Exhibitions

2023–2024
“China through the eyes of American Plein Air Artists”, an invitational cultural exchange including exhibitions and painting demos in Wuhan, Xianning, Xiantao (China) and Cupertino (California, USA)

2019
Parajo Art Gallery, Our Bounty, Plein Air
Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, NM, "50 States/200 Artists"

2018
Nelologian Gallery, various shows

2017
Nelologian Gallery, various shows

2016
Neologian Art Gallery, May Show
Neologian Art Gallery, Introductions
Neologian Gallery: Spuratica: The Beautiful IrregularityUnpredicatable Creativity
Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe: Encaustic Art in the 21st Century exhibition and book signing
Far Out Gallery, San Francisco: Encaustic Art in the 21st Century exhibition and book signing

2015
Neologian Art Gallery, "Journeys", San Mateo, CA

2014
NPS Yosemite Museum Gallery, “Yosemite Renaissance XXIX”, also traveling to Kings Art Center in Hanford and the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock, CA.
"Past, Present and Future", Pajaro Valley Art Gallery, CA

2013
Pajaro Valley Art Gallery: Best of Show: Fur, Flippers, Feathers & Fuzz
National Park Service Yosemite Museum Gallery, “Yosemite Renaissance XXVIII”, traveling to Kings Art Center, Hanford and Carnegie Art Center, Turlock

2012
Pajaro Valley Art Gallery Monterey Bay: Land, Air, and Sea
Cabrillo College Art Gallery Your Art Here

2011
"Marks of Nature", Harrington Gallery, Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA

2010
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA , "Coastside Invitational: Teacher and Students"
Cabrillo College Gallery, "Roll of the Dice"
Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery, "Visual Conversations with Women in the Arts II"
Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery and the Santa Cruz County Lands Trust, "Plein Aire Painting"
Los Pájaros: Birds of the Pajaro Valley. Pajaro Valley Art Gallery, Watsonville, CA

2009
50/50: 50 paintings in 50 days, The Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
The Canvas Project 2, The Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Atrium Gallery and Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Sketchbook Library, Art House Co-op, Atlanta, GA

2008
Oscillation, Cabrillo College Art Gallery and Michaelangelo Art Gallery, CA

2007
Museum of Art and History, "100th Anniversary of the Boardwalk Show", Santa Cruz, CA
Museum of Art and History, "Plein Air Affair", Santa Cruz, CA

2006
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, "Dog Show", Carmel, CA
The College of San Mateo, "Faculty Show", San Mateo, CA

2005
Cabrillo College Art Gallery, "Multiple Personalities", Aptos, CA
Sanchez Art Center, "All About Me,"Pacifica, CA
Pajaro Valley Arts Center, "Plantworks", CA
Mendocino Art Center "Artists-in-Residence"Exhibition, CA
Sequoia Law Group, San Francisco, CA

2004
Herbst International Exhibition Hall, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA
"United Religions Initiative Interfaith Sacred Space Design Competition"
Sequoia Law Group, San Francisco, CA

2003
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
"Source of Empowerment: Woman as Symbol"
Cabrillo College Art Gallery, Aptos, CA - "Botanical Art"
Sequoia Law Group, San Francisco, CA

1995
The Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA - "A Contemporary Look at Angels"

1994
The Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA - "La Femme"
The Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA - "Black and White"

1993
The Badé Museum, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA (Solo)

1992
San Benito County Arts Commission Gallery, Hollister, CA (Solo)
Stevenson College Gallery, University of Santa Cruz, CA
"The Personal is Political and the Political is Personal"

1991
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA (Solo)
The Badé Museum, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA
"Sub-vers-ive Spirituality"
Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, University of Santa Cruz, CA,
"Exemplary Contemporary"

1990
National Arts Club, NY - Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club "94th Annual"
National Arts Club, NY -- Audubon Artists "48th Annual Exhibition"
Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA - "Womankind"
Noël Fine Art Gallery, Bronxville, NY - Gallery Artists

1989
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA - "2nd Annual National"
National Arts Club, NY - Audubon Artists "47th Annual Exhibition"
National Arts Club, NY - The Allied Artists of America "75th Annual"

1988
National Arts Club, NY - The Allied Artists of America "74th Annual"
Galeria Mesa, AZ - "Ego-Amigo - Artists' Self-Portraits"
Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, NY - "Recent Realism 1988"

1987
National Arts Club, NY - Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Inc.
"91st Annual Exhibition"
Salmagundi Club, NY - Knickerbocker Artists "37th Annual"
The Los Angeles Audubon Society, CA
"Wildlife and Environmental Art Show"
Springfield Realistic Fine Art Society, MO
"Best in the U.S.A. Realistic Fine Art Competition"
Mari Galleries, NY - Group Show

1986
Kirchgemeindehaus Thal, Switzerland (Solo)
National Arts Club, NY - M. Grumbacher, Inc. "Emerging Artists 1986",
Painting "Racing Days" featured in the 1987 Grumbacher catalogue.

