Rebecca Gray is a talented young painter. She displays a passion for seeking out the individual character of her subject. She is currently painting under the mentorship of Jacob Collins at the Water Street Atelier in New York City. She has worked, studied, and exhibited with renowned painters in France, Spain & the United States. She is a recipient of awards from The Morris and Alma Schapiro Foundation, The Art Renewal Center, and The Stanley R. and Robert E. Wright Foundation for the Arts. She is privately collected in Italy and the United States.

Born: 1974 Boston, MA

Awards:

2008- First Place in the Morris and Alma Schapiro Achievement Awards for 2008/2009
2003- Fifth Place in the Art Renewal Center Scholarship Competition
2002- The Stanley R. & Robert E. Wright Foundation for the Arts Scholarship Award

Solo Shows

2001- The Maser Gallery at FCTV, Falmouth, MA

Group Shows

2002- Student Works, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2003- Student Works, Studio Escalier, Argenton Chateau, France

Education

9/2008-present Water Street Atelier, New York, NY –with Jacob Collins
9/2008-present Portrait and Figure Painting, New York, NY –with Steven Polson
8/2007 Hudson River School for Landscape, Hudson, NY –with Jacob Collins
9/2006-6/2008 Grand Central Academy, New York, NY –with J. Collins, M. Grimaldi, K. Lehman & D. Thompson
9/2006-9/2007 The Painted Sketch, New York, NY –with Richard Piloco
3/2006- 8/2006 Ecole Albert Defois, Les Cerqueux Sous Passavant, France -with Ted Seth Jacobs
5/2005-11/2005 Studio Escalier Figure Intensive, Argenton Chateau, France -with Michelle Tully and Tim Stotz
12/2003-4/2005 Figure Studio Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
6/2003-8/2003 Studio Escalier Figure Intensive, Argenton Chateau, France -with Tony Ryder and Tim Stotz
1/2003 Still Life Painting, Seattle, WA -with John Morra
9/2002-5/2003 Classical Atelier, Seattle, WA –with Juliette Aristides
8/2002 Figure Drawing, Seattle, WA –with Michael Grimaldi
7/2002 Still Life Painting, Seattle, WA –with Juliette Aristides
6/2002 Drawing and Painting from the Cast, Seattle, WA –with Tony Ryder
1/2002 Features of the Face, West Palm Beach, FL –with Tony Ryder
10/2001-6/2002 Figure and Portrait with The Cape Cod Depot Group, Falmouth, MA
9/1997-5/1998 Harvard Extension School, Cambrigde, MA
9/1992-5/1997 BA High Honors, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT