spring 2022.
Rebecca works in Deptford, south east London.
We are looking forward to presenting new work by Rebecca in our forthcoming group exhibition Almost Blue which opens on 6th June 2024. Please register your interest.