REBECCA HOWARD
ABOUT
Born in the UK in 1989, Rebecca Howard lives and works in Manchester. Her practice investigates the artifice of representation in relation to the built environment, specifically the ways in which photographic images enter into and mediate our experiences of the physical world. She is currently undertaking doctoral research at Manchester School of Art (2016-present day, AHRC funded). This project deals with the surface quality of the photographic paper-print. Experimenting with methods of re-photography, installation and sculpture, she explores the spatial and dimensional properties of the print and its capacity to re-configure architectural space.
Rebecca is also part of two artist groups: Proximity Collective and Hospitality.
@proximity_collective
EDUCATION
PhD by practice, Manchester School of Art, 2016-present (AHRC funded, 2018-2021)
MA Photography, Manchester Metropolitan University (Distinction), 2011-2013
BA Graphic Arts and Design, Leeds Metropolitan University (First Class), 2008-2011
EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
Unit 28-30, Stretford Mall, Manchester, 2021 (June 2021)
Proximity, Paradise Works, Salford, 2019
On the Image, Manchester School of Art, 2019
'When we build, let us think that we build forever' Holden Gallery foyer, Manchester, 2019
Meta, Holden Gallery (film room), Manchester, 2019
Nothing Abandoned, Paradise Works, Salford, 2017
Visualising the Home, (Carlisle Photo Festival), Vallum Gallery, Carlisle, 2017.
Repeat Pattern, Manchester School of Art November, 2016
What Now!? Manchester School of Art, 2013
The World According to Mass, Bench Gallery, Manchester, 2012
RESIDENCIES
PAHC (Post-graduate Arts and Humanities Centre) Researcher in Residence Instagram Takeover, March 2021
Paradise Works, December 2019
British School at Rome, 2019
Islington Mill, October 2019
Venture Arts, August 2019
AWARDS
NWCDTP Student Initiative Fund, 2021
AHRC PhD funding 2018-2021
Plaque Prize, Manchester School of Art, 2019
NWCDTP Collaborative Skills Development Scheme 2019
WORKSHOPS
Dream Gallery (Model Making) with Proximity Collective, 2020
EVENTS/ARTIST TALKS
Post-PhD with Proximity Collective (as part of the NWCDTP PhD Careers Week) 2021
Nothing Abandoned, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2017
VISITING LECTURES
Blackpool School of Arts- Blackpool and The Fylde College, 2021
Photo/Sculpture/Installation with MA Photography students, MMU, 2019
CONFERENCES
iJade 2021 Hybrid Spaces:Re-imagining pedagogy, practice and research, March 2021
The Image: Techno-storytelling: Past, Present, Future, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2019
Digital Humanities, Human Technologies (NWCDTP), Salford University, 2018
PAPERS
Thinking and Making Through Folds, Comparative Media Arts Journal, 2021 (
ROLES
Freelance Photographer (Food, product, architecture, weddings, theatre, and portraits) 2010-present day
Gallery Interpreter, The Lowry, 2016-2020
Gallery Assistant, The Lowry, 2008-2016