Optical sculpture, photo, public art and electronics

you will find mushroom spore prints, exhibition documentation, photographic prints and an optics window.

During COVID, I foraged for fungi - and made spore prints from hundreds of mushrooms, mostly gathered in our neighborhood. I often explore the sculptural and experiential possibilities of light, time, and natural phenomena (including rainbow machines, periscope dinner table devices & sundials).

Rebecca was recently an artist-in-residence at Ars Bioartica, BioArt Society, Kilpisjärvi Biological Station (in far NW Lapland), University of Helsinki, Finland for the month of June 2021, which she documented during the midnight sun.

In addition to a studio practice, Rebecca is active in public art & cross-disciplinary collaborations with artists & scientists. Exhibits include: The 2021 Bellevue Art Museum Biennial; SW Contemporary, Adelaide, South Australia ('20); Concepción Arte y Ciencia Biennial, Concepción, Chile ('20); Luminare, Asia Culture Center, Gwanju, South Korea (ISEA '19); the Biennial of Seville ('08), the Shanghai Biennial ('06); and The Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland (ISEA '04). Rebecca has completed public commissions for the City of Seattle, the University of Western Washington (ArtsWA) and the Exploratorium, San Francisco. She is a Professor in the School of Art + Art History + Design, University of Washington.