Rebecca Jones - Just Having Fun
Charcoal on Paper, 56cm x 76cm, 2025, (unframed)
Rebecca lives and works on Wurundjeri-Woi Wurrung Country in Naarm/Melbourne. Through her multidisciplinary drawing practice, Rebecca investigates the fluid relationship between translation, place, and materiality. Informed by her ongoing research into New Materialism and Zen Buddhism her immersive environments challenge conventional ideas of two-dimensional drawing and disrupt linear experiences of time, blending material storytelling with personal reflection and broader cultural inquiry.
Rebecca holds a Master of Contemporary Art from the Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne), where she was awarded the prestigious Stuart Black Memorial Scholarship for excellence in drawing. She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of South Australia and has extended her practice through intensive drawing and painting marathons at The New York Studio School.
For this exhibition, Counter Encounter, Rebecca’s current body of work, Chosen Words, reflects her lived experience as a Gen X woman reckoning with the weight of unrealistic gender expectations shaped by patriarchal systems. Inspired by the rebellious spirit of young women musicians who unapologetically own their voices, Rebecca fuses text and image to craft playful affirmations that disrupt outdated ideals and celebrate new, self-defined narratives of success and equality.
Charcoal on Paper, 56cm x 76cm, 2025, (unframed)
Rebecca lives and works on Wurundjeri-Woi Wurrung Country in Naarm/Melbourne. Through her multidisciplinary drawing practice, Rebecca investigates the fluid relationship between translation, place, and materiality. Informed by her ongoing research into New Materialism and Zen Buddhism her immersive environments challenge conventional ideas of two-dimensional drawing and disrupt linear experiences of time, blending material storytelling with personal reflection and broader cultural inquiry.
Rebecca holds a Master of Contemporary Art from the Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne), where she was awarded the prestigious Stuart Black Memorial Scholarship for excellence in drawing. She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of South Australia and has extended her practice through intensive drawing and painting marathons at The New York Studio School.
For this exhibition, Counter Encounter, Rebecca’s current body of work, Chosen Words, reflects her lived experience as a Gen X woman reckoning with the weight of unrealistic gender expectations shaped by patriarchal systems. Inspired by the rebellious spirit of young women musicians who unapologetically own their voices, Rebecca fuses text and image to craft playful affirmations that disrupt outdated ideals and celebrate new, self-defined narratives of success and equality.
Charcoal on Paper, 56cm x 76cm, 2025, (unframed)
Rebecca lives and works on Wurundjeri-Woi Wurrung Country in Naarm/Melbourne. Through her multidisciplinary drawing practice, Rebecca investigates the fluid relationship between translation, place, and materiality. Informed by her ongoing research into New Materialism and Zen Buddhism her immersive environments challenge conventional ideas of two-dimensional drawing and disrupt linear experiences of time, blending material storytelling with personal reflection and broader cultural inquiry.
Rebecca holds a Master of Contemporary Art from the Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne), where she was awarded the prestigious Stuart Black Memorial Scholarship for excellence in drawing. She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of South Australia and has extended her practice through intensive drawing and painting marathons at The New York Studio School.
For this exhibition, Counter Encounter, Rebecca’s current body of work, Chosen Words, reflects her lived experience as a Gen X woman reckoning with the weight of unrealistic gender expectations shaped by patriarchal systems. Inspired by the rebellious spirit of young women musicians who unapologetically own their voices, Rebecca fuses text and image to craft playful affirmations that disrupt outdated ideals and celebrate new, self-defined narratives of success and equality.