Contact: rebeccamajor.mail@gmail.com

Education:
Hunter College, Certificate of Curatorial Studies, 2018
Hunter College, Master of Fine Arts, 2014
Pratt Institute, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting

Residencies, stipends, & Awards:
Manhattan Graphics Center (MGC), Artist Scholarship Program, Fall 2022
Liquitex Residency Program, 2021
Artists in the Marketplace (AIM), Bronx Museum (Shortlisted) 2019
Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, HU, 2003

Collections:
• Ludwig Museum. Budapest, HU
• Mai Mano House of Hungarian Photography. Budapest, HU
• Transformazium Coll. Carnegie Library, Braddock, PA, US

Solo Exhibitions:
2016 • Yashar Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY. Little Things
2015 • Thomas Hunter Project Space, Hunter College, New York, NY. Shirley Gloria   Link
2003 • Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, HU. From Chaos to Order: Lost Gloves of New York City  Link   Link   Link
2001 • Mai Mano House of Hungarian Photography, Budapest, HU. Characters

Select Group Exhibitions:
2022 • The Royal, New York, NY. Small Works
2021 • Art Toronto Fair, presented by Vellum Projects [Virtual-exhibit]
2021 • The Royal, New York, NY. Twilight Procession
2021 • Orenda Gallery, New York, NY. Conceptual Abstraction [Virtual-exhibit]
2021 • Hot-Cabinet, Hot Afternoon Video Jam [virtual-exhibit]
2020 • Vellum Magazine Issue 24, Human Nature    Link
2020 • Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, TX. Suffrage Now: A 19th Amendment Centennial Exhibition
2019 • Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ. All Animals Welcome  Link 
2019 • Æther Gallery, Sophia, BG. Sophia Art Week (SAW)
2019 • ArtsWestchester, Whiteplains, NY. The Chair Show
2018 • One Eyed Studios, Brooklyn, NY. What Are You Doing Here in the Dark, Susie?  Link
2018 • Local Project, LIC, NY. The Feeling is Mutual  Link
2017 • Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brookyn, NY. Warped  Link
2017 • Yashar Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY. Shirley Gloria
2016 • Yashar Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY. Little Things
2015 • Index Gallery, Newark, NJ. Filmideo
2015 • Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY. Self-Love is Not Ego [Live-PRF.] Link
2014 • 205 Gallery, New York, NY. Hunter College MFA Thesis Exhibition
2014 • 2nd fl. Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY. A Dialogue Between a Head of Moss and a Bloom of Magnolia
2012 • Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY. The Amateur Astronomers Society of Voorhees Salon
2012 • 10 Days that Shook the World. Provincetown, MA. Iceman Dot Performance [Live-PRF.]  Link
2011 • Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY. Play It Again
2010 • Ludwig Museum, Budapest, HU. Unmistakable Sentences: The Collection Revisited
2010 • Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY. DataDada  Link
2010 • Index Gallery, Newark, NJ. Rock Dreams: Artist Made Songs
2010 • Subterranean Arthouse, Berkeley, CA. Mythological Landscapes of the Body
2010 • NJ School of Architecture Gallery, Newark, NJ. Theater Town  Link
2010 • Harsimus Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ. In Spirited Company Link
2009 • Ludwig Museum, Budapest, HU. New Acquisitions: Rarely Seen Works
2009 • Janos Gat Gallery, New York, NY. Contemporary Hungarian Video Artists
2009 • Oualie Art, Newark, NJ. Unchartered Territories
2008 • Eyewash Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Artwalking
2008 • NJ School of Architecture Gallery, Newark, NJ. The Westinghouse Project  Link
2008 • The White Box. New York, NY. The Dream of the Red Chamber Masquerade Ball
2007 • Janos Gat Gallery, New York, NY. Varia
2007 • The White Box Annex, New York, NY. Gamebird Sampler  Link
2007 • NJ School of Architecture Gallery, Newark, NJ. A Modified History of Downtown Newark Link
2007 • Grace Van Vorst, Jersey City, NJ. Cathedral Arts Festival
2006 • Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ. Schoner Arsche

