Rebecca Arthur
b. 1996, Syracuse, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, New York University, New York, NY, May 2018
Solo Exhibitions
Reimagining the Black Identity, Fondation des États-Unis, Paris, FR, Feb. 2020
The House That Built Me, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, Jun. 2019
Home Away From Home, New York University School of Professional Studies, New York, NY, Sep. 2018
Group Exhibitions
January Open Call, Esperanza Project Space, Online Exhibition, Jan. 2021
Home is___, Le Pave d’Orsay, Paris, FR, Nov. 2019
Family Photographs, Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY, Nov. 2018
Familiar/Familial, Photo-Emphasis, Online Exhibition, 2018
Show One: NYU Tisch Photography and Imaging BFA Thesis Exhibition, New York, NY, Jan. 2018
Voices in The Mirror, The Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, NY, Apr. 2017
On Restaging, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY, Sep. 2015
Young, Colored & Angry, Holyrad Studio, Brooklyn, NY, Apr. 2015
Selected Bibliography
Meyer-Belkin, Haxie, “From New York to Paris: Tracing Black Identities”, France24 Live Broadcast News, February 6, 2020
Oresick, David, “A Brief History of Loss, Life, and Healing in an American Family”, Carnegie Museum of Art: Storyboard, August 1, 2019
PDN Edu Magazine “Singles Gallery”, PDN Edu, September 20, 2018
Madu, Zito “America’s World Cup diaspora: 8 stories of immigrant identity, and what nationalism really means,” SBNation, June 21, 2018
Renstrom, Elizabeth, “This Is the Next Generation of Great Young New York Photographers,” Vice, March 19, 2017
Honors and Awards
Fulbright Harriet-Hale Woolley Fellowship, Photography and Research Scholar, 2020
Silver Eye Center for Photography Keystone Fellowship, Jun. 2019
Tisch Photography and Imaging Department Leadership Award, May 2018
Tisch Photography and Imaging Thomas Drysdale Production Award, Dec. 2017
Gordon Parks Foundation NYU Tisch Scholarship Recipient, May 2016-2017
Professional Experience
Fulbright Harriet-Hale Woolley Fellowship, Fondation des Étas Unis, Paris, FR, 2020
ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellow, Paul Robeson High School, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
Graphic Designer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 2018
Technology Communications and Photography Intern, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 2016
Resident Assistant, NYU Office of Residential Life and Housing Services, New York, NY, 2016
Digital Technology Assistant, NYU Bobst Library, New York, NY, 2016
Technology Assistant, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY, 2015