Rebecca Sitar
Born United Kingdom 1969
Education
Manchester Metropolitan University (1991-1992) MA Fine Art Painting
Winchester School of Art & (1988-1991) BA Hons Fine Art 2:1
University of Barcelona 1990 Erasmus Exchange
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 ‘Present & Elsewhere II’ Emma Hill Fine Art The Eagle Gallery, London
2006 ‘Present &Elsewhere’ Galerija Karas, Zagreb, Croatia
2004 ‘Hinterland’ Emma Hill Fine Art Eagle Gallery, London
2001 ‘Ritual’ Emma Hill Fine Art The Eagle Gallery, London
2000 ‘Mind Breaths’ Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, Gt. Manchester
1996 ‘Lightness & Weight’ Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Selected Group Exhibitions / events
2020
DANCE FIRST THINK LATER. gP General Practice Lincoln. July /August 2020
https://www.general-practice.net/dance-first-think-later-2020
Focal Length. Museum of Non-Conformist Art, St Peterburg
2019
tracer and wedge. ps. Mirabel Gallery, Manchester
https://inventionofthecorridor.blogspot.com/2018/11/tracer-and-wedge.html
Fully Awake 5.6. Freelands Foundation, London curated by Ian Hartshorne and Sean Kaye
https://freelandsfoundation.co.uk/exhibition/fully-awake-5-6
2018
Another World – Charity Postcard Sale initiated by Tracy Emin, Deutsche Bank Lounge, Frieze Art Fair, Regents Park, London 4 – 7th October 2018
Manifesto at Rogue Artists Studios, Manchester, 6–7 October 2018
2014
Resilience Congou Projects curated by Hannah Brown and Ilona Kiss
Chapeltown Street, Manchester
Sublime : Rick Copsey, Pat Flynn, Nick Jordan & Jacob Cartwright, Rebecca Sitar at Puskinskaya-10 Arts Centre, St Petersburg, Russia
John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery 2014
2014 Oriel Davies Open, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown Wales
2013 Wendy Anderson, Denise de Cordova, James Fisher, Rebecca Sitar,
Ceramics, Paintings &Prints, Emma Hill Fine Art Eagle Gallery , London
New Perspectives in Painting, The Studios, New Mills
2012 Auction Exhibition, Castlefield Gallery , Manchester
Malgras / Naudet ‘Shit Show’
2011 Malgras / Naudet ‘ Sculpture is a vulture nibbling the entrails of the
mundane.’
London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2010 London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2008 ‘Abstraction’-The Campden Gallery, group show participating artist;
Basil Beattie, Manijeh Yadegar, Jane Bustin, Rebecca Sitar
2007 ‘Wallpaper-new purchases for corporate members’ collection including works by Catherine Yass, Heather & Ian Morrison, Manchester Art Gallery
2005 ‘On the Shelf –curated by Hilary Jack
‘Conscious Fiction’ Emma Hill Fine Art Eagle Gallery, London
2004 Visual Intelligences Artists seminar Showroom Gallery, London
originated Rebecca Fortnum participating artists Ian Kiaer, Alison Wilding…
2003 ‘Beyond the Endgame: Abstract Painting in Manchester’
Manchester Art Gallery
‘20×5 Drawings’ Emma Hill Fine Art Eagle Gallery, London FEST
2002 ‘Miniatures’ The Star Gallery, Lewes
2000 ‘Beginnings’ Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
‘Surface Presence’ Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London
1999 ‘Quiet Voices’ Emma Hill Fine Art Eagle Gallery, London
‘Departure Lounge’ Mart,Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester, selected by Sacha Craddock
1998 ‘Slow Burn:Meaning & Vision in Contemporary British Abstract
Painting’
Mead Gallery, Peter Scott Gallery , & Leeds Metropolitan Gallery
1998 ‘Delicate Dissidence’ Woodlands Art Gallery, London
1995 ‘Clwyd / NW Young Professional Exhibition’ Asturias/Madrid
1994 ‘Unveiled :Possibilities in Abstract Painting’ The Cornerhouse, Manchester
Awards
1995 Residency Gijon, Spain –Clwyd /NWest arts/Asturias
1998 Arts Council Professional Development Award
2001 Shortlisted for Kettles Yard Residency, Cambridge
2001 Shortlisted for Abbey Fellowship in Painting, School of Rome
2006 Arts Council England Award Present & Elsewhere
2006 British Council, Travel Grant, Zagreb, Croatia.
2009 Higher Education Academy (2009) HEA Fellow
Selected Bibliography
Eagle Gallery EMH ARTS /2010 Catalogue Publication
London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy 2010
Rebecca Sitar , Present & Elsewhere isbn 0-9553820-0-9
How soon was now: MASA 25 Castlefield Publications sbn 0952178036
www.emmahilleagle.com/…/past_exhibition_rsitar_ – May 2007
British Council.org.croatia 60yrs in Croatia Present & Elsewhere – 2006
Good Morning Croatia, Present & Elsewhere, Televised Review – 28th Sept 2006
Vijesti iz Kulture, Present &Elsewhere, Arts & Culture review – 28th Sept 2006
Galleries, Conscious Fiction by Corinna Lotz – Jan 2005
The Independent Review, Sue Hubbard – 11 May 2004
www.visualintelligences.com/rebecca-sitar.html – 2004
Beyond the Endgame, Manchester Art Gallery – 2003 isbn 0 901673 633
The Guardian, Beyond the Endgame Alfred Hickling – 9th September 2003
Art Monthly, Beyond the Endgame – October 2003
Mind Breaths ,Turnpike Exhibition catalogue – 2000
Departure Lounge, Trice Publications 1999 – isbn 0 9531919 23
Slow Burn.., Mead Gallery & Lancaster University 98 – isbn 0 902683 39X
The Times, Mind Breaths Exhibition by John Russell Taylor – September 2000
Artists Newsletter , Mind Breaths Exhibition by Tim Birch – September 2000
Granada Tonight, The Finer Things Mind Breaths Exhibition – September 2000
The Guardian, Slow Burn Exhibition by Robert Clark – January 1999
Contemporary Visual Arts , Slow Burn Exhibition – issue 20 /1998
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