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About Artist

Rebecca Salter is attracted to the visual sophistication of Japanese prints; the flat colour, the bold, cropped compositions and, above all, the fluidity of the lines are all evident influences on her minimal, abstract works on paper, print and painting.

Her prints are made using Japanese techniques, reflecting the ukiyo-e tradition. In addition to hand-printing in her studio, Salter has a close relationship with the Sato Woodblock Workshop in Kyoto, Japan and has commissioned them to work with her on several of her multiple block and complex limited-edition woodcut series including Quadra, Celeste,Tessella, Rasa and Leste.

In her works on paper Salter draws on the raw materials of paper and wood blocks, often transferring marks from wood to paper. They are cut, folded and traced to create visual depth of surface.

Salter’s work is held in international collections including – UK: Tate Gallery; The British Museum; Victoria and Albert Museum; The British Council; Government Art Collection; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research Linklaters, London; Pallant House Gallery, Chichester. Germany:Frechen Kunstverein; Graphotek, Stadtbucherei, Stuttgart. USA: Yale University Art Gallery; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Library of Congress, Washington DC. Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery; Portland Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Currently living and working in London. Salter graduated from Bristol Polytechnic, Faculty of Art and Design in 1977. She lived and worked in Japan from 1981 to 1985 and before that was a research student at Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan, as part of her Leverhulme Scholarship.

Rebecca Salter was elected as a Royal Academician (RA), 2014, Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools in (2017 _2019) and is currently the first woman President of the Royal Academy of Arts (2019 -)

Selected Artworks

News

LONDON ART FAIR 2021 – Works by Rebecca Salter RA

Untitled 2020-07 is the first of a new series of work on paper. Salter layers of ink and gouache which ‘resisted’ to cover/uncover. The materials have a subtle reticulation, giving depth and texture to the surface of the work. 

Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018
Gallery Rin, Tokyo
Art Office Ozasa, Kyoto
2016
Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Beardsmore Gallery, London
2015
First Light, Howard Scott Gallery, New York
Along These Lines, Beardsmore Gallery, London
2013
Beyond, Beardsmore Gallery, London
2011
into the light of things: Rebecca Salter 1981-2010, Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut
Howard Scott Gallery, New York
Drawn, Beardsmore Gallery, London
2009
Pale Remembered, Beardsmore Gallery, London
2007
The Unquiet Gaze, Howard Scott Gallery, New York
2006
Bliss of Solitude, Beardsmore Gallery, London
2004
Line, Fosterart, London
Inner Eye, Howard Scott Gallery, New York
2002
Hirschl Contemporary Art, London
2001
Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
Galerie Pousse (Ichikawa), Tokyo
Gallery Sowaka, Kyoto
Howard Scott Gallery, New York
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth
2000
Jill George Gallery, London
1999
Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
(with Thomas Ruppel)
Feichtner & Mizrahi, Vienna
M-13/Howard Scott Gallery, New York
1998
Jill George Gallery, London
Galerie Pousse (Ichikawa), Tokyo
1997
M-13/Howard Scott Gallery, New York
1996
Jill George Gallery, London
1994
Jill George Gallery, London
1993
Ishiyacho Gallery, Kyoto
1992
Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight
Ichikawa Gallery, Tokyo
1990
Ichikawa Gallery, Tokyo (with UK ’90 Festival)
1987
Curwen Gallery, London
1986
Miller/Brown Gallery, San Francisco
1985
CDR Fine Art, London
1984
Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
Gallery Te, Tokyo
Curwen Gallery, London
1983
Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto (in conjunction with the
International Paper Conference)
1982
Amano Gallery, Osaka
1981
Gallery Maronie, Kyoto

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018
Gallery Rin, Tokyo
Art Office Ozasa, Kyoto
2016
Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Beardsmore Gallery, London
2015
First Light, Howard Scott Gallery, New York
Along These Lines, Beardsmore Gallery, London
2013
Beyond, Beardsmore Gallery, London
2011
into the light of things: Rebecca Salter 1981-2010, Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut
Howard Scott Gallery, New York
Drawn, Beardsmore Gallery, London
2009
Pale Remembered, Beardsmore Gallery, London
2007
The Unquiet Gaze, Howard Scott Gallery, New York
2006
Bliss of Solitude, Beardsmore Gallery, London
2004
Line, Fosterart, London
Inner Eye, Howard Scott Gallery, New York
2002
Hirschl Contemporary Art, London
2001
Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
Galerie Pousse (Ichikawa), Tokyo
Gallery Sowaka, Kyoto
Howard Scott Gallery, New York
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth
2000
Jill George Gallery, London
1999
Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
(with Thomas Ruppel)
Feichtner & Mizrahi, Vienna
M-13/Howard Scott Gallery, New York
1998
Jill George Gallery, London
Galerie Pousse (Ichikawa), Tokyo
1997
M-13/Howard Scott Gallery, New York
1996
Jill George Gallery, London
1994
Jill George Gallery, London
1993
Ishiyacho Gallery, Kyoto
1992
Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight
Ichikawa Gallery, Tokyo
1990
Ichikawa Gallery, Tokyo (with UK ’90 Festival)
1987
Curwen Gallery, London
1986
Miller/Brown Gallery, San Francisco
1985
CDR Fine Art, London
1984
Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
Gallery Te, Tokyo
Curwen Gallery, London
1983
Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto (in conjunction with the
International Paper Conference)
1982
Amano Gallery, Osaka
1981
Gallery Maronie, Kyoto

Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
The Faraway Nearby, Rabley Gallery, Rabley Drawing Centre UK.
2019
Galerie Pugliese Levi, Berlin
2018
Galerie Pugliese Levi, Berlin
Memories Arrested in Space, Italian Cultural Institute, London

2017
In Praise of Shadows, Cassina Projects/Artuner, New York
2016
Impression on the Spirit, Howard Scott Gallery, New York
2015-2016
Ink Miami, IFPDA, Rabley Contemporary, Miami, USA
2014
New Works on Paper (with Gianfranco Foschino)
Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
2013
The Opposite Gaze, Howard Scott Gallery, New York
2012
International Print Exhibition UK/Japan, Kyoto, Kita Kyushu
Prints Tokyo 2012
2011
Watercolour, Tate
Rebecca Salter and Japan, Yale University Art Gallery
What If It’s All True? What Then?, Mummery and Schnelle, London
microwave eight, Josee Bienvenue Gallery, New York
40 Artists : 80 Drawings, Burton Art Gallery and Museum, Bideford, Devon
2010
25 Years, Howard Scott Gallery, New York
2009
40 Artists-80 Drawings, The Drawing Gallery, UK
Contemporary Prints, The Drawing Gallery, UK
40 Artists-40 Drawings, Victoria and Albert Museum
2008
Drawing into Painting into Drawing, The Drawing Gallery, UK
Chromophobia, OK Harris, New York
2007
Fils de…, Plouec de Trieux, France
2006
White II, Howard Scott Gallery, New York
Drawing, Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
Surface Tensions, Jagged Art, London
To the Edge, Beardsmore Gallery, London
16 Artists/32 Drawings, The Drawing Gallery, London
Drawing Inspiration, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Cumbria
Individual Poetries, Howard Scott Gallery, New York
Drawing Breath, London; Bristol; Aberdeen; Sydney; Singapore
2005
Howard Scott Gallery, New York
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
40 Artists-40 Drawings, The Drawing Gallery, London
2004
Sublime Present, Musashino Art University, Tokyo; Nishio City, Aichi
2003
Untitled: work on paper, Hirschl Contemporary Art, London
Atlantic, Fosterart, London
20×5 Drawings, Eagle Gallery, London
Eight + one, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Northampton
2002
Working the Grid, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Works on Paper, Howard Scott Gallery, New York
Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
2001
London Prints, Montana State University, USA
2000
Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY, USA
1999
Relief Prints, Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury
Preview, M-13/Howard Scott Gallery, New York
1998
5 artists, M-13/Howard Scott Gallery, New York
Abstraction, M-13/Howard Scott Gallery, New York
1997
12 British Artists, NORD/LB Forum, Hanover
Cheltenham Open Drawing 1997 (Prizewinner)
1996
White, M13/Howard Scott Gallery, New York
Cheltenham Open Drawing 1996
1995
From Picasso to Woodrow, Tate Gallery, London
Cabinet Art, Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
1994
Recent Prints, Jill George Gallery
1993
Collographs and Monoprints, Eagle Gallery, London
Salama Caro Gallery, London
1992
Women Critics choose Women Artists, Bruton Street Gallery, London
1991
Cleveland Drawing Biennale, UK
1990
Curwen Gallery, London
Runkel-Hue-Williams, London
A View of the New, Royal Over-Seas League (prizewinner)
1989
Critic’s Space, Air Gallery, London
Drawing ’89, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto/Wacoal Art Space, Tokyo
1988
Presentation ’88, Curwen Gallery, London
Six Artists on Paper, Oxford Gallery, Oxford
1987
Eight by Eight, Curwen Gallery, London
1985
Curwen Gallery, London
1984
Curwen Gallery, London
Gallery Humanite, Nagoya
1983
Frechen Kunstverein, Germany (prizewinner)
Cleveland Drawing Biennale, UK (prizewinner)
World Print Council IV, San Francisco (purchase prize)
1982
Vallauris Ceramics Biennale, France (prizewinner)
Miller/Brown Gallery, San Francisco
1980
Gallery Soiree, Kyoto
Gallery Washio, Tokyo
1977
Qualifications, Midland Group, Nottingham
Gallery Two, Cheltenham

Selected Collections

UK
Tate Gallery
The British Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The British Council
Government Art Collection
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
Linklaters, London
The British Land Company PLC
Pallant House Gallery

Germany
Frechen Kunstverein, Germany
Graphotek, Stadtbucherei, Stuttgart

USA
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Portland Museum of Modern Art
Library of Congress, Washington DC
World Print Council, San Francisco
JP Morgan, New York
United Therapeutics Art Collection

Selected Commissions

United Airlines
EPR Architects
St George’s Hospital, London
Guy’s Hospital, London
Vale Practice, London
9-15 Sackville Street, Piccadilly, London

Selected Publications
Rebecca Salter: into the light of things, Yale University Press, 2011, By Gillian Forrester
Japanese Popular Prints, A & C Black and University of Hawaii Press 2006, By Rebecca Salter
Japanese Woodblock Printing, A & C Black and University of Hawaii Press 2001, By Rebecca Salter