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Rebecca Vincenzi was born in 1968 in England. After studying English at London University, she studied illustration at St Martin´s School of Art and at the Open College of the Arts, illustrating and writing children´s picture books. She embarked on a career of writing and illustrating texts for children and adults alike, and moved to Paris to teach drawing in the 1990s.
Rebecca Vincenzi
b. 1968, London
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1998 - 1999 Ecole Supérieure des arts appliqués Duperré, Paris, Illustration et Narration (Diplome)
1996 - 1997 St Martin’s Art College, London. Picture Book Illustration (Diploma)
1993 Open College of the Arts
1986-89 BA (hons) English Literature, London University
Publications
2010 - Tresor dans La Goutte d’Or’ (illustrated storybook) Les Editions Xerographes
2002 - ‘London Paris’ (a limited edition illustrated novel), funded by Arts Council
1996 - ‘Fly’s House’ (children’s picture book)
1993 - ‘An Ice-Cream Moon Feast’ (children’s picture book)
Exhibitions
2017 Group exhibition, Set Studios, London
2016 Group exhibition, Concept Gallery, Beaubourg Paris
Group exhibition, (selected works) La Grande Chaumiere, Paris
2015 Group exhibition, Le Shakirail, Gare du Nord, Paris
2014 Solo exhibition, selected by La Musée d’Art Naif, Paris
2013 Group exhibition Arts Festival, Tonnere, France
2012 Solo Exhibition selected by the SENAT, La Pavillon Davioud, Jardin de Luxembourg
2011 Solo Exhibition Le Poisson Rouge, Paris
2010 Group exhibition La Galerie Cargo, Paris
2008 Group Exhibition, Le Galerie Cargo, rue Cavé, Paris
2007 Solo Exhibition, ‘Au Bar’ Don Doudine, rue Myrha, Paris
Solo Exhibition, ‘La Goutte d’Or’ La Pavée D’Orsay Galerie, rue de Lille, Paris
Solo Exhibition, Le Lavoir Moderne, rue Leon, Paris
Group Exhibiton, Le Galerie Cargo, rue Cavé, Paris
2006 Solo Exhibition, ‘Dans les rues’ L’Olympic Cafe, rue Leon,
Solo Exhibition, La Boheme Restaurant, Covent Garden,
Paintings published on La Goutte D’Or, Paris website
2004 Solo Exhibition, Maison Bertaux, Soho, London
2003 Solo Exhibition, ‘Aux Cafes’ Olympic Cafe, rue Leon, Paris
2001 Group Exhibition, Vincennes, Paris
2000 Solo Exhibition, Galerie rue Muller, Montmartre, Paris
1999 Solo Exhibition, ‘Les Boites Lumineuse’ The Neo, Beaubourg, Paris
1998 Solo Exhibition, at Lou Pascalou, Menilmontant, Paris
1996 Group Exhibition, Camden Working Men’s Club, London
Speaking Engagements
2009 ‘Art History’ at the American University of Paris
2008 ‘How to teach language through use of Art’ American University of Paris
2004 ‘Drawing on Art for writing’ at American University of Paris
Collections
Ecole Jeannine Manuel, Paris, France
Private Collection, Paris, France
Private Collection, London, England
Private Collection, Wimbledon, England
Private Collection, Massachusetts, USA
Private Collection, Kentucky, USA