Based in Edinburgh, b. 1989 (London, UK)
rebecca.brewis@gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS
Solo:
2023 Slow Edit, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh (15 Sep - 9 Dec)
2023 Fabrications, Verdant Works, Dundee (5 Aug - 26 Nov)
2022 Gifts for Gods, Volk Gallery, Dundee
2019 Firm is my hand but sweet my mind, Cultureland, Amsterdam
Group:
2024
Eye to Paper Vol. 2, Edinburgh Palette
Then and Now: 100 of Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2022
Residents ‘22, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
SSA 130 Years, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2021
Imprints: Art Editing Modernism, Shandy Hall, North Yorkshire
Figurative Art Now, Mall Galleries, London
Art as Revelation, University of St Andrews, Scotland
ECA Graduate Show 2021, Edinburgh College of Art
Printed Elements, Society of Scottish Artists
Love and Chaos, Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
Miracle, Immanence, Paris
ÖRES 21, Örö Island, Finland
Generator Projects Members, Dundee
2020
Radiophrenia, radio festival broadcast from CCA, Glasgow
Land for us All, Architekturzentrum Wien, Vienna
RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Salon des Refusés, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
Ceremonial, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh
2019
Migration, Meaning, Time, Centre for Philosophy and Visual Art, King’s College London
2018Visions in the Nunnery 2018, selected by Tina Keane, The Nunnery Gallery, London
SPACE / LCN Showcase - 5th Edition, SPACE Hackney, London
INDEX, Stoke Newington Library Gallery, London
Desert Island, S-G Gallery, London
Artist Film Festival VI The Bomb Factory, London + Art Space, Exeter
Thames-Side Open Studios, London
2017
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2017, Jerwood Space, London
In Dreams, Menier Gallery, London
Artsdepot Open 2017, Apthorp Gallery, London
Hidden Lines of Space, Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin
London Festival of Architecture, Soho Square, London
2016
The Drawing Year Exhibition, Royal Drawing School, London
Best of the Drawing Year, Christie’s, London
AWARDS
2023 Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award, Creative Scotland
2023 Leith School of Art Prize awarded at SSA 130 Years
2022 Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award, Creative Scotland
2021 Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation Prize
2021 Edinburgh College of Art Collections Purchase Prize
2021 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize Longlist
2017 Jerwood Drawing Prize Shortlist
RESIDENCIES
2023 Royal Drawing School, Italy
2022 Dumfries House, Scotland
2021-22 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Graduate Residency
2021 Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2019 Cultureland, Amsterdam
2018 London Creative Network, Space Studios Hackney
2018 Dumfries House, Scotland
2018 Centre for Philosophy and the Visual Arts, King's College London
2018 Örö, Finland
2018 AARK, Finland
2017 Dumfries House, Scotland
2017 Cill Railaig Project, Ireland
EDUCATION
2019-2021 Edinburgh College of Art, Contemporary Art Practice MFA (distinction)
2015-2016 Royal Drawing School, The Drawing Year, funded postgraduate diploma
2007-2010 University of Oxford, English BA Hons
COLLECTIONS
University of Edinburgh Collections
Dumfries House Collection
Windsor Castle Royal Collection
TEXTS
2017 Lines Across London, British Land, London. Exhibition text.
2015 Re-thinking the Urban Landscape, The Building Centre, London. Exhibition text.
2016 Landscape. Visual essay for the journal of the Landscape Institute.
2015 Public London, New London Architecture. Exhibition essay.
TEACHING
Gallery Educator, National Galleries of Scotland, 2022 - current
Lead Artist, Young Artist Programme, Hospitalfield, 2022
Royal Drawing School, Young Artist Programme Tutor, 2016-2019
House of Illustration, Family Workshop Leader, 2018
Barbican, Creative Learning Assistant, 2013-2014
rebecca.brewis@gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS
Solo:
2023 Slow Edit, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh (15 Sep - 9 Dec)
2023 Fabrications, Verdant Works, Dundee (5 Aug - 26 Nov)
2022 Gifts for Gods, Volk Gallery, Dundee
2019 Firm is my hand but sweet my mind, Cultureland, Amsterdam
Group:
2024
Eye to Paper Vol. 2, Edinburgh Palette
Then and Now: 100 of Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2022
Residents ‘22, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
SSA 130 Years, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2021
Imprints: Art Editing Modernism, Shandy Hall, North Yorkshire
Figurative Art Now, Mall Galleries, London
Art as Revelation, University of St Andrews, Scotland
ECA Graduate Show 2021, Edinburgh College of Art
Printed Elements, Society of Scottish Artists
Love and Chaos, Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
Miracle, Immanence, Paris
ÖRES 21, Örö Island, Finland
Generator Projects Members, Dundee
2020
Radiophrenia, radio festival broadcast from CCA, Glasgow
Land for us All, Architekturzentrum Wien, Vienna
RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Salon des Refusés, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
Ceremonial, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh
2019
Migration, Meaning, Time, Centre for Philosophy and Visual Art, King’s College London
2018Visions in the Nunnery 2018, selected by Tina Keane, The Nunnery Gallery, London
SPACE / LCN Showcase - 5th Edition, SPACE Hackney, London
INDEX, Stoke Newington Library Gallery, London
Desert Island, S-G Gallery, London
Artist Film Festival VI The Bomb Factory, London + Art Space, Exeter
Thames-Side Open Studios, London
2017
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2017, Jerwood Space, London
In Dreams, Menier Gallery, London
Artsdepot Open 2017, Apthorp Gallery, London
Hidden Lines of Space, Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin
London Festival of Architecture, Soho Square, London
2016
The Drawing Year Exhibition, Royal Drawing School, London
Best of the Drawing Year, Christie’s, London
AWARDS
2023 Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award, Creative Scotland
2023 Leith School of Art Prize awarded at SSA 130 Years
2022 Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award, Creative Scotland
2021 Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation Prize
2021 Edinburgh College of Art Collections Purchase Prize
2021 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize Longlist
2017 Jerwood Drawing Prize Shortlist
RESIDENCIES
2023 Royal Drawing School, Italy
2022 Dumfries House, Scotland
2021-22 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Graduate Residency
2021 Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2019 Cultureland, Amsterdam
2018 London Creative Network, Space Studios Hackney
2018 Dumfries House, Scotland
2018 Centre for Philosophy and the Visual Arts, King's College London
2018 Örö, Finland
2018 AARK, Finland
2017 Dumfries House, Scotland
2017 Cill Railaig Project, Ireland
EDUCATION
2019-2021 Edinburgh College of Art, Contemporary Art Practice MFA (distinction)
2015-2016 Royal Drawing School, The Drawing Year, funded postgraduate diploma
2007-2010 University of Oxford, English BA Hons
COLLECTIONS
University of Edinburgh Collections
Dumfries House Collection
Windsor Castle Royal Collection
TEXTS
2017 Lines Across London, British Land, London. Exhibition text.
2015 Re-thinking the Urban Landscape, The Building Centre, London. Exhibition text.
2016 Landscape. Visual essay for the journal of the Landscape Institute.
2015 Public London, New London Architecture. Exhibition essay.
TEACHING
Gallery Educator, National Galleries of Scotland, 2022 - current
Lead Artist, Young Artist Programme, Hospitalfield, 2022
Royal Drawing School, Young Artist Programme Tutor, 2016-2019
House of Illustration, Family Workshop Leader, 2018
Barbican, Creative Learning Assistant, 2013-2014