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About

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Multi-medium portrait and figurative artist

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Rebecca Davis was born in Kaurna/Adelaide and currently lives and works in Brisbane, Australia on the unceded lands of the Meanjin people.

 

Rebecca's early work included installation sculpture and printmaking, and currently her focus is oil painting, with a practice that spans illustration, drawing and collage. Rebecca is passionate about learning and sharing her knowledge through teaching, speaking and designing creative workshops.

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In 2025 Davis was the winner of the Brisbane Portrait Prize Sylvia Jones Prize for Women Artists and Highly Commended in the Kennedy Prize. She was selected as a finalist in both the 2026 and 2025 Portia Geach Memorial Award at S.H. Ervin Gallery. In 2024 her collage and graphic work won her the prestigious 2024 Adelaide Fringe Poster Competition. 

Education

  • 1989 Bachelor of Visual Arts, University of South Australia

  • 2002 Advanced Diploma of Visual Communication, Design College Australia

Awards

  • 2025 Winner Sylvia Jones Prize for Women Artists, Brisbane Portrait Prize

  • 2025 Highly Commended Kennedy Art Prize

  • 2025 People's Choice Award Dean Cogle Portrait Prize

  • 2024 Winner Adelaide Fringe International Poster Competition

Selected Award Exhibitions

  • Finalist 2026 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 17 Sep - 1 Nov

  • Finalist 2026 Brisbane Portrait Prize, State Library of Qld Gallery, 18 Sep - 8 Nov

  • Finalist 2026 Smallacombe Self Portrait Prize, Gallery One, Adelaide 28 Aug - 23 Sep

  • Finalist 2026 Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery Brisbane 7 - 25 Aug

  • Finalist 2026 Doyles Art Award, Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast 19 - 28 June

  • Finalist 2026 Queensland Figurative, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane 10 Apr - 10 May

  • Finalist 2025 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 19 Sep - 2 Nov

  • Finalist 2025 Brisbane Portrait Prize, State Library of Qld Gallery, 20 Sep - 9 Nov

  • Finalist 2025 Salon des Refusés, Brisbane Portrait Prize, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane 10 Oct - 2 Nov

  • Finalist 2025 Kennedy Prize, Royal South Australian Society of  Arts, Adelaide 6-21 Sep

  • Finalist 2025 Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery Brisbane

  • Finalist 2025 Dean Cogle Portrait Prize, Dust Temple, Gold Coast

  • Solo exhibition 2024, Adelaide Fringe, Dentons, 19 Gouger Street, Adelaide 23 Feb - 16 Mar

  • Finalist 2024 Brisbane Portrait Prize Salon des Refusés
    Petrie Terrace Gallery 

  • Finalist 2023 Dean Cogle Portrait Prize, Dust Temple, Gold Coast 

  • Finalist 2023 Brisbane Portrait Prize Salon des Refusés, Petrie Terrace Gallery 


 

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