About

Rebecca Pempek is a mixed media artist pursuing her MFA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Before attending UNC, Rebecca worked as a teaching fellow at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, and taught a range of artistic disciplines, including painting, drawing, ceramics, printmaking, and 3-D Design. She earned her B.A. at Davidson College in Davidson, NC. There, received the Fujita Art Grant and attended several residencies in Iceland, where she studied the relationship between the changing landscape and Icelandic folklore. She has exhibited work across North Carolina and throughout New England.