Born 1956 Brattleboro, Vermont

Lives and works in Chicago, IL

EDUCATION

1981 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois BFA

1974-76 Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts

1974 The Putney School, Putney, Vermont

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

Rebecca Shore, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

2024

Being There, Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago, IL

2021

Rebecca Shore, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

Green Light, Corbett vs Dempsey Gallery, Chicago, IL

2017-2018

Rebecca Shore, Corbett vs Dempsey Gallery, Chicago, IL

2015

Rebecca Shore, Barely Committed to Three Dimensions, Corbett vs Dempsey Gallery, Chicago, IL

2013

Rebecca Shore, Part and Parcel, Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM

2012

Rebecca Shore, All In One, Corbett vs Dempsey Gallery, Chicago, IL

Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM

2009

Rebecca Shore AEiOU (and sometimes why) at Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago, IL

2005

Rebecca Shore, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL

Geometric Play, Rebecca Shore, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL

2004

Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Rebecca Shore, 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

Barely 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

2018

FRONT International, Cleveland, OH

2016

Known Unknowns: Paintings in Chicago, Cleve Carney Art Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL

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, Sydney, Australia

Scapula, Selected by Charline von Heyl, Art Cologne

2013

Current Currents Part 1, Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2012

After Image, DePaul University Museum of Art, Chicago

Layers, The John Walsh III Collection of Contemporary Art Quilts, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY

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 IL

2009

Faculty Sabbatical Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2008

The Leaf and the Page, Illinois State Museum, Chicago Gallery, Chicago, IL

2006

Abstract Imagist, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL

2004

Contemporary Art and the Mathematical Instinct, Tweed Museum of Art, Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth

2003

Mixed Signals, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE

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

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 IL

Dot, Dash, & Grid- Paintings by K. Dowling, M. Kluber, S. La Rose and R. Shore, Klein Art Works, Chicago

1996

The Artist as Quiltmaker VII, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH: Honorable Mention

1995

Fiberart International ‘95, Pittsburgh, PA

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 Prize

1993

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

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

1985

Michele Feder-Nadoff, Susan Frankel and Rebecca Shore, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago IL

1983

Artists Choose Artists, The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

GRANTS

2001 Illinois Arts Council Finalist Award

1999 Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship

1991 Arts Midwest Grant; Crafts

1989 Chicago Artists Abroad Artists Grant; Brazil

1987 Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship

1985 Illinois Arts Council Chairman’s Grant

TEACHING

2007-2016 Adjunct Professor, Painting and Drawing Department, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2000-2007 Adjunct Associate Professor, First Year Program and Painting and Drawing Department, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1996-2000 Adjunct Assistant Professor, First Year Program and Painting and Drawing Department, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1991-1996 Visiting Artist, Fiber Department and First Year Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1991-1993 Taught Quilting Design at The Textile Arts Center, Chicago, IL

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2002 Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome

1992-1995 Member of the Board of Directors, and Chair of the Exhibitions Committee; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

1990 Research Assistant to African-American Quilt Scholar Eli Leon

LECTURES

2003 California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA, visiting artist;

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL painting class, visiting artist

1998 University of Chicago- Midway Studios, Chicago, IL, lecture and visiting artist

1996 Ohio State University, Undergraduate painting and design classes, Columbus, OH

1995 “Salon”, Chicago Artist’s Coalition, Chicago, IL

1990 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fiber Department

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Review by Julia Ribeiro, ArtForum, November 2021

Review by Jared Quinton, The Brooklyn Rail, 2021

Review by Lina Kavaliunas , Artforum, March 2018

Review by Ann Landi, ARTnews, Summer 2012

A Portrait of the Artist: Rebecca Shore by Jason Foumberg, New City April 13, 2009

Review by Katherine Lieber on Artscope.net, 2005

Review by Victor Cassidy on Artnet.com, 2005

Review by James Yood, Tema Celeste 2004

Review by Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune, June 25th, 2004

Critic’s Choice by Fred Camper, Chicago Reader, June 18th, 2004

New American Painters, Number 41, The Open Studios Press, Boston MA 2002

New Art Examiner, Oct 2000, “Anoka Faruqee, Rebecca Shore” by John Brunetti

“Chicago Report” by Victor Cassidy at www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/cassidy 1998

The Art Quilt, Robert Shaw, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates 1997

Quilting Today, issue # 63, 1997, p. 31: “Simplicity”, by Penny McMorris

Art/Quilt Magazine, issue # 6, 1996, p.18: “FAVA: The Artist as Quiltmaker, VII.” Jan Myers-Newbury, Juror’s statement

The Quilter’s Newletter Magazine, issue 284, 1996, “First Quilts...Last Quilts”, by Barbara Brackman and Carol Gilman Jones.

Surface Design Journal, winter 1994, “Columbus Ohio Invitational ‘93”, Lynn Lewis Young

Fiberarts, Nov/Dec 1993, “Rebecca Shore: A Minimalist’s Approach”, by Sheri Klein

“The Great American Quilt”, 1992; PBS TV, produced by Penny McMorris for WBGU-TV, Bowling Green, OH

Chicago Sun-Times, Mar 2, 1990; “Contemporary Quilters...” Ginny Holbert

Chicago Tribune, Mar 18, 1990; “Design”, Barbara Sullivan

Fiberarts, Sept/Oct 1990, “Quilting Partners- A Dual Exhibit”, Gail Skudera

Chicago Sun-Times, Nov 12, 1989; “The Quilter’s Art”, Ginny Holbert

O Estado de S. Paulo, 1989; “A America alinhava sua memoria em retalhos”, Norma Freire

The Fine Art of Quilting, Bird and Barker, E.P. Dutton 1988

Chicago Sun-Times, Jan 30, 1987; “Quilts Offer Artists a Creative Canvas”, M. Hawkins

The Quilt Digest 4, 1986; “Showcase”, compiled by Roderick Kiracofe

The Quilter’s Newletter Magazine, issue 179, 1986; “Common Threads; Friends Who Make Quilts”, by Barbara Brackman

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

City of Chicago Art Collection, Chicago, IL

Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL

University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL