Rebecca Giles
Education
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
BFA Painting (expected to graduate in 2022)
128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Aug. 2017-present
New York Academy of Art
Summer Undergraduate Residency Program
111 Franklin Street, New York, NY 10013
June 2019
Selected Exhibitions
Chester County Studio Tour (Upcoming)
Jeff Schaller’s Host Studio
80 Highspire Road, Downington, PA 19335
May 15–16, 2021
VIEW (Upcoming)
Chester County Art Association
100 N Bradford Ave, West Chester, PA 19382
May 6 – 26, 2021
Opening Reception: May 6, 2021, 5-8pm
Circles and Squares (Upcoming)
ArtSpace99 Gallery (Artsy.net)
44 Stewart Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Mar. 15 – July 5, 2021
Works included: Yellow Red Blue, Orange and Lemon (Reading is the way to become untrapped)
Curator: Terry Ward
The show’s artists include:
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Judith Schaechter
Loren Munk
Bernard Klevickas
Alyssa McClenaghan
Jaynie Crimmins
Megan Klim
La Quaysha Abdoul Ortega-Lopez
Rebecca Giles
Artmaking in Pandemic Times
Anne Bryan Gallery & Frances M. Maguire Gallery
128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Nov. 19, 2020 – Mar. 7, 2021
Works included: Code, Nathaniel, Self-Portrait in a Medicine Cabinet Mirror
Curator: Brooke Davis Anderson
Rebecca Giles
Lima Estates
411 N Middletown Rd., Media, PA 19063
Nov. 27, 2020 – Feb. 2, 2021
Works included: Yellow Red Blue, Window Cleaner, Anna Negus
Chester County Studio Tour
Jeff Schaller’s Host Studio
80 Highspire Road, Downington, PA 19335
Sep. 19–20, 2020
Remembering the Suffragists: 100 Years of Women Voting in the United States
InLiquid OnLine
1400 N. American St. Studio 314, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Aug. 20 – Dec. 1, 2020
Works included: The Voice of a Woman is Revolution (Sawt al-Mara’a Thawra), Reading is the way to become untrapped
Curator: Patricia Moss-Vreeland
Womyn in Combat
ArtSpace99 Gallery (Artsy.net)
44 Stewart Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
July 11 – Nov. 5, 2020
Work included: Tangerine Half
Curator: Terry Ward
The show’s artists included:
Alyssa McClenaghan
Yoko Ono
La Quaysha Abdoul Ortega-Lopez
Jaynie Crimmins
Megan Klim
Elizabeth Mead
Judith Schaecter
Moss Cow McBadBoy Kapow
Rebecca Giles
Carin Kulb Dangot
Text and/as Art
Online solo exhibition put together by the artist
Jun. 20 – Sep. 19, 2020
Works included: Orange and Lemon, Glow, Sensing Two Mandarins, My Senses and the Mandarin, Skylight, Turquoise Circle, Reflected Color, Categories, Yellow Yellow
MAC at the Library
Media Arts Council, Media-Upper Providence Free Library
1 E Front St, Media, PA 19063, USA
Jan. 4 – Apr. 4, 2020
Works included: Cascading Cloth, Jar Candle, Olive Oil, Sunrise on the Sea, Window Cleaner
New Creation
Blue Route Vineyard Church
425 W Front St, Media, PA 19063
Jan. 1-26, 2020
Works included: Color and Light, Golden Gift Bag, Aloe Plant and Mango Jar
Rebecca Giles and Katie Holder: Luminous Intensity
The Palette & The Page Gallery
120 East Main Street, Elkton, Maryland 21921
Nov. 1-30, 2019
Opening Reception: Nov. 1, 2019, 5-8pm
Works included: Still Life with Mirror, Still Life with Instrument, Anna Negus, Golden Gift Bag, Aloe Plant and Mango Jar, Cascading Cloth, Color and Light, Glowing Paper Bag, Window Cleaner, Onion, Garlic, Olive Oil, Jars of Light
Delaware County Studio Tour
7 Cook Rd., Media, PA 19063
Sep. 28-29, 2019
A Good Habit Formed: Examples of the PAFA drawing culture
Anne Bryan Gallery
128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Aug. 8 – Sep. 15, 2019
Work included: Cast drawing
Curators: Pax Formichella, Gregory Martino, Brian Boutwell
MAC at the Library
Media Arts Council, Media-Upper Providence Free Library
1 E Front St, Media, PA 19063, USA
July 14 – Oct. 6, 2019
Opening Reception: July 14, 2019, 4-6pm
Annual Student Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
May 10 – June 2, 2019
Works included: Strawberry Plant on a Stool and Glass, Metal, Light
Capacity of Color
Anne Bryan Gallery
128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Apr. 1–11, 2019
Opening Reception: April 5, 2019, 5-7pm
Works included: Heirloom Tomato, Jam Jar
Curator: PAFA’s Exhibitions and Curatorial Visions Class
New Creation
Blue Route Vineyard Church
425 W Front St, Media, PA 19063
Jan. 1-26, 2019
Works included: Crimson Glow, Jars of Light, Sunrise on the Sea
The 25th Annual Student Print Sale
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Dec. 7, 2018
Delaware County Studio Tour
7 Cook Rd., Media, PA 19063
Oct. 20-21, 2018
2018 Fall Annual Juried Exhibition
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown Gallery
395 Kings Highway, Moorestown, NJ 08057
Oct. 7 – Nov. 25, 2018
Opening Reception: Oct. 7, 2018, 1-3pm
Work included: Strawberry Plant on a Stool
Curator: Bill Scott
MAC at the Library
Media Arts Council, Media-Upper Providence Free Library
1 E Front St, Media, PA 19063, USA
Oct. 6, 2018 – Jan. 5, 2019
Opening Reception: Oct. 27, 2018, 4-6pm
Works included: Heirloom Tomato, Orange Slices and Cup, Peeling a Mandarin, Jam Jar in Front of a Candle
Fine Arts & Crafts Festival
Park Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081
Sep. 22, 2018
Reflections
MAC Gallery
609-B W. State Street, Media, PA 19063
Aug. 9 – Sep. 1, 2018
Opening Reception: August 11, 2018, 4:30 – 7:30pm
Works included: Beads of Light, Reflections
MAC at the Library
Media Arts Council, Media-Upper Providence Free Library
1 E Front St, Media, PA 19063, USA
July 6 – Oct. 6, 2018
Opening Reception: July 14, 2018, 4-6pm
Art for the Cash Poor
InLiquid
1006 Buttonwood Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
June 16, 2018
Media Art Exhibition & Craft Fair
State Street, Media, PA 19063
June 10, 2018
Art Show & Sale
Middletown Free Library
21 N. Pennell Rd., Media, PA 19063
Mar. 16, 2018
Fine Arts & Crafts Festival
Park Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081
Sep. 23, 2017
Awards & Scholarships
2020 PAFA The Eleanor S. Gray Prize for Still Life
2020 PAFA The Susan Carlen Brown Memorial Prize for Aqueous Media on Paper (Special Notice)
2019 PAFA The Catharine Grant Memorial Prize
2019 PAFA The Michael G. Capuzzi, Jr. Memorial Prize
2019 PAFA The Eleanor S. Gray Prize for Still Life, Honorable Mention
2019 New York Academy of Art Scholarship to Summer Residency Program
2019 Delaware Valley Art League First Prize
2018 Delaware County Studio Tour voted Delaware County’s Favorite Artist
2018 Media Art Exhibit & Craft Fair 1st Place
2018 PAFA The Samuel David Memorial Prize for Cast Drawing
2017 PAFA Caldwell Scholarship
Bibliography
Print Media
2020 Terry Ward, “Delco Artist Exhibits in NYC Show,” Delaware County Daily Times. A review of Womyn in Combat.
2019 Marcus Dieterle, interview in Cecil Whig newspaper about exhibition at The Palette & The Page Gallery.
2019 Amanda Duggan, Art Without Boundaries – Living on the Spectrum, an article about being an autistic artist.
Online Publications
2020 Musee Magazine. “Art In: Offshoot Arts, InLiquid, PROCUR.ARTE.” Article featuring InLiquid’s exhibition.
2020 Deborah Kostianovsky, “Remembering the Suffragists,” review of InLiquid’s exhibition
2018 Sandra Tyler, The Woven Tale Press, interview about my lightbox paintings
2018 Charley Parker, “Rebecca Giles,” Lines and Colors, blog post.
Television / Video
2021 Jennifer Ailey, interview about PAFA’s exhibition Artmaking in Pandemic Times
2019 Valerie Jean-Baptiste, interview on La Salle TV about the Delaware County Studio Tour.
2019 Patti Paulus, Cecil TV, discussion of exhibition at The Palette & The Page Gallery.