Education
Columbia College Chicago
Masters of Fine Art in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Art
Chicago, Illinois | 2020
Lincoln University
Postgraduate Certificate in Land and Society
Lincoln, New Zealand | 2017
Northwestern University
Bachelors in Linguistics, Minor in Sociology
Evanston, Illinois | 2010
Recent Awards
Columbia College Chicago
Albert P. Weisman Award | Chicago, Illinois, 2020
Lya Dym Rosenblum Professional Development Award | Chicago, Illinois, 2020
Barbara Lazarus Metz Fellowship for academic merit | Chicago, Illinois, 2017-2020
California Rare Book School at the University of California
Annual Fund Scholarship | Los Angles, California, 2019
Residencies
AIRAIR
Artist in Residence | Chicago, Illinois/Denver, Colorado | 2019
The XCHC
Artist in Residence | Christchurch, New Zealand | 2018
Creative Coworking
Featured Artist | Evanston, Illinois | 2018
Solo & Duo Shows
Museum of Contemporary Art
Staff Lounge Show | curated by Margaret Barnard | Chicago, Illinois | 2019
Christchurch Arts Centre Pūmanawa Gallery
Love CHCH: Post-Earthquake Postcards to the City | curated by Rebecca Hill and Silvan Made | Christchurch, New Zealand | 2018
Curt's Café
Damaged Goods | curated by Carol Hammerman | Evanston, Illinois | 2018
Creative Coworking
January Art & Wine Night | curated by Angela Valavanis | Evanston, Illinois | 2018
Select Group Exhibitions
CovidTV
Good Mail Day | curated by Julia Arredondo | 2020
College Art Association Annual Conference
Master's Student Showcase | curated by Melissa Potter and Jonathan Castillo | Chicago, Illinois | 2020
Terrarium Gallery
Selections from Art & Art History | curated by Chris Flynn | Chicago, Illinois | 2020
POROUS Gallery
Horizon | curated by Josué Esau | Chicago, Illinois | 2019
Hyde Park Art Center
Continuous Span | curated by Rhonda Wheatley | Chicago, Illinois | 2019
Hunt Gallery
ILSSA Implement | curated by Impractical Labor |Saint Louis, Missouri | 2018-19
Cargill Hall Gallery
Art Needs People | curated by Jehra Patrick | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 2018
The TART Gallery
WordART | curated by Dale Copeland | Taranaki, New Zealand | 2018
Down by the Liffey Gallery
Weird and Wonderful | curated by Mike Glover | Lincoln, New Zealand | 2017-18
Hairpin Arts Center
Arte Al Rescate | curated by Janice Aponte | Chicago, Illinois | 2017
Percy Thomson Gallery
International Collage Exhibition | curated by Dale Copeland | Stratford, New Zealand | 2017
Te Rauparaha Arena
Wellington Paper Arts & Craft Show | Poirirua, New Zealand | 2017
Christchurch Arts Centre
Christchurch ZineFest | Christchurch, New Zealand | 2017
University of Iowa Center for the Book
Handy Books Exhibition | curated by Julia Leonard and Elizabeth Yale | Iowa City, Iowa |2017
Select Collections
Oncology of Northshore | Rolling Meadows, Illinois
RAND Corporation | Santa Monica, California
The Minneapolis Art Lending Library | Minneapolis, Minnesota
Read/Write Library Chicago | Chicago, Illinois
Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery | Chicago, Illinois
The Painted Door at The Colombo | Christchurch, New Zealand
Musée Artcolle | Plémet, France
Telavi Iakob Gogebashvili State University | Telavi, Republic of Georgia
HeidiHouse | Minneapolis, Minnesota
Creative CoWorking | Evanston, Illinois
Rutherford's Den in the Christchurch Arts Centre | Christchurch, New Zealand
Works held in private collections in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Germany, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand.
