B
I O G R A P H Y
Rebecca
Hackemann is an emerging conceptual artist based in Brooklyn, NY,
London and Philadelphia, PA. She was born, raised and educated in
West Germany, England and America. She has had a long standing interest
in the imaginary, photography history and perception. Her work is
influenced by John Heartfield, Duchamp, English literature, writings
by Lacan, Saussure, Jonathan Crary, John Berger to name a few.
She is British and is an MFA graduate of Stanford University, CA (1996)
and received her BFA (Hons) from the University of Westminster (then
PCL), London in 1994. In 2000/2001 she participated in the Whitney
Museum Independent Study Program (studio) in New York, NY.
Rebecca is currently showing her work in the group exhibitoin click/shift/enter
(anamorphic drawings) at Marcia Wood Gallery in Atlanta (2007), at
the 5th Biennial of Contemporary Art in Novosibirsk, Siberia and has
been selected for a large site specific public art project in Philadelphia
- Chinatown In/Flux by the Asian Arts Association, funded by P.E.I.,
to take place in 2008/9. Recent residencies include the Headlands
Center for the Arts, CA (2005), Light Work, Syracuse, NY (2002) and
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY (2003).
She has shown her work with blasthaus, San Fransisco, CA, Gigantic
Art Space, New York, Fishtank Gallery, Brooklyn, Sotheby?s New York,
Printed Matter and at LMCC, New York and other non-profit spaces such
PS122 Gallery and Article Projects, NY.
The work is in the artist book collection of MOMA New York, Musã©e
Franã§ais de la Photographie, France; the Staatliche Museen
zu Berlin, Germany; the Museum fã1⁄4r Fotografie, Germany
and in private collections in New York and England.
More, including new conceptual drawings on photography, her miniature
image/text books and recent public art projects can be seen at www.rebecca-h.net.
Rebecca currently lives with her husband and duaghter in Philadlephia,
PA aand New York, NY.
