Education

(In Progress) M.F.A. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, May 2025

Honors BA in Studio Art Davidson College, Phi Beta Kappa Society, May 2020 | Davidson, NC

Experience

2023 John and June Allcott Gallery Graduate Assistant | Chapel Hill, NC

2023 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ceramics Teaching Assistant | Chapel Hill, NC

2021-2023 Phillips Exeter Academy Art Department | Exeter, NH

2022 Exeter Summer Instructor in Art | Exeter, NH

2017-2020 Davidson Arts and Creative Engagement Fellow | Davidson, NC

2017-2019 Studio Assistant for Katie St. Clair, Associate Painting Professor at Davidson College | Davidson, NC

2016-2020 Intern for the Van Every & Smith Galleries at Davidson College | Davidson, NC

2016-2017 Visual Resource Center Work-Study at Davidson College | Davidson, NC

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2020 Understory- Smith Gallery, Davidson College| Davidson, NC, USA

2017 A Disfigure Study- Silver Circle Gallery| Putnam, CT, USA

2016 Order in Disorder- Silver Circle Gallery| Putnam, CT, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Lunch Break- Foundation Art Space | Exeter, NH USA

2023 Glad You Asked- See/Saw | Manchester, NH USA

2020Droplets- HallSpace | Dorchester, MA USA

2020AREA CODE Art Fair, www.areacodeartfair.com | Digital

2019 Rising Seniors- Smith Gallery, Davidson College| Davidson, NC, USA

2019 Annual Student Exhibition - Van Every & Smith Galleries, Davidson College | Davidson, NC, USA

2018 Work of Adrienne Lee & Rebecca Pempek- Prodigal Coffee| Davidson, NC, USA

2018 Annual Student Exhibition - Van Every & Smith Galleries, Davidson College | Davidson, NC, USA

2017 Annual Student Exhibition – Van Every & Smith Galleries, Davidson College | Davidson, NC, USA

Selected Achievements
2019 Douglas Houchens Studio Art Award

2018-2019 Head of Watson Walls Mural Project at Davidson College

2018 Fujita Arts Grant

2018 Best Painting in Annual Student Exhibition - Van Every & Smith Galleries, Davidson College

2017 Collaborative Artist, Davidson College SPIKE grant- Songs of the Hyacinth

Publications and Media

2020 Sturm, Helen. “An Interview with Rebecca Pempek ’20.” Davidson College Art Galleries, n.d. https://www.davidsoncollegeartgalleries.org/uncategorized/an-interview-with-rebecca-pempek-20/.

2018 Weals, Lucas: "An Interview with Rebecca Pempek '20 ", The Davidsonian Vol. 114, September 2018.

2017 Weals, Lucas: “Davidson Art Majors Talk Process, Inspiration, and Campus Culture”, The Davidsonian Vol. 113, September 2017, p 4.

2017 Tsemo, B, & Wyse, M. “The Lighthouse”. Pomfret, CT: WBVC 91.1 FM

Residencies

March 2019 Azule| Hot Springs, NC, USA

June 2018 Old School Arthouse| Hrisey, Iceland

July 2018 Fish Factory Creative Center| Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland