CV: Rebecca Major
Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
Lives/works: New York City (NYC)
Contact: rebeccamajor.mail@gmail.com
Education:
Certificate of Curatorial Studies, Hunter College, NYC
MFA, Combined-media, Hunter College, NYC
BFA, Painting, Pratt Institute, NYC
Residencies & Awards:
Manhattan Graphics Center (MGC), Artist Scholarship Program, Fall 2022
Liquitex Residency Program, 2021
AIM Program, Bronx Museum (Shortlisted) 2019
Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary, 2003
Collections:
Liquitex / ColArt, Piscataway, NJ
Manhattan Graphics Center (MGC), NYC
Ludwig Museum. Budapest, Hungary
Mai Mano House of Hungarian Photography. Budapest, Hungary
The Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecskemét, Hungary
Transformazium Coll. Carnegie Library, Braddock, PA
Solo Exhibitions:
2017 • Yashar Exhibition Space, NYC. Shirley Gloria
2015 • Thomas Hunter Project Space, Hunter College, NYC. Shirley Gloria. Curated by Jeffrey Mongrain
2003 • Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary. From Chaos to Order: Lost Gloves of New York City. curated by Veronika Baksa Soos Link Link Link
2001 • Mai Mano House of Hungarian Photography, Budapest, Hungary, Characters. Curated by Gabriella Csiszek
Select Group Exhibitions:
2024 • Vizivárosi Gallery Budapest, Hungary. Csak a kép szamit [Only the Image Counts -Transl.] Curated by Gábor Ébli Link
• Manhattan Graphics Center (MGC), NYC. Members Exhibition
2023 • Manhattan Graphics Center (MGC), NYC. Studies and Dissertations
2022 • Manhattan Graphics Center (MGC), NYC. Members Exhibition
• The Royal, NYC. Small Works. Curated by Emelia Biewald and Jason Clay Lewis Link
2021 • Art Toronto Fair, Vellum Projects, Curated by Stephanie Young Link
• The Royal, NYC. Twilight Procession. Curated by Emelia Bielwald Link
• Orenda Gallery, Conceptual Abstraction. Curated by Elaine Chao [online-exhibit]
• Hot-Cabinet, Hot Afternoon Video Jam. Curated by Tiffany Joy Butler [online-exhibit]
2020 • Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, TX. Suffrage Now: A 19th Amendment Centennial Exhibition. Curated by Erin Trieb Link
2019 • Æther Gallery, Sophia, Bulgaria, Sophia Art Week (SAW) Curated by Voin de Voin
• Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ. All Animals Welcome. Curated by Anne Trauben Link
• ArtsWestchester, Whiteplains, NY. The Chair Show. Curated by Amy Kurlander
2018 • One Eyed Studios, NYC. What Are You Doing Here in the Dark Susie. Curated by Izabela Gola Link
• Local Project, NYC. The Feeling is Mutual. Curated by Rebecca Memoli Link
2017 • Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, NYC Warped. Curated by Caroline Taylor and Ahmet Civelek2016 • Yashar Exhibition Space, NYC. Little Things.
2015 • Index Gallery, Newark, NJ. Filmideo. Curated by Lowel Craig
• Brooklyn Fireproof, NYC. Self-Love is Not Ego. [performance] Curated by Linda Paula Marcos Link
2014 • 205 Gallery, Hunter College Art Gallery, NYC MFA Thesis Exhibition
• Hunter College Art Gallery, NYC.Dialogue Between a Head of Moss and Bloom of Magnolia curated by Alan Longino Link
2012 • Hunter College Times Sq. Gallery, NYC. Amateur Astronomers Society of Voorhees Salon. Curated by Emmy Catedral
• 10 Days that Shook the World. Provincetown, MA. Iceman Dot Performance [performance] Link
2011 • Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary. Unmistakable Sentences: The Collection Revisited. Curated by Katalin Timár Link
• Hunter College Times Square Gallery, NYC. Play It Again
2010 • Grace Exhibition Space, NYC. DataDada. Curated by Henry Sanchez Link
• Index Gallery, Newark, NJ. Rock Dreams; Artist Made Songs.Curated by Lowel Craig
• Subterranean Arthouse, Berkeley, CA. Mythological Landscapes of the Body. Curated by Catherine Duquette
• Hillier Gallery, NJIT, Newark, NJ. Theater Town. Curated by Matt Gosser Link
• Harsimus Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ. In Spirited Company. Curated by Donna Kessinger Link
2009 • Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary. New Acquisitions: Rarely Seen Works.
