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BIO

 

Rebecca Neeley is an artist working in printmaking, painting and performance art. Currently based in Berlin and originally from Sydney Australia, her art practice weaves observations of modern culture with autobiographical experience. Neeley creates artworks that capture transient moments in musical encounters, reminding us of our ability to truly ‘feel’ and ‘be’ in our fast-paced world.

 

After being selected for an Internship in 2015 at the remote Titjikala Aboriginal Art Centre (Northern Territory) Neeleys' practice transformed from an environmentally driven position to a more introspective questioning of the experienced moment.

 

Her MFA body of work No Man's Land: An Understanding of Truce (2017) expands on that idea of the fleeting ‘presence’ and embodiment, specifically the loss of one’s self in music. A pivotal breakthrough into a new self-performed video work became the core means of expression.

Neeley's current Project 'Parts of Ones' Self' (2022/2023)

examines a new encounter with music. The project explores the role imagination plays whilst experiencing emotions in music. 

 

Other significant achievements included in 2016 Neeley both curated and exhibited in 'Ngapartji Ngapartji (I give you something you give me something)' at Stirrup Gallery, Sydney, a collaborative project with artists from the Titjikala Aboriginal Art Centre. Co-curator and artist in, 'Late Night Express' – a cross-discipline project including live art, music, painting, installation and printmaking – presented at Gallery 371 and The Newsagency live music venue Enmore, Sydney (2017). 

 

Neeley was a Finalist for the Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award in 2017 and has exhibited strongly for her early career in group exhibitions. She graduated in 2017 from the National Art School, Sydney, with a Master of Fine Arts majoring in printmaking, and her Bachelor of Fine Art in 2014.

Exhibitions:​​

'Now we are free', BAR UMU (2019)

Post graduate exhibition, National Art School Sydney (2017)

Lloyd Rees Memorial youth art award (2017)

‘Late Night Express’ Gallery 371 Enmore (2017) (curator, head organiser)

‘Ngapartji Ngapartji’ Stirrup Gallery Addison Road Community centre Marrickville (2016) (curator, head organiser)

Undergraduate National Art School Exhibition (2015)

Printmaking and ceramic Collaboration Stairwell Gallery show, Darlinghurst (2014)

20x20 Stairwell Gallery Show, Darlinghurst (2014)

Saint Scholastics HSC Art Exhibition (2010)

Internships and residencies:

SomoS Arts, Berlin (2022)

National Art School Newington Armory Printmaking residency (2015)

National Art School Aboriginal Art Centre Internship, Titjikala, (2015)

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