About/CV
Born in the UK in 1989, Rebecca Howard is an artist, academic and lecturer, currently based in Sheffield and Derby. Her creative practice engages with photography, installation, model-making, and sculpture to investigate the ways in which photographs, as both images and material objects, shape our experiences of place/space.
Her doctoral research at Manchester School of Art (2016-2022, AHRC funded) explores photography in an expanding field, drawing from theories of "the fold" (Deleuze, 1988) and baroque aesthetics to interrogate the spatial and dimensional properties of the photographic paper-print and its capacity to generate form, reconfigure interior space, and draw critical attention to seemingly unremarkable architectural features.
Rebecca is also part of two artist groups: Proximity Collective and Hospitality.
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5317-0001
Education
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PhD by practice, Manchester School of Art, UK, 2016-2022 (AHRC funded, 2018-2021)
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MA Photography, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK (Distinction), 2011-2013
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BA Graphic Arts and Design, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK (First Class), 2008-2011
Selected Group Exhibitions & Installations
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'Ready-to-Assemble', Gloam gallery, Sheffield, UK (upcoming August 2022)
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'All the Small Things', Artcore, Derby, UK, 2021
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Proximity at Abingdon Street Market, Blackpool, UK, 2021
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Proximity at Paradise Works, Salford, UK, 2019
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'On the Image', Manchester School of Art, UK, 2019
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'Nothing Abandoned', Paradise Works, Salford, UK, 2017
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'Visualising the Home', (Carlisle Photo Festival), Vallum Gallery, Carlisle, UK, 2017
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'What Now!?' Manchester School of Art, UK, 2013
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'The World According to Mass', Bench Gallery, Manchester, UK, 2012
Selected Solo Exhibitions & Installations
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'Mirror-like Marble', Derby Cathedral, Derby, 2022
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'Unit 28-30', Stretford Mall, Manchester, UK, 2021
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'When we build, let us think that we build forever' Holden Gallery foyer, Manchester, UK, 2019
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'Meta', Holden Gallery (film projection room), Manchester, UK, 2019
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'Repeat Pattern', Manchester School of Art UK, 2016
Residencies
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Proximity at Rogue Studios, Manchester, UK, 2022
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PAHC (Post-graduate Arts and Humanities Centre) Researcher in Residence Instagram Takeover, 2021
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Paradise Works, Salford, UK, 2019
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British School at Rome, Italy, 2019
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Islington Mill, Salford, UK, 2019
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Venture Arts, Manchester, UK, 2019
Awards/Funding
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University of Derby's Early Career Researchers Development Fund, 2022
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NWCDTP Student Initiative Fund, 2021
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AHRC doctoral research funding 2018-2021
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Plaque Prize, Manchester School of Art, 2019
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NWCDTP Collaborative Skills Development Scheme, 2019
Workshops
Dream Gallery (Model Making) with Proximity Collective, 2020
Artists Talks
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Post-PhD with Proximity Collective (as part of the NWCDTP PhD Careers Week) online, 2021
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Nothing Abandoned, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, 2017
Visiting Lectures
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Village Green photography lecture series, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2021
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Model Making, MA Media, Manchester School of Art, UK, 2021
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BA Fine Art, Blackpool School of Arts (Blackpool and The Fylde College) UK, 2021
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Photo/Sculpture/Installation with MA Photography students, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, 2019
Conferences
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Arts in Society History/Histories: From the Limits of Representation to the Boundaries of Narrative (upcoming July 2022)
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iJade 2021 Hybrid Spaces:Re-imagining pedagogy, practice and research, online, 2021
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The Image: Techno-storytelling: Past, Present, Future, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, 2019
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Digital Humanities, Human Technologies (NWCDTP), Salford University, UK, 2018
Journal Articles
Thinking and Making Through Folds, Comparative Media Arts Journal, 2021
https://www.sfu.ca/cmajournal/issues/issue-nine--relations/Rebecca-Howard.html
Roles
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Derby Scholar, University of Derby, 2022-present day
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Early Career Academic (Creative Industries), University of Derby, UK, 2021-2022
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Freelance Photographer (Food, product, architecture, weddings, theatre, and portraits) 2010-present day
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Gallery Interpreter, The Lowry, Salford, UK, 2016-2020
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Gallery Assistant, The Lowry, Salford, UK, 2008-2016