1985
Yosemite Visitors' Center & The Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, CA
"Yosemite Renaissance 1985"

1984
Gallery am Ring, St. Gallen, Switzerland

1983
Yosemite Art Activity Center, Yosemite National Park, CA


Fellowships, Grants, Awards and Scholarships

2015 - 2020
Six Innovation Grants, College of San Mateo

2016
Center for Academic Excellence Grant, College of San Mateo

2014
Nominated for the Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship, Santa Cruz County Community Foundation

2012
Cabrillo College Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society Teacher Recognition

2010
AP Studio Art Reader Invitation
Faculty Professional Development Grant, The College of San Mateo, CA

2009
ASCC (Associated Students of Cabrillo College) College Wide Support Grant, Cabrillo College, CA

2008
2008 AP Studio Art Reader

2007
Selected for the National AP Studio Art Exam Readers Pool.
Faculty Grant, Cabrillo College, CA

2006
Appreciation Award for Inspiration, Teachers for Tomorrow Club, Cabrillo College

2005
American Institute for Foreign Studies, College of San Mateo Representative
Faculty for the Florence Study Abroad Program for Spring 2007

2004
American Institute for Foreign Studies, College of San Mateo Representative
Faculty for the London Study Abroad Program for Fall 2005
Faculty Senate Grant, Cabrillo College, CA
Fellowship; Mendocino Artist Residency, CA

2003
Fellowship; Jentel Artist Residency, WY
Faculty Senate Grant, Cabrillo College, CA
Alpha Gamma Sigma Faculty Appreciation Award, Cabrillo College, CA

1988 -1992
7 Spectra "Artists in Schools" Residency Grants
The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County, CA

1990
I.B.M. Award, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club "94th Annual"
The William Meyeritz Memorial Award, Audubon Artists "47th Annual"

1987
M. Berlind Bach Award, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club "91st Annual"
Grand Central Art Gallery Award, Knickerbocker Artists, Salmagundi Club
Best of Show and Honorable Mention, Springfield Realistic Fine Art So.
Honorable Mention, Los Angeles Audubon Society

1986
The Leon Nechamkin Prize and Certificate of Merit, National Academy

1985
Purchase Prize, "Yosemite Renaissance", Yosemite, CA

1979
The Hilla Rebay Fellowship, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

1975
Full tuition and travel merit scholarship, Colby College


Bibliography

2020
Featured Artist, Encaustic Arts Magazine, Vol. 13, Issue 2, Spring 2020
Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM

2019
Our Bounty, Plein Air catalog, Parajo Valley Arts, Watsonville, CA

2016
Encaustic Art in the Twenty-First Century
Anne Lee & E. Ashley Rooney, Foreword by Kim Bernard,Afterword by Ellen Koment
SchifferPublishing; Atglen, Pennsylvania
1stEd., 2016
ISBN13: 9780764350238

2010
"Plein Air, Connecting to the Land, Paintings of the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County. Publisher: Pajaro Valley Arts Council

2009
The Canvas Project 2, The Art House Encyclopedia VOL. 1, Art House Press, Atlanta, GA
3,350 works of art in 50 days? No problem, San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 22, 2009 by Justin Berton
Artists create 50 new works in 50 days for Sanchez Art Center show, Oakland Tribune, Jul 24, 2009 by Bonny Zanardi
The 50/50 Challenge: Sanchez Art Center Hosts an Innovative Art Exhibit, Pacifica Tribune, Jul 23, 2009 by Nancy Hall

2005
The Register-Pajaronian, "Plantworks", April 7th, 2005
The Santa Cruz Sentinel, "Hothouse Art", May 7th, 2005
Cabrillo College The Voice, "Plantworks", May 2005

2004
San Francisco Chronicle, "Interfaith Contest Designed to Build Common Ground", Bay Area and California Section, Feb. 15, 2004
San Jose Mercury News, "One Place, Many Faiths", Feb. 14, 2004

2003
Sheridan Press, WY; "Public Presentations of Work by Jentel Residents", Aug. 2003

1994
Colby Magazine, ME; "Profile, Rebecca Alex: Fertile Year for a Fine Artist," Dec.

1991
John F. Kennedy University Magazine, "Rebecca Alex, M.F.A. Candidate," Nov.

Education

1990-1993
M.F.A., Painting and Mixed Media
John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA

1983-1986
The National Academy School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
Instructor: Ron Sherr

1980-1984
The Art Students League of New York, NY
Instructors: Robert Beverly Hale, Ted Seth Jacobs

1979
Internship, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

1975-1979
B.A., English, Distinction in Major, Colby College, Waterville, ME


Teaching Positions

2013-2022
Professor and Chair, 2D Art program, College of San Mateo, CA

2010
Egg Tempera Workshop, Cabrillo Art Institute, Aptos, CA

1995-2013
Adjunct Faculty, The College of San Mateo, CA
Beginning and Advanced Oil Painting, Life Drawing,
Drawing and Composition, Color, and Old Masters’ Aesthetics and Techniques

2003-2013
Adjunct Faculty, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
Beginning and Advanced Drawing and Composition
Design and Color, and Figure Painting

2006
Cold Wax Encaustic Painting Workshop, Mendocino Art Center, CA
Figure Painting Workshop, Cabrillo Art Institute, Aptos, CA

1994
Guest Lecturer, John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA

1994-1997
Summer Art Camps, Novato Parks and Recreation Dept.

1990-1995
Founder and Head Teacher, ArtWORKS!
Los Gatos Unified School District

1988-1994
Head Drawing & Mixed Media Teacher, Children's Art Foundation, S.C.
Drawing and Folk Art, 7 public elem. and junior high schools
Spectra Artists in Residence Program, Santa Cruz Cultural Council

1993
Mixed Media, Community School of Music and Art, Mtn. View

1991
Gifted and Talented Education, (G.A.T.E.), Hyde Elementary


Professional Affiliations

2014
Board Member, The Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA
Board Member, Paintbrush Diplomacy, CA

2012-13
Member of steering committee for CabrilloArts, Cabrillo College, CA

1992-1994
Co-Chair of Exhibitions, Monterey Bay Women's Caucus for Art

1992 1992
Independent curator, "Children's Art Inspired by Museum Animal Specimens"
Santa Cruz Natural History Museum

1990-1992
Co-Founder and Co-President, Monterey Bay Women's Caucus for Art