Rebecca Gabriel (born May 7, 1948) is an American contemporary realist painter and figurative artist, specialising in the Renaissance tradition. [1] [ non-primary source needed ]
She pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California and earned a Master of Science in Art Education from Massachusetts College of Art. Gabriel also attained a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from the University of Massachusetts. She studied old master painting techniques in Austria with Michael and Ernst Fuchs at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. [1] [2] [ non-primary source needed ]
Gabriel is the recipient of Massachusetts University Fellowship in Painting and Haines Foundation Grant. [1] [2]
Gabriel served as a painting and drawing instructor at Rogue Community College, Southern Oregon University, and Brentwood Art Center. She was an art history instructor at the Passaic County Community College in Patterson, and an Artist-In-Residence in Studio In A School, New York, NY.
Her work has been featured in Calyx, Studio Visit, World of Art MOMA edition, Art Market International, Ashland Daily Tidings (1992-2016), Medford Mail Tribune (2007-2016), Ashland Magazine Fall 2006, Florence Biennale Art XII edition, American Artwork issues (2018-2019), [1] Reality of Illusion, Donald Brewer, USC, 1981, Studio Visit Magazine, and Open Studio Press. [2]
Gabriel's art is a permanent acquisition in multiple venues, such as Roots at Havurah Shir Hadash Sanctuary, Sarah giclee edition print at Temple Emek Shalom, [2] and Nancy Peterson memorial portrait at Southern Oregon University, Taylor Hall.
Gabriel was a contributing artist for the Mirrors Portrait Project at the Firehouse Gallery in Grants Pass, sponsored by RCC. [2] Her future exhibitions include Art Expo New York in 2022.
Gabriel is married to a poet, Jonah Bornstein (1977-present), [3] [ failed verification ]