Rebecca Leveille Guay is a contemporary artist working in a figurative mode. Freely mining both art historical sources, magical surrealism/ fantasy iconography and contemporary cultural imagery.
Her practice involves a translation of inner mythologies through her distinctive ability to compose lyrically gestured figures largely from imagination.
Leveille’s facility with the figure and drawing was the center of her successes as an illustrator in the 1990’s until 2011( working under the name Rebecca Guay).
She was a celebrated figure in comics and fantasy publishing, working closely with the legendary Denis Kitchen as her agent for a number of years, until 2011 at which time she left commercial work to pursue personal and gallery painting.
Breaking out of the prescriptive narrative mode, her relationship to language persists yet the narrative potentials in her current work are balanced by her determination to create that which is poetic rather than literal. These personally driven explorations delve into sensuality, the female gaze, media imagery, and Art World social phenomena.She often leans into and appropriates her past identity as a creator OF pop culture as a tool to examine the myth and influence of culture within her current work.
A constant subtext of Leveille’s art is her relationship to materials. Carved line and washes drift within paint and pattern.The material is married to the creation of the piece with voluptuous tactility with meanings of its own.
Her work has been exhibited around the country with the Untitled Space, The LBIF Annual Drawing Exhibition 2017 Juried by the Whitney Museum's Jane Panetta and The Spring Break Art Show 2018 & 2019
Additional solo and group shows and exhibitions include the
Allentown Museum of Art, PA,
Delaware Art Museum, DE,
Jonathan Levine Gallery, NY,
Abend Gallery, CO,
Corey Helford Gallery, LA,
The Center for Contemporary Art, Sante Fe, NM.
Site:Brooklyn Gallery, NY
Michelson Gallery, MA.
She was a finalist for the 2019 Bennet Prize and was part of a national museum tour through 2020-2021 with the Muskegon Museum and the Bennett Prize
Rebecca’s work is in notable private collections including The Bennett Collection as well as the private collection of Alex and Stephen Cohen
Her recent solo show The Queen of Mars ( NYC) June 2023 curated by Nicholas Cueva for Gallery 42 received meaningful attention from art word icon and Pulitzer Prize winner for art critisism ,Jerry Saltz, who visit the show and posted on social media with praise for the work
Leveille-Guay works primarily in NYC
Her practice involves a translation of inner mythologies through her distinctive ability to compose lyrically gestured figures largely from imagination.
Leveille’s facility with the figure and drawing was the center of her successes as an illustrator in the 1990’s until 2011( working under the name Rebecca Guay).
She was a celebrated figure in comics and fantasy publishing, working closely with the legendary Denis Kitchen as her agent for a number of years, until 2011 at which time she left commercial work to pursue personal and gallery painting.
Breaking out of the prescriptive narrative mode, her relationship to language persists yet the narrative potentials in her current work are balanced by her determination to create that which is poetic rather than literal. These personally driven explorations delve into sensuality, the female gaze, media imagery, and Art World social phenomena.She often leans into and appropriates her past identity as a creator OF pop culture as a tool to examine the myth and influence of culture within her current work.
A constant subtext of Leveille’s art is her relationship to materials. Carved line and washes drift within paint and pattern.The material is married to the creation of the piece with voluptuous tactility with meanings of its own.
Her work has been exhibited around the country with the Untitled Space, The LBIF Annual Drawing Exhibition 2017 Juried by the Whitney Museum's Jane Panetta and The Spring Break Art Show 2018 & 2019
Additional solo and group shows and exhibitions include the
Allentown Museum of Art, PA,
Delaware Art Museum, DE,
Jonathan Levine Gallery, NY,
Abend Gallery, CO,
Corey Helford Gallery, LA,
The Center for Contemporary Art, Sante Fe, NM.
Site:Brooklyn Gallery, NY
Michelson Gallery, MA.
She was a finalist for the 2019 Bennet Prize and was part of a national museum tour through 2020-2021 with the Muskegon Museum and the Bennett Prize
Rebecca’s work is in notable private collections including The Bennett Collection as well as the private collection of Alex and Stephen Cohen
Her recent solo show The Queen of Mars ( NYC) June 2023 curated by Nicholas Cueva for Gallery 42 received meaningful attention from art word icon and Pulitzer Prize winner for art critisism ,Jerry Saltz, who visit the show and posted on social media with praise for the work
Leveille-Guay works primarily in NYC