About
'I’ve always been entranced by the inconsistent relationships humans have with other animals. We can easily empathise and identify with them on the one hand, and yet on the other can disengage: denying them agency and treating them as objects. Representations of animals find their way into our perceptions, but rather than forming a smooth whole they exist in separate parts of our mind ready for appropriate contextual usage.
Through my recent art practice, I have sought specific sculptural language that gives communicable presence to the moment my conflicting perceptions and their accompanying sensations clash: The push and pull of empathy and disengagement that results in perceptual dissonance.
By giving physical presence to such perceptions, the resulting works can demonstrate the constructed nature of human understanding. I believe it is through this emotional engagement, art can provoke new ways thinking about non-human animals.'
Rebecca Selleck is a Canberra-based emerging artist with a focus on multidisciplinary sculpture and digital photography. She has recently completed her Bachelor of Visual Arts at the ANU School of Art with First Class Honours and also holds a Bachelor of Communications and a Diploma of Business Administration.
She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the prestigious Peter and Lena Karmel Anniversary Prize for best graduating student at the ANU School of Art, and has exhibited in Canberra, NSW and Thailand. She was a finalist in the 2017 Ramsay Art Prize at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Currently, Rebecca works as a museum Visitor Services Officer and photographer.
Through my recent art practice, I have sought specific sculptural language that gives communicable presence to the moment my conflicting perceptions and their accompanying sensations clash: The push and pull of empathy and disengagement that results in perceptual dissonance.
By giving physical presence to such perceptions, the resulting works can demonstrate the constructed nature of human understanding. I believe it is through this emotional engagement, art can provoke new ways thinking about non-human animals.'
Rebecca Selleck is a Canberra-based emerging artist with a focus on multidisciplinary sculpture and digital photography. She has recently completed her Bachelor of Visual Arts at the ANU School of Art with First Class Honours and also holds a Bachelor of Communications and a Diploma of Business Administration.
She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the prestigious Peter and Lena Karmel Anniversary Prize for best graduating student at the ANU School of Art, and has exhibited in Canberra, NSW and Thailand. She was a finalist in the 2017 Ramsay Art Prize at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Currently, Rebecca works as a museum Visitor Services Officer and photographer.
CV
Education
2015 Bachelor of Visual Arts with First Class Honours (Sculpture and Art Theory), Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
2011 Diploma of Business Administration, Wisdom Learning, Canberra, ACT
2007 Bachelor of Communications (Creative Writing and Literary Studies) University of Canberra, ACT
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Lapin, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka, ACT
2016 Object Animals, Cox Architecture Gallery, Kingston, ACT
2016 Perceptual Dissonance, Scratch Art Space, Marrickville NSW
2 & 3 Person Exhibitions
2017 Transmutation, Red Gallery, Fitzroy North, Victoria
2017 Home for Unloved Animals, as part of Art Not Apart, Nishi Grand Staircase, New Acton, ACT
2016 Menagerie, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway, ACT
2016 Habitual Creatures, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen, ACT
2016 Harvest, Scratch Art Space, Marrickville NSW
2015 Tracing Steps, The Front Café and Gallery, Lyneham, ACT
2014 Resonance, Faculty of Fine Art Gallery, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2009 Bec, Steve and George’s Magical Hat, The Front Café and Gallery, Lyneham, ACT
Group Exhibitions and Festivals
2017 Ruby Honours 1, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka, ACT
2017 Animastructions, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway, ACT
2017 Random, ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery, Acton, ACT
2017 HyperActive, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Braddon, ACT
2017 Ramsay Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
2017 Animal Heart, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway, ACT
2017 Sculpture Bermagui, Bermagui, NSW
2016 Symposium: Untaming the Urban, ANU School of Art Sculpture Workshop, ACT
2016 Empire Global Art Award, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway, ACT
2016 Canberra Contemporary Art Space Members' Exhibition, Braddon, ACT
2016 Women's Art Prize, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank, NSW
2016 Sculpture on the Edge – Bermagui, NSW (Exhibitor and Guest Curator)
2016 CGS Faculty Exhibition, Canberra Grammar School Gallery, Red Hill, ACT
2015 School of Art Graduate Show, Australian National University, Acton, ACT
2015 Cranleigh-Capital Chemist Art Show, Holt, ACT
2015 Random, ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery, Acton, ACT
