ABOUT
Rebecca Howard's photographic works deal with perceptions of photographic space and experiences of real place, mediating between two and three-dimensions, image and object and surface and depth. Earlier works investigate the ways in which we shape and represent the natural world and the artifice of zoos and museums, while other works deal with the ways in which photographic images shape perceptions of the built environment.
Using sculptural methods, including cutting, folding and mounting, the most recent works explore site-specific installation and self-reflexivity, placing emphasis on the spatial and material properties of the photographic print and its ability to temporarily transform and reconfigure real architectural space.
EDUCATION
PhD by practice, Manchester Metropolitan University 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
Proximity, Paradise Works, Salford, 2019
On the Image, Manchester School of Art, 2019
'When we build, let us think 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
Paradise Works, December 2019
British School at Rome, 2019
Islington Mill, October 2019
Venture Arts, August 2019
AWARDS
AHRC PhD funding 2018-2021
Plaque Prize, Manchester School of Art, 2019
NWCDTP Collaborative Skills Development Scheme 2019
WORKSHOPS
Photo/Sculpture/Installation with MA Photography students, MMU, 2019
Dream Gallery (Model Making) with Proximity Collective, 2020
CONFERENCES
The Image: Techno-storytelling: Past, Present, Future, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2019
Digital Humanities, Human Technologies (NWCDTP), Salford University, 2018
ROLES
Freelance Photographer (Food, product, weddings, theatre and portraits), 2011-present day
Gallery Interpreter, The Lowry, 2016-2020
Gallery Assistant, The Lowry, 2008-2016