b. 1956 Brattleboro, Vermont
Lives and works in Chicago, IL
Education
1981
BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1976
Smith College, Northampton, MA
1974
The Putney School, Putney, VT
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025
North Room: Rebecca Shore, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2024
Being There, Corbett Vs Dempsey, Chicago, IL
2021
Green Light, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
Rebecca Shore, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Rebecca Shore, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
2015
Barely Committed to Three Dimensions, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
2013
Part and Parcel, Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM
2012
All in One, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL All in One, Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM
2009
AEiOU (and sometimes why), Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
2005
Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2004
Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003
Van de Griff/Marr, Santa Fe, NM
Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
2000
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1995
Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Barley Fair, Chicago, IL
Independent, New York, NY
2023
Come a Little Closer, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
2021
Private Eye: The Imagist Impulse in Chicago Art, Newfields, Indianapolis, IN
Feelings Are Facts, Poker Flats, Williamstown, MA
2020
Fanfare, Fordham University, Ildiko Butler Gallery, New York, NY
2019
garcía, Raina, Shore, Tossin, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
Small Painting, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
2016
Jenny from the Color Block: Robert Burnier, Boyang Hou, SANGREE, Rebecca Shore, Min Song, and Lisa Williamson, curated by Eric Ruschman, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Known Unknowns: Paintings in Chicago, Cleve Carney Art Gallery
2014
Ellen Berkenblit, Steve DiBenedetto, Phil Hanson, Barry Le Va, Albert Oehlen, Alexander Ross, Rebecca Shore, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
Now Chicago!, Hughes Gallery, Surry Hills, Australia
2012
Afterimage, DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL
2011
Texture.txt, Regina Rex Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Touch and Go: Ray Yoshida and his Spheres of Influence, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
On and Of Paper: Selections from Illinois State Museum Collections, ISM Chicago Gallery, Chicago
2009
Faculty Sabbatical Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2008
The Leaf and the Page, Illinois State Museum, Chicago, IL
2006
Chance Occurrences and Natural Forms, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL
Abstract Imagist, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
2004
Dizzy: Rebecca Shore and Susan Michod, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL
Contemporary Art and the Mathematical Instinct, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth
2003
Mixed Signals, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Chicago Abstraction Today, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
2002
Real Abstraction: No Metaphors, No Apologies, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
Midwestern Artists, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
Repetitive: Rebecca Shore, Dan Devening and Bill Gant, IUN Gallery for Contemporary Art, Gary, IN
2001
Four Corners of the World, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Alumni Exhibit, Chicago, IL
Contemporary Art Quilts: The John M. Walsh III Collection, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington
Patient Process, Falconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
2000
Anoka Faruqee and Rebecca Shore, Gahlberg Gallery at College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL Quilt, North Park University, Chicago IL
1999
It Looks Easy: A Cross Section of Recent Painting in Chicago, Gallery 400 University of Illinois at Chicago
1998
3rd Occasional Survey of Abstract Art in Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago
Dot, Dash, & Grid: Paintings by K. Dowling, M. Kluber, S. La Rose and R. Shore CSPS, Cedar Rapids IA
Dot, Dash, & Grid: Paintings by K. Dowling, M. Kluber, S. La Rose and R. Shore Klein Art Works, Chicago
1997
Dot, Dash, X & Grid: Recent Paintings by Dan Devening & Rebecca Shore and Sculpture & Drawings by Diane Simpson, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1996
The Artist as Quiltmaker VII, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH: Honorable Mention
1995
Fiberart International ‘95, Pittsburgh, PA Textile Exhibit, The Art Source, Indianapolis, IN
1994
The Shape of Things, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
The Artist as Quiltmaker VI, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH: Best of Show
1993
Invitational ‘93, The Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
Fiberart International ‘93, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA: First Prize
1992
Stretching Our Roots/Quilts, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
Quilts, Contemporary Art Center of Arlington, Arlington Heights, IL
1990
Contemporary Quilts, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN
Quilting Partners, Northern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989
Quilting Partners, Museu de Arte Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Christina Ramberg and Rebecca Shore, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987
Christina Ramberg and Rebecca Shore, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986
Quilt Invitational, Textile Arts Center, Chicago, IL
1985
Michele Feder-Nadoff, Susan Frankel and Rebecca Shore, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago IL
The Unscene Show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Contemporary Quilts, Gallery Karl Oskar, Westwood Hills, KS
1983
Artists Choose Artists, The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL Professional Activities
Selected Bibliography
2021
Ribeiro, Julia. “Rebeca Shore,” Artforum, December 2021
Jared Quinto, “Rebecca Shore: Green Light,” The Brooklyn Rail, (2021)
2018
Linda Kavaliunas, “Rebecca Shore, Corbett vs. Dempsey,” Artforum (March 2018)
2014
Mursaloglu, Gulsah. “Interview,” Chicago Contemporary Art Seminar (April 2014). Cover artist, Poetry Magazine (February 2014).