2015 Lake light Sculpture, Jindabyne, NSW
2015 You Are Here: and so are we, Civic, ACT
2015 Sculpture on the Edge – Bermagui, NSW
2014 School of Art Graduate Show, Australian National University, Acton, ACT
2014 #Sculpture, ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2014 Resonance, Faculty of Fine Art Gallery, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2009 All Art, Phoenix Bar, Civic, ACT
Awards
2017 Finalist, Ramsay Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
2017 Finalist, Contemporary Art Awards, Brisbane, Queensland
2016 Finalist, Empire Global Art Award, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway, ACT
2016 Recipient Capital Arts Patrons' Organisation Capital Insurance Brokers Award, ACT
2016 Finalist Open Category, Women's Art Prize, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank, NSW
2016 Recipient South Coast Holiday Parks Encouragement Award, Sculpture on the Edge, Bermagui, NSW
2015 Recipient The Peter and Lena Karmel Anniversary EASS Prize, Australian National University
2015 Recipient Canberra Grammar School Residency EASS Award, Australian National University
2015 Recipient Cox Architecture EASS Award, Australian National University
2015 Recipient Alan & Marilyn Stretton Encouragement Award, Sculpture on the Edge, Bermagui, NSW
2014 Recipient The Front Gallery and Café Exhibition EASS Award, Australian National University
Residencies
2016 Canberra Grammar School, Red Hill, ACT
2015 Bachelor of Visual Arts with First Class Honours (Sculpture and Art Theory), Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
2011 Diploma of Business Administration, Wisdom Learning, Canberra, ACT
2007 Bachelor of Communications (Creative Writing and Literary Studies) University of Canberra, ACT
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Lapin, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka, ACT
2016 Object Animals, Cox Architecture Gallery, Kingston, ACT
2016 Perceptual Dissonance, Scratch Art Space, Marrickville NSW
2 & 3 Person Exhibitions
2017 Transmutation, Red Gallery, Fitzroy North, Victoria
2017 Home for Unloved Animals, as part of Art Not Apart, Nishi Grand Staircase, New Acton, ACT
2016 Menagerie, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway, ACT
2016 Habitual Creatures, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen, ACT
2016 Harvest, Scratch Art Space, Marrickville NSW
2015 Tracing Steps, The Front Café and Gallery, Lyneham, ACT
2014 Resonance, Faculty of Fine Art Gallery, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2009 Bec, Steve and George’s Magical Hat, The Front Café and Gallery, Lyneham, ACT
Group Exhibitions and Festivals
2017 Ruby Honours 1, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka, ACT
2017 Animastructions, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway, ACT
2017 Random, ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery, Acton, ACT
2017 HyperActive, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Braddon, ACT
2017 Ramsay Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
2017 Animal Heart, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway, ACT
2017 Sculpture Bermagui, Bermagui, NSW
2016 Symposium: Untaming the Urban, ANU School of Art Sculpture Workshop, ACT
2016 Empire Global Art Award, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway, ACT
2016 Canberra Contemporary Art Space Members' Exhibition, Braddon, ACT
2016 Women's Art Prize, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank, NSW
2016 Sculpture on the Edge – Bermagui, NSW (Exhibitor and Guest Curator)
2016 CGS Faculty Exhibition, Canberra Grammar School Gallery, Red Hill, ACT
2015 School of Art Graduate Show, Australian National University, Acton, ACT
2015 Cranleigh-Capital Chemist Art Show, Holt, ACT
2015 Random, ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery, Acton, ACT
2015 Lake light Sculpture, Jindabyne, NSW
2015 You Are Here: and so are we, Civic, ACT
2015 Sculpture on the Edge – Bermagui, NSW
2014 School of Art Graduate Show, Australian National University, Acton, ACT
2014 #Sculpture, ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2014 Resonance, Faculty of Fine Art Gallery, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2009 All Art, Phoenix Bar, Civic, ACT
Awards
2017 Finalist, Ramsay Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
2017 Finalist, Contemporary Art Awards, Brisbane, Queensland
2016 Finalist, Empire Global Art Award, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway, ACT
2016 Recipient Capital Arts Patrons' Organisation Capital Insurance Brokers Award, ACT
2016 Finalist Open Category, Women's Art Prize, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank, NSW
2016 Recipient South Coast Holiday Parks Encouragement Award, Sculpture on the Edge, Bermagui, NSW
2015 Recipient The Peter and Lena Karmel Anniversary EASS Prize, Australian National University
2015 Recipient Canberra Grammar School Residency EASS Award, Australian National University
2015 Recipient Cox Architecture EASS Award, Australian National University
2015 Recipient Alan & Marilyn Stretton Encouragement Award, Sculpture on the Edge, Bermagui, NSW
2014 Recipient The Front Gallery and Café Exhibition EASS Award, Australian National University
Residencies
2016 Canberra Grammar School, Red Hill, ACT