• Janos Gat Gallery, NYC. Contemporary Hungarian Video Artists. Curated by Janos Gát
• Oualie Art, Newark, NJ. Unchartered Territories
2008 • Eyewash Gallery, NYC. Artwalking
• Hillier Gallery, NJIT School of Architecture Gallery, Newark, NJ. The Westinghouse Project. Curated by Matt Gosser Link
• The White Box. NYC. The Dream of the Red Chamber Masquerade Ball. Curated by Alisoun Meehan
2007 • Janos Gat Gallery, NYC. Varia. Curated by Janos Gát
• The White Box Annex, NYC. Gamebird Sampler. Curated by Alisoun Meehan
2007 • Hillier Gallery, NJIT School of Architecture Gallery, Newark, NJ. A Modified History of Downtown Newark Curated by Matt Gosser Link
• Grace Van Vorst, Jersey City, NJ. Cathedral Arts Festival
2006 • Index Gallery, Newark, NJ. Schoner Arsche
Curated by Lowell Craig
• Art in Odd Places, NYC Mis-Match Link
• Aferro Gallery, Newark, NJ. In Light. Link
• Index Gallery, Newark, NJ. Escaping Freedom
• Hillier Gallery, NJIT School of Architecture Gallery, Newark, NJ. Jailhouse Revival
2005 • Kogart Museum, Budapest, Hungary. NECC- Female Identity in Eastern Europe
• Prenelle Gallery, London, UK Island Art Film and Video Festival
2004 • Anthology Film Archives; New Filmmakers Series, NYC. Long Distance
• National Hungarian Film Festival. Urania Theater, Budapest, Hungary. Long Distance
• Judson Memorial Church, NYC. April Showers
• Van Brunt Gallery, NYC. AmBush
• Chisholm Gallery, NYC. Peace Signs: The Anti-War Movement Illustrated
2003 • Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecskemèt, Hungary. Taken in Hungary
• White Box-The Annex, NYC. The Gun & Wound Show
• Cynthia Broan Gallery, NYC. Recession Special: 99-Dollar Show
2002 • Dining Haul, Unpacked no. 4. NYC. Curated by Alisoun Meehan
• Chashama, NYC. Windows on 42nd Street
2001 • Palais Royal Jardin, Paris, France. Regard Hongrois Link
• Chashama, NYC. Blank-Box; Times Square
2000 • Cynthia Broan Gallery, NYC. Pet Show
Press:
2023 • Vellum Magazine Issue #27, The Materiality of Paper
• Manhattan Graphics Center (MGC), Youtube; archived artist talk w/ Robin Sherin, 4/19/23
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, 2/7/2022
• Juxtapoz, Instagram-Live; archived artist-talk w/ Juxtapoz editor Evan Pricco, 1/26/2022
2021 • Liquitex, Instagram-Live; archived artist-talk w/Rebecca Bryne 7/23/2021
2020 • Vellum Magazine Issue #24, Human Nature Link
• Artblog, Art in the Time of Corona
2019 • Radio Free Brooklyn, May newsletter RFB Editorial Director Michele Carlo gets the story behind the story of “I ART NY” podcast hosts Izabela Gola and Rebecca Major
2010 • Ludwig Museum, Budapest, HU. Permanent Collection. exhibition brochure
2008 • Larry Walczak. Walking Williamsburg NY ARTS Magazine Vol. 13 11/12/08 Link
2003 • Lost Gloves, Print City Kft publishers, HU. [exhibition booklet]
• New York-i kesztyuk [New York Gloves–Transl.] 9/22/03 Nepszabadsag. [Hungarian press]
• From Choas to Order, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, HU [exhibition brochure]
• Talalt targyak muveszeti osztalya [Found Objects As Art -Transl.] 9/19/03, Metro [Hungarian press]
• Uj idoszaki kiallitasok. Sept. Muzeumi Hirlevel [Museum Exhibition News-Transl.] [Hungarian press]
• “Kaosztol rendig [From Chaos to Order-Trans.] Oct. Foto Mozaik [Hungarian press]
2001 • Regard Hongrois, Hungarian Photographers: In the Garden of the Palais Royal, PAULKER publishers. exhibition catalog Link
Writing Penned by Rebecca Major:
• Copy, Translate, Repeat. Exhibition catalog essay. Hunter College New York, NY, 2018
• In Preparation: On the Curatorial Experience at Hunter. The Artists Institute & Hunter College, New York, NY, 2015
• Open Work in Latin America, New York & Beyond: Conceptualism Reconsidered, 1967 –1978, Liliana Porter Interview. Exhibition catalog essay. Hunter College, New York, NY. 2012
Professional Activities: Exhibitions 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
Other Related Professional Activities (New York, NY):
2023-24 • Manhattan Graphics Center (MGC), Studio assistant
2019-21 • The Jewish Museum NY, Curatorial intern
2019-21 • I Art New York - Podcast, Co-producer/co-host
2018 • CUE Art Foundation, Development intern
2018 • Dieu Donné Org., Administrative intern
2015 • Hunter College, Visiting guest lecturer at ceramics seminar class
2014 • Hunter College, Woodshop manager; Fall
2014 • Hunter College, Teaching Assistant; Fall Seminar w/ Prof. Nari Ward
2013 • Hunter College, Teaching Assistant; Spring Seminar w/ Prof. Nari Ward
2009 • International Center of Photography, I.C.P., Teaching Assistant; Summer
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