Born in the Midwest, Rebecca relocated to the West Coast to pursue an art degree in interior design. After working in architecture for several years, focusing on interior architectural spaces, she became a wood furniture maker. Inspired by the contemporary furniture makers Sam Maloof and George Nakashima, Rebecca developed a minimalistic, sculptural style featuring bold forms made of contrasting wood species.
Rebecca then began working with clay. The sensuous, tactile forms became an extension of her sculptural work in wood. The fluid possibilities proved endless and intriguing. Tapping into her minimalistic aesthetic, she is currently exploring the relationship between these forms and various surface treatments.
A majority of Rebecca’s ceramic work features Western Raku, Pit Firing, Horsehair and other low-fire techniques where she is able to embrace the randomness and immediacy of a fast, lower temperature firing. Of the process she says “using these methods, the vessels become the canvases upon which I paint with fire, producing unpredictable, almost surreal results.”
Education
BS Interior Design with a Concentration in History of Furniture, San Jose State University, San Jose,
California
BS Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Ceramic Alternative Firing
Raku Firing Workshop, Clay Art Center, Tacoma, Washington, with Dave and Boni Deal, 2012.
Alternative Firing, Obvara and Raw Raku, La Meridiana, Tuscany, Italy, with Marcia Selsor and Pietro
Maddalena, 2014.
Alternative Firing Methods, “Fast Fire Pottree”, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, Nevada, with Don
Ellis and Randy Brodnax, 2015.
Pit Firing Workshop, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Oregon Coast, with Chris Baskin, 2016.
Awards
Potters Choice Award, Clay Fest, Eugene, Oregon 2019
Juried and Invitational Shows
Natural Conversations, Rogue Gallery main gallery, Medford, Oregon September 6 – October 25, 2024
(Three Artist Exhibition)
Behind the Shoji, Portland Japanese Garden, Portland, Oregon, June 29 – September 2, 2024.
Natural Conversations, Berkano Gallery, Seattle, Washington August – October 2023 (Three Artist
Exhibition)
Around Oregon Annual 2022 Exhibition, Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon, July 9 – August 13,
2022 (Juried Exhibition)
Summer Heat, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, Oregon June 10 – 25, 2022 (Invitational Group Exhibition)
A Walk in the Woods, Sidestreet Arts, Portland, Oregon March 1-31, 2022 (Invitational Group Exhibition)
Expressions West 2021, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon April 16 – June 26, 2021 (Juried
Exhibition)
Random Perfections, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon February 26 – March 26, 2021 (Three
Artist Exhibition)
Dynamic Conversation: Geralyn Inokuchi and Rebecca Arthur, Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington,
November 5-28, 2020. (Two Artist Exhibition)
Let It Be: Raku Ceramics by Rebecca Arthur & Mixed Media Paintings by Geralyn Inokuchi, Rogue
Gallery main gallery, Medford, Oregon August 14 – September 25, 2020 (Two Artist Exhibition)
Let it Be: Randomness in Abstract Art with Geralyn Inokuchi, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon, July
13 – October 5, 2019 (Two Artist Exhibition)
Community & Connections, Multnomah Art Center, Portland Oregon, March 3 – April 4, 2017 (Juried
Exhibition)
Alchemy of the Surface, Oregon Potters Association in conjunction with NCECA 2017 Convention,
Portland Oregon, March 21 – 25, 2017 (Invitational Group Exhibition)
OSU150 Space Grant Art Exhibit, La Sells Stewart Center Giustina Gallery, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon, August 2017 (Juried Exhibition)
The Artful Solar Eclipse, Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon, August, 2017 (Juried Exhibition)
14th Around Oregon Annual, Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon, June 2 – July 11, 2016 (Juried
Exhibition)
Recent Shows and Exhibits
Philomath Open Studios Tour guest artist October 2023
Art in the Valley Gallery, Corvallis, Oregon, featured artist February 2023
Sidestreet Arts, Portland Oregon, featured artist August 2020, January 2023
River Gallery, Independence, Oregon, featured window artist July – August, 2021