2006 • Art in Odd Places, New York, NY Mis-Match  Link
2006 • Aferro Gallery, Newark, NJ. In Light  Link
2006 • Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ. Escaping Freedom
2006 • NJ School of Architecture Gallery, Newark, NJ. Jailhouse Revival
2005 • Kogart Museum, Budapest, HU. NECC- Female Identity in Eastern Europe
2005 • Prenelle Gallery, London, UK. Island Art Film and Video Festival
2004 • Anthology Film Archives; New Filmmakers Series, New York, NY. Long Distance
2004 • National Hungarian Film Festival. Urania Theater, Budapest, HU. Long Distance
2004 • Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY. April Showers
2004 • Van Brunt Gallery, New York, NY. AmBush
2004 • Chisholm Gallery, New York, NY. Peace Signs: The Anti-War Movement Illustrated
2003 • Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecskemèt, HU. Taken in Hungary
2003 • White Box-The Annex, New York, NY. The Gun & Wound Show
2003 • Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY. Recession Special: 99-Dollar Show
2002 • Dining Haul, Unpacked no. 4. New York, NY. Link
2002 • Chashama, New York, NY. Windows on 42nd Street
2001 • Palais Royal Jardin, Paris, FR. Regard Hongrois Link
2001 • Chashama, New York, NY. Blank-Box; Times Square
2000 • Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY. Pet Show

Press:
2022 • Elephant Magazine, Bring Home Rebecca Major’s Thought-Provoking Swirls of Colour, 3/18/22 Link
2022 • Art and Cake Magazine, The Art of the Doodle, 2/7/22
2022 • Juxtapoz Magazine, Instagram-Live Interview, 1/26/22
2021 • Liquitex, Instagram-Live Interview, 7/23/21
2020 • Vellum Art Magazine, Human Nature, Issue #24
2020 • Artblog, Art in the Time of Corona
2019 • RFB Editorial Director Michele Carlo gets the story behind the stories of “I ART NY” podcast hosts Izabela Gola and Rebecca Major. Radio Free Brooklyn, May edition, newsletter Link
2010 • Ludwig Museum, Budapest, HUN. Permanent Collection. exhibition brochure
2008 • Larry Walczak. Walking Williamsburg NY ARTS Magazine Vol. 13 No. 11/12, 2008 Link
2003 • Lost Gloves, Print City Kft publishers, HU. exhibition booklet

2003 • New York-i kesztyuk [New York Gloves–Transl.] Sept. 22, Nepszabadsag, HU. newspaper
2003 • From Choas to Order, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, HU. exhibition brochure
2003 • Talalt targyak muveszeti osztalya [Found Objects As Art -Transl.] Sept. 19. Metro. HUN. newspaper
2003 • Uj idoszaki kiallitasok. Sept. Muzeumi Hirlevel [Museum Exhibition News-Transl.] HU. magazine
2003 • “Kaosztol rendig [From Chaos to Order-Trans.] October, Foto Mozaik, HU. magazine
2001 • Regard Hongrois, Hungarian Photographers: In the Garden of the Palais Royal, PAULKER publishers. exhibition catalog Link 

Related Professional Activities:
2019-21 • The Jewish Museum, New York, Curatorial intern
2019-21 • I Art New York - Podcast, Co-producer/co-host
2018 • CUE Art Foundation, NY. Development intern
2018 • Dieu Donné Org, NY. Administrative intern
2015 • Hunter College, NY. Visiting guest lecturer, ceramics seminar class
2014 • Hunter College, NY. Woodshop manager for Fall session
2014 • Hunter College, NY. Teaching Assistant; Fall Seminar class w/ Prof. Nari Ward
2013 • Hunter College, NY. Teaching Assistant; Spring Seminar class w/ Prof. Nari Ward
2009 • International Center of Photography (ICP) NY. Teaching Assistant; Summer

Curatorial Assistant:
The Hare with Amber Eyes, Jewish Museum, New York, 11/2021-5/2022
George Segal's Monumental Sculpture Abraham and Isaac, Jewish Museum, New York, 6/2019-2/2022
Copy, Translate, Repeat; Contemporary Art from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros,,
205 Hudson Gallery, New York, Feb.-April 2018

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