Fascinated by what we discard and forget, Rebecca Whittemore is a visual photomedia artist whose practice transforms everyday waste into quietly powerful art.
Originally from United States, Rebecca now calls Adelaide, Australia home. She holds a Master of Fine Art from the Maryland Institute College of Art, one of the oldest and most respected art schools in the United States. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally in numerous exhibitions. Rebecca’s contributions to the arts have been recognised through a range of awards and honours. She was a finalist for the Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and for the Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award in 2012. She has also received the Independent Makers and Presenters Project Grant from Arts SA and most recently, she was named a finalist for the Advertiser Contemporary Art Prize as part of SALA 2025.
Her recent solo exhibition What the Kitchen Forgets at Gallery M was featured in InReview in June 2025, where writer Sarah Herrmann observed: “In a clever take on still life portraiture, artist Rebecca Whittemore magnifies the beauty of imperfection and age by transforming food waste into fine art at Gallery M.”