Rebecca Youssef is a Los Angeles-based abstract painter
ABOUT
Rebecca Youssef is an abstract painter and muralist raised on the north shore of O’ahu, Hawaii and currently living and working in Los Angeles, California. Rebecca’s paintings are heavily influenced by the raw natural beauty of the southwest- the desert, the coast, the mountains. Equipped with a contemporary aesthetic rooted in mid-century modernism, Rebecca’s work strives to evoke a sensory experience, memory or feeling. Her work explores themes ranging from contemplative and complex to the seemingly mundane while exploring the boundaries of abstraction.
Rebecca received her BFA from the University of Arizona in Tucson and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue her MA in Art Education at Loyola Marymount University. During graduate school, Rebecca served as an artist mentor with the Los Angeles-based non-profit, ARTsmart, which provides an arts education for underserved schoolchildren. Following graduate school, Rebecca focused on teaching art at various schools across Los Angeles. In 2015, she returned to her art practice full-time and maintains an art studio at the 18th Street @ The Airport art complex.
EXHIBITIONS
2020
Drawing Connections, The North Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
February Exhibition, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
PhotoSpiva 2020, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2019
Transformations, 18th St. @ The Airport Hallway Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Estimated Time Of Arrival, Arena One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Seascapes, Light Space & Time Online Gallery
2018
Works On Paper, Hangar Gallery North, Santa Monica, CA
Tides & Currents, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
2017
Beneath The Surface, Hangar Gallery South, Santa Monica, CA
2006
Annual Juried Art Exhibition, The Laband Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Altered Books: Identity Portraits, St. Robert’s Hall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996
A Stitch In Time, The Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Ways Of Seeing, The Union Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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EDUCATION
2006
MA, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA.
Concentration: Art Education
California Clear Single Subject Teaching Credential in the Visual Arts
1996
BFA, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Major Concentration: Painting and Ceramics
Minor Studies: Art History, Spanish and Business
Servicio Voluntario Internacional, Murcia, Spain
AWARDS
2006
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition Honorable Mention
Adele Vercoe Grant Recipient
CONTACT
310.367.0506