Rebecca Volkmann Artwork

Rebecca E. Volkmann , Biography

Rebecca Volkmann, a painter and mixed media artist, has participated in exhibitions in the US and abroad including Italy, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Hungary. From 2022 to present, she has exhibited with Artifact Projects, New York in Digital representation in their gallery via the use of monitors, and also at the Art Fairs throughout the USA. In 2025, Rebecca exhibited with Artifact Projects Gallery in the "Continuity: Modern and Contemporary Masters" International Group Exhibition that included the works of Picasso, Matisse, and Miro. Rebecca has exhibited internationally with Verum Arte and the curatory team of Mauro Giampieri and Marianna Jurcova in Italy in Florence at the Bellini Museum as well as Milan, Rome, and Montecosaro. as well as exhibitions in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary.  Rebecca also has exhibited with Monica Ferrarini, curator of MFEventi for six years in Rome at many prestigious venues including Museo Crocetti and the European Parliament Facility . Rebecca has shown with the international art collective, Nartwork , also for four years in Milan, Bologna, Naples, and as well in Spain. From 2020-2022 with Vander Plas Gallery in New York and with Mads Art Gallery in Milan, Italy and Fuertaventura, Spain. 

 Rebecca has exhibited in Mission Viejo, CA at Laguna Art in 2025 and locally in Arizona with    Steinfeld Art Gallery in Tucson, AZ, The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, and the  Tubac Center for the Arts in Tubac, AZ. 

Rebecca has been published in “Lights for the Future”, Corriere dell’Arte Magazine in Turin, Italy 2021 and also in  “Artists of Today and Tomorrow II and IV”, a Contemporary Art Catalogue written by Curatrice, Monica Ferrarini. In 2026, Rebecca appeared in “Jubilee of Hope” , a publication curated by Monica Ferrarini.  In 2021, Rebecca won the ”Collector’s Vision”, International Art Award. She also collaborated with composer Margin Alexander, in “Nocturnal Tableaux of Soho” where her artwork was displayed and inspired a musical composition performed in New York. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Corcoran College of Art and Design in 2004 and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago between 1987 and 1992. 

Exhibitions

2026,  “Hamptons Fine Art Fair”, Artifact Gallery, Hamptons, New York, Digital Art representation

2026,  “Arte Venezia”, Verum Arte, Scuola Grande San Teodoro of Venice - Italy , Group Exhibition

2026, “Hyperspace”, Monica Ferrarini, Galleria La Pigna, Rome, Italy, Group Exhibition

2025, “Arte Milano, Verum Arte, Museum of Art and Science, Milan, Italy, Group Exhibition

2025, “Arte Budapest”, Verum Arte, Galleria Sors, Budapest, Hungary, Group Exhibition

2025, “Figural & Figurative”, Artifact Projects, New York, NY, Group Exhibition

2025, ‘Fragments of the Future”, Monica Ferrarini, Galleria La Pigna, Rome, Italy, Group Exhibition 

2025, “ Premio Cita Di Montecosaro”, Verum Arte, Montecosaro, Italy, Group Exhibition

2025, “Arte Golling”, Verum Arte, Golling, Austria, Group Exhibition. 

2025, “God is Woman”, Monica Ferrarini at Borgo Pio Gallery, Rome, Italy, Group Exhibition. 

2025, “Arte Firenze” Verum Arte, at Bellini Museum, Florence, Italy, Group Exhibition.

2024, “Arte Milan, Verum Arte, at iKonica Gallery, Milan, Italy, Group Exhibition. 

2024, “ Magister Artum”, Monica Ferrarini, Galleria il Leone, Rome, Italy, Group Exhibition. 

2024, “Echoes of Now”, Rome Art Week, Galleria La Pigna, Rome Italy, Group Exhibition. 2022-Present  Flat File and Digital Exhibition with Artifact Projects New York at the Hampton’s Fine Art Fair, Art Expo New York, Red Dot Miami, and the LA.

2024, "Continuity: Modern and Contemporary Masters", Artifact Projects New York, Group Exhibition. and LA Art Fair. 

2024, “23/24-In Color”, Steinfeld Gallery/Steinfeld Warehouse. Tucson, AZ, Group Exhibition. 

2024, “Borderless, Monica Ferrarini at Europa Experience-David Sassoli, Piazza Venezia 6, Rome Italy, Group Exhibition. 

2024, January, Boundless Beauty, Nartwork Aps, Due Uno Spazio Espositivo, Bologna, Italy.

2023, November -December, Unseen Reality, Monica Ferrarini(MFEventi), Museo di Villa Paolina via Machavelli, Viareggio, Italy.

2023, Organizing Chaos, Nartwork Aps, Fondazione Luciana Matalon,Milan,Italy.

2023, July, "Shape of Vision," with Nartwork, Spazio 57, Naples, Italy.

2023, May,"Interspaces: Beyond the Tangible", Monica Ferrarini(MfEventi),Rome, Italy. galleria_la_pigna

2023, May, "Artificial Nature", organized and curated by the association Nartwork, Hub Art Barcelona, Spain,

2023, March to Present, "Artist Showcase", The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona and CF Campus.

2023 January," Duality of the Whole," Medina Art Gallery, Rome, Italy

2022, December, "ADRENOCROMO for Dinner" Mads Art Gallery Milano and Fuertoventura(and in the multiverse worldwide).

2022, November, "IMAGERIES”, Galleria Il Leone-Rome

2022, September,"Unfolding Stories" with Nartwork, Fondazione Luciano Matalon in Milan, Italy 

2022, August-September, Members Group Exhibit at the Tubac Center of the Arts in Tubac, AZ.

2022, July, Beyond Sight, Nartwork, Naples, Italy

2022, May, Les Petits Eclairs, Venice, Italy, Galleria dei Miracoli, Monica Ferrararini.

2022, March, “Distinctive Marks, Spazio SV, Nartwork, Venice, Italy.

2022, January, “Arizona Aqueous”, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, Arizona.

2021, December, “Dynamic Correspondence”, Nartwork, Bologna, Italy.

2021, December, “Sacrifice”, Mads Milano Gallery, Milan, Italy and Fuerte Ventura, Spain. 

2021, September, “DE.MO-Lifestyle”, Group Exhibition, Milan, Italy and Fuerteventura, Spain.

2021, September, "Vibes", Nartwork at Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angio ino) in Naples, Italy.

2021, August, Summer Salon, All Art + Series, Van der Plas Gallery, New York, NY 

2021, June, Inside, Fondazione Luciana Matalon, Nartworks, Milan, Italy.

2021, April, Romantica, Group Show, Galleria M.A.D.S Milano, Milan, Italy.

2021, April, Daydreaming, Galleria Ess&Rre- Lungomare Duca degli Abruzzi, Group Show, Rome, Italy. 2021, March-April, A Visual Culture, Group Show, Van der Plas Gallery, New York, NY.

2021, February, Love Your Body, Group Show, Galleria Mads Milano , Milan, Italy. 

2021, February, Something Beautiful, Group Show, Galleria La Pigna - Palazzo Maffei Marescotti, Rome, Italy. 

2021, January, Lights for the Future,Corriere dell ’Arte Magazine, Online Exhibition and Article, Turin,Italy 2020, November, Vor Kunst, Group Show, Van der Plas Gallery, Group Show,NY, NY. 2020, October, Quo Vadis, Group Show, Van der Plas Gallery, Group Show,NY, NY.

2020, August, Under the Mask, Group Show, Van der Plas Gallery, NY, NY. 2020, Upcoming and Virtual: , New York Art Center, NY, NY.

2020, March, A Changing Landscape-The Female Eye, Group Show, Van der Plas Gallery, NY, NY. 2019, 

Solo, Art in the Palisades Post Office, Washington, DC

2018, SPACES, Noma, Group Show.

2017, RAW Artists DC, Howard Theater, group exhibition. 2016, RAW Artists DC, Howard Theater, group exhibition.

2014, Solo, Art in the Palisades, Palisades Post Office window display. 2013 Solo, Art in the Palisades, Palisades Post Office window display. 2007 Solo, Art in the Palisades, Palisades Post Office window display. 2004 McLean Project for The Arts, "reference:The Question of Abstract

Art", group show 2004 Solo, Art in the Palisades, Palisades Post Office window display.

2004 Corcoran College of Art + Design, Corcoran Museum's Gallery One, All Senior Show. 2004

Corcoran College of Art + Design, Corcoran Museum's Hemicycle Gallery, Senior Thesis Exhibition. 2004

3 South Gallery, Baltimore, MD, "Together with U", 2004 Corcoran BFA Candidates Show. 2003 Corcoran College of Art + Design, Fall semester Senior Preview Show White Walls student gallery. 2003 Corcoran College of Art + Design, Fall semester Senior Proposal Show White Walls student gallery.

2003 Art in the Palisades, Palisades Post Office window display, Show curated by Sheila Rotner.

2002 Glen Echo Park-National Park Service, Labor Day Art Show, Glen Echo, MD.

2001 Glen Echo Park-National Park Service, Labor Day Art Show sponsored show in Glen Echo, MD.

2000 One Hundred Dollar Art Sale, Dupont Circle, Washington, DC.

2000 Art-O-Matic. Washington, DC

1999 Project Space. A group exhibition Washington, DC.

1998 Artspace. Corporate presentations of my artwork ,Washington, DC.

1997 South Shore Cultural Center. "Women of Vision", a group show sponsored by the Chicago Park District.

1997 Corcoran College of Art + Design. Group Show at the Georgetown facility

1996 Corcoran College of Art + Design. "80 Works" exhibit.

1994 Near Northwest Arts Council. "Sacred Memories". Exhibit of regional women artists. Chicago, IL.

1994 Caffe Trevi. Group exhibit of local artists and employees. Chicago, IL.

1993 Special Love, a benefit exhibit/auction for the Robert Taylor Housing Project Art Center. Chicago, IL.

1991 Open Studio Exhibition. In my storefront studio space in Chicago, IL.

1990 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. "Pinholes", a photography class exhibit.

1988 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. First Year Show. Two mixed media pieces exhibite

Education:

Post-degree Teacher Education Program at Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ.

2003-2004 The Corcoran College of Art + Design. Washington, DC. BFA recipient in Fine Arts. On Dean's List Fall 2003 and Spring 2004. Graduated with Honors.

1996-1997 The Corcoran College of Art + Design. Washington, DC. Fine Arts Major. Entered as a Junior. Provided with a studio space. Studied Art History, painting and drawing, collage, book arts, and paper making. Dean's List in 1996.

1987-1992 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. Fine Arts Major in painting and drawing. Studies also included Art History, liberal arts, creative writing, ceramics, photography, and art therapy

1985-1987 Honors Art High School, St. Louis, MO Magnet Program specializing in Fine Arts, Design, and Applied Arts.

1983-1987 Clayton High School. St. Louis, MO. Internships/ Professional Experience:

1991-1992 Contemporary Art Workshop. Chicago, IL. Cooperative Education Internship taken while a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

1985 Saint Louis Art Museum, Art History Survey Class. Taken as a prerequisite to the Museum Assistant program.

1985 Saint Louis Art Museum. Museum Assistant. Assisted in Art education classes for children, and in the slide library.

1984 Mark Twain Summer Institute. St. Louis, MO. Summer school with accelerated learning programs. First Art Class.

Awards and Recognition:

1987 Honors Art High School. Outstanding graduating student recognition. Bader's Senior Award for Excellence in the Fine Arts.

1986-7 Washington University in St. Louis. High School art competition. Honorable mention for two pieces submitted in Ceramic Sculpture. Honorable mention for two pieces submitted in Design and metalsmithing.