Rebecca Jewell

Biography

Rebecca Jewell is a London-based printmaker and collage artist. Drawing and nature are at the core of her practice. Her intricate drawings of artefacts and bird specimens, and her unique feather collages, are inspired by material culture and Natural History collections in museums, as well as issues around the contemporary hunting and trapping of birds. Jewell has a PhD from the Royal College of Art (2004, entitled "Understanding Pacific Feather Art through Drawing") and she held a residency with the Cambridge Conservation Initiative on Seaweed Biodiversity (2022–2023). She was invited to be the Public Engagement Artist on the Wellcome-funded Animal Feeding Project (2022–2025), creating a Contemporary Bestiary. Jewell has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally. Her work is held in the British Museum, the Natural History Museum, and the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, as well as in many private collections.