
Rebecca Salter (b. 1955) studied at Bristol Polytechnic (1977) and won a Leverhulme Scholarship to study at Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan (1979-81). She was awarded two Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards (1995 and 2003) and won first prize in the Cheltenham Open Drawing Exhibition (1997). She is a Research Fellow at Camberwell College of Arts and was Artist-in-Residence at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut, USA (2003).
Selected solo shows include: Gallery Maronie, Kyoto (1981, 83 & 84); Miller/Brown Gallery, San Francisco, USA (1986); Jill George Gallery, London (1994, 96, 97, 98, 00); Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart (2001); Hirschl Contemporary Art, London (2002); Line, Fosterart, London (2004); and Howard Scott Gallery, New York (2004); Beardsmore Gallery, London (2006) Group exhibitions include:Cleveland Drawing Biennale (1983, 91); London to LA, Vencie, California, USA (1992); Relief Prints, Gainsborough's House, Sudbury (1999); Untitled: Work on Paper, Hirschl Contemporary Art, London (2003); Yale Center for British Art, New Haven (2005); and 40 Artists – 40 Drawings (2005) Pairs (2006) Drawing into Painting into Drawing (2008) & 40 Artists 80 Drawings all at The Drawing Gallery.
Her work is held in both public and private collections worldwide including: Tate Gallery; The British Museum; The Victoria & Albert Museum; The British Council; Government Art Collection; Arthur Andersen & Co; Unilever; Frechen Kunstverein, Germany; Graphoteck, Stadtbucherei, Stuttgart, Germany; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Library of Congress, Washington; World Print Council, San Francisco; JP Morgan, New York; and Lake Tower Collection, Chicago.