Professional Development
California Rare Book School at the University of California
Artists' Books: Collection, Development & Assessment, Annual Fund Scholarship recipient | Los Angeles, California | 2019
Hyde Park Art Center
The Bridge Program | Chicago, Illinois | 2017
Community Collaborative Projects
Justine Hotel at 6018North
Imaginary Homelands | led by Kirsten Leenaars | Chicago, Illinois | 2020
Glass Curtain Gallery
They Scared We Sacred | led by Jennifer Ligaya | Chicago, Illinois | 2019
C33 Gallery
Give Me Your Anxiety | led by Madison Juliana Alexander | Chicago, Illinois | 2019
Rootwork Gallery
A Tender Power | led by Tracie D. Hall | Chicago, Illinois | 2018
Evanston Arts Council
Winter HeARTh: unCovered | led by Jason Brown & Melissa Blount | Evanston, Illinois | 2018
Evanston Arts Council
Collective Cartography | led by Jason Brown | Evanston, Illinois | 2018
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
Black Lives Matter Witness Quilt | led by Melissa Blount | Evanston, Illinois | 2018
Centre of Contemporary Art
The AntiFashion Show | led by Khye Hitchcock | Christchurch, New Zealand | 2017
Christchurch Arts Centre
The Ephemeral City | led by Olivier Grossetête | Christchurch, New Zealand | 2017
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
Ferocious Mother and Canis Familiaris | led by Marie Watts | Evanston, Illinois | 2017
Publications & Presentations
Columbia College Chicago | Guest Lecture | Chicago, Illinois | 2019
Families in Global Transition | “Objects of Reflection” Poster Presentation | The Hague, The Netherlands | 2018
Journal of Artist Books, n.43 | Review of Inland Sea by Mary Clare Butler | Chicago, Illinois | 2018
Journal of Artist Books, n.43 | Review of The Blind Man Magazine No. 1 & 2 | Chicago, Illinois | 2018
Home:Keep, collection ii RE::DIS//MIS | “Glomly” and “Diaspora” Poems | Evanston, Illinois | 2017
Journal of Artist Books, n.41 | Review of Secrets Inside Shadows by Julie Nauman-Mikulski | Chicago, Illinois | 2017
Shapono: A Circle of Stories for Sheroanawë Hakihiiwë | Curatorial Essay | Digital Publication | 2017
Damaged Goods | Self-published Poetry Cycle in Artist Book Format | Chicago, Illinois | 2016
Magnitude | Self-published Artist Book | Chicago, Illinois | 2016
Industrial Grace Restoration | Art, Craft, and Entrepreneurship Series | Digital Publication | 2013-15
The Abode of The Headpieces | Creative Writing and Cultural Criticism Series | Digital Publication | 2011-15
Not a Mechanism | Poetry and Cultural Criticism Series | Digital Publication | 2006-10
Press
2020 Folayemi Wilson. “Exhibition Essay.” Department of Art and Art History, Columbia College Chicago. Forthcoming. | 2020
Haskin, Lisa Plefka. “an unexpected blessing from a stranger”. Haskinesque, 16 May 2020.
Jamie Thome. Evanston Bound Artists Talks & Studio Quarantours, episode 4, 6 May 2020, Artists Book House, Evanston, IL
Kaylee Fowler. “Interview with Rebecca Grace Hill.” Department of Exhibitions and Performances, Columbia College Chicago. | 2020
“Reset, de-stress & love yourself”. Community Healing Mercado and Three Seeds Gallery, February, 2020
Klabunde, Ryan. “Borrow Before you Buy.” TPT Originals. 24 January 2019
Ryan, Greg. “Conferring and Creating.” Faculty of Environment Society and Design Newsletter, Issue 8, 9 March 2018, pp. 3
Johnstone, Steve. “Rebecca Hill Exhibition on at the Arts Centre”. The Society Scoop, vol. 17, 12 April 2018.
Copeland, Dale. WordART. March, 2018. pp. 25
Gonzalez, Diana. “Happy Solstice Giftie for Me.” As the Crow Flies Studio, 23 December 2017.
“The Wasteshed's First Annual Holiday Craft Fair”. All Events Chicago. | 2017
Roberts, Davis. “Visitor Guide.” Wellington Paper Arts and Craft Show, 2017, pp.1
Skinner, Julia. “Handy Books Exhibition.” Julia Skinner Blog. 24 August 2017.
Julia Leonard and Elizabeth Yale, curators. Handy Books Exhibition Catalogue, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, pp. 12. | 2017
Brown, Jennifer M. “replicate subjunctive.” Under the Root, 30 March 2017.
Degliantoni, Lisa. “Artists Studios.” Evanston Made. March, 2016.
Berry-Philips, Virginia. “Collaborative Twins! Earrings Project, Round 2.” YazBerry Fashion Blog. 15 September, 2015.
Clark, Carlyn. “The Lovely 2015 Liberate Your Art Postcard Swap Cards I Received.” Carlyn Clark Blog. 15 April, 2015.
Thompson, Marjorie. “Inspiration Today, Studio Happenings & WIP: 154.” Sun Breaks In the Forecast. 7 April, 2015.
Favorite, Amber. “Treasure Hunting.” A Favorite Design. 5 February 2015.
Lin, Hannah. “The Creative Left Brain.” Veracity Magazine, vol.1, Fall 2014. pp. 5