2012
Miller, Randall. “From Chicago: Afterimage,” Art Practical 4.2 (October 9, 2012).
Higginbotham, Jenni. “All In One: Paintings by Rebecca Shore,” New American Paintings blog (May 2, 2012).
“Rebecca Shore: Eight Modern,” ArtNews (Summer 2012).
2009
Nichols, Thea Liberty. “Faculty Projects, Group Exhibition, Betty Rymer Gallery,” ArtSlant (Feb. 2, 2009).
Foumberg, Jason. “A Portrait of the Artist: Rebecca Shore,” New City (April 13, 2009).
Mojica, Jason. “Rebecca Shore,” TimeOut Chicago (2009).
2005
Lieber, Katherine. “Rebecca Shore: New Paintings and Works on Paper,” Artscope.net (2005).
Cassidy, Victor. “Prairie Smoke,” Artnet.com (August 25, 2005).
2004
Yood, James. Review. Tema Celeste (2004).
Artner, Alan. Review. Chicago Tribune (June 25, 2004).
Camper, Fred. “Critic’s Choice,” Chicago Reader (June 18, 2004).
2002
New American Painters, no. 41, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA.
2000
Brunetti, John. “Anoka Faruqee, Rebecca Shore,” New Art Examiner (October).
1998 Cassidy, Victor. “Chicago Report,” Artnet (1998).
1997
Shaw, Robert. The Art Quilt, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates (1997).
McMorris, Penny. “Simplicity,” Quilting Today, no. 63 (1997): 31.
1996
Myers-Newbury, Jan. “Juror’s Statement, FAVA: The Artist as Quiltmaker, VII,” Art/Quilt Magazine, no. 6 (1996): 18.
Brackman, Barbara and Carol Gilman Jones. “First Quilts...Last Quilts,” The Quilter’s Newletter Magazine, no. 284, (1996).
1994
Surface Design Journal, winter 1994, “Columbus Ohio Invitational ‘93”, Lynn Lewis Young
1993
Fiberarts, Nov/Dec 1993, “Rebecca Shore: A Minimalist’s Approach”, by Sheri Klein
1992
“The Great American Quilt,” PBS TV, produced by Penny McMorris for WBGU-TV, Bowling Green, OH.
1990
Holbert, Ginny. “Contemporary Quilters,” Chicago Sun-Times (March 2, 1990).
Sullivan, Barbara. “Design,” Chicago Tribune (March 18, 1990).
Skudera, Gail. “Quilting Partners- A Dual Exhibit,” Fiberarts (Sept/Oct 1990).
1989
Holbert, Ginny. “The Quilter’s Art,” Chicago Sun-Times (Nov. 12, 1989).
Freire, Norma. ; “A America alinhava sua memoria em retalhos,” O Estado de S. Paulo.
1988
The Fine Art of Quilting, Bird and Barker, E.P. Dutton (1988).
1987
Hawkins, M. “Quilts Offer Artists a Creative Canvas,” Chicago Sun-Times (Jan. 30, 1987).
1986
Kiracofe, Roderick. “Showcase,” The Quilt Digest 4 (1986).
Brackman, Barbara. “Common Threads; Friends Who Make Quilts,” The Quilter’s Newletter Magazine, no. 179 (1986).
Teaching
2007-2017
Adjunct Professor, Painting and Drawing Department, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2000-2007
Adjunct Associate Professor, First Year Program and Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1996-2000
Adjunct Assistant Professor, First Year Program and Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1991-1996
Visiting Artist, Fiber Department and First Year Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1991-1993
Quilting Design, The Textile Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Public Collections
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
City of Chicago Art Collection, Chicago, IL
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL