Biography:
Rebecca Kautz (b.1978, Princeton, IL) is an interdisciplinary artist with the foundation of her art practice in painting and drawing. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Painting & Drawing and Master of Arts in Art from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from Argosy University-Chicago, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Trained as an artist in Chicago at the turn of the twenty-first century, her work connects to the Surrealist movement, Expressionism, and Folk Art traditions. Kautz’s imagery stems from her rural upbringing, family, and critical observations of American culture. She describes her work as "neo surreal feminist folk". Her work has been published in “Word Power: Language as Medium”, “Emergency Index”, and “The Social Art Award: Invigorating the Rise of Social Art”. Her awards include; Arts Midwest Artists with Disabilities Award (2025), The Forward Art Prize (2024), Award of Distinction,10th Annual International Drawing Exhibition, Honorable Mention Award for the 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition Works on Paper, recipient of the Larry S.Temkin Exhibition Award, Finalist for the 2021& 2023 Forward Art Prize, and First Honorable Mention for the Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize at UW-Madison. Kautz has exhibited Nationally and Internationally, at Kentler International Drawing Space (NYC), Field Projects (NYC) CICA Museum (Korea), View (NY), Site:Brooklyn Gallery (NYC), Queen City 15 Gallery (NY), Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts (New Jersey), University of North Carolina-Asheville, The Ski Club (Milwaukee), Hera Gallery (Rhode Island), Indianapolis Art Center (IN), Portrait Society Gallery (Milwaukee), and Lakeside Legacy Foundation,(IL). Her work is in private collections throughout the United States and Canada. Kautz is represented by Woodwalk Gallery in Egg Harbor, Wi. and is a Lecturer of Art with University of Wisconsin-Madison and Madison College.
Rebecca Kautz (b.1978, Princeton, IL) is an interdisciplinary artist with the foundation of her art practice in painting and drawing. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Painting & Drawing and Master of Arts in Art from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from Argosy University-Chicago, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Trained as an artist in Chicago at the turn of the twenty-first century, her work connects to the Surrealist movement, Expressionism, and Folk Art traditions. Kautz’s imagery stems from her rural upbringing, family, and critical observations of American culture. She describes her work as "neo surreal feminist folk". Her work has been published in “Word Power: Language as Medium”, “Emergency Index”, and “The Social Art Award: Invigorating the Rise of Social Art”. Her awards include; Arts Midwest Artists with Disabilities Award (2025), The Forward Art Prize (2024), Award of Distinction,10th Annual International Drawing Exhibition, Honorable Mention Award for the 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition Works on Paper, recipient of the Larry S.Temkin Exhibition Award, Finalist for the 2021& 2023 Forward Art Prize, and First Honorable Mention for the Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize at UW-Madison. Kautz has exhibited Nationally and Internationally, at Kentler International Drawing Space (NYC), Field Projects (NYC) CICA Museum (Korea), View (NY), Site:Brooklyn Gallery (NYC), Queen City 15 Gallery (NY), Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts (New Jersey), University of North Carolina-Asheville, The Ski Club (Milwaukee), Hera Gallery (Rhode Island), Indianapolis Art Center (IN), Portrait Society Gallery (Milwaukee), and Lakeside Legacy Foundation,(IL). Her work is in private collections throughout the United States and Canada. Kautz is represented by Woodwalk Gallery in Egg Harbor, Wi. and is a Lecturer of Art with University of Wisconsin-Madison and Madison College.
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Exhibitions
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026 No-Instructions Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (Anticipated)
2024 Jumping From Trains, Arts and Literature Lab, Madison, WI
Homes of Strangers, Prairie Arts Center, Princeton, IL
2022 Ripe Season, Open Space Gallery, Ottawa, IL
2021 Featured Artist Spotlight, Nest Interior Design, Sun Prairie, WI
2020 Small Forward, Marian Gallery, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Use It In A Sentence, AnySquared’s Art @ Coles, Chicago, IL
Deer Man, Drumlin Ridge Winery, Waunakee, WI
2018 Supporting Characters, The Ski Club, Milwaukee, WI
Labor of Love, School of Education Gallery, Madison, WI
Green Shag, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
Protagonist, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 Preservation: The Deer-man Series, Lakeside Legacy Arts Center, Crystal Lake, IL
2005 Australopithecus Movement, Rogers Park Yoga Studio, Chicago, IL
2003 New Works, The Prairie Arts Center, Princeton, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Surreal Wisconsin Women, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (Anticipated)
2025 Drawing Discourse:16th Annual International Drawing Exhibition, University of North Carolina-Asheville, Juried by Laurie Lipton, Asheville, NC
Echo Locater (Online), Field Projects, New York, NY
50th Juried Annual Exhibition, The Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI
New Drawings, curated by Samantha Friedman, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
Works on Paper, curated by Samantha Friedman,The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach, NJ
American Feral Gallery, Fall Gallery Night, Madison, WI
2024 YES, YEH, UH, OH, OY, AI, Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art, Milwaukee, WI
American Feral Gallery, Spring Gallery Night, Madison, WI
2023 Color Theory, Juried by Kaegan Sparks, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Drawing Discourse: 14th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, University of North Carolina-Asheville, Juried by Charles Ritchie, Asheville, NC
Lonely No More, Center for 21st Century Studies, UW-Milwaukee, WI
Spring Gallery Night, American Feral Gallery, Madison, WI
2022 Drawing in All Media, Juried by Ashton Cooper, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Spring Gallery Night, American Feral Gallery, Madison, WI
Bird Show, Northern Arts Collective, Ellison Bay, WI
2021 Drawing Discourse: 12th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, curated by Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, UNC-Asheville, NC
Unprecedented: Artists Respond to 2020, View, Old Forge, NY
Once Upon a Time-Evocations of Childhood, Queen City 15 Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
The Sex Show, Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
Faculty Biennial, Marian Gallery, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee,WI
2020 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition: Works on Paper, Juror Sarah Suzuki, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies. NJ
Collectively Shifting, Women’s Caucus for Art National Exhibition, Curated by Cecilia L. Vargas, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
The Horizon Just Laughed, Truax Gallery, Madison College, Madison, WI
LIP 20/20: Life in Progress, Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2019 Drawing Discourse: 10th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Juried by Claire Gilman, University of North Carolina-Asheville, NC
Clotheshorse, Indianapolis Art Center, IN
Shame, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Luck of the Draw, Diane Ballweg Gallery, Madison, WI
Why Mom, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
Women’s Work, Diane Ballweg Gallery, Madison, WI
Municipal Restored, Madison Municipal Building, Madison, Wi
2018 Homely: One Part, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Lines of Thought, CICA Museum, Korea
Project Projection, Mills Folly Microcinema, Arts + Literature Lab, Madison, WI
Off the Wall, Arts + Literature Lab, Madison, WI
2017 Off the Wall, Arts + Literature Lab, Madison, WI
Animalia, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
Women Workin’, School of Education Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Art EnRoute Exhibition, Gallery 1308, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Arguing Against the Wall, Gallery Seven, Madison, WI
Art Enroute, Madison Metropolitan Transit, Madison, WI
2016 Off the Wall, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
Inside The Tesseract, Gallery Seven, Madison, WI
Standard Deviation, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 Emissaries, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2013 Wisconsin Regional Artists' Association, Tiny Treasures Exhibit, Madison, WI
2009 Chicago ARTillery Exhibit, New Wave Cafe, Chicago IL
Logan Square ARTicipation Exhibit, Anywhere Space, Chicago, IL
2008 Hard Copy, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Insight Arts Gallery- Chicago, IL
1999 Defining Moments, Three Arts Club Gallery, Chicago, IL
GRANTS, AWARDS
2025 Artists With Disabilities Award, Arts Midwest (Midwest Region)
2024 Forward Art Prize, Dane County, WI
2023 Finalist, Forward Art Prize, Dane County, WI
2021 Finalist, Forward Art Prize, Dane County, WI
Honorable Mention, Once Upon A Time: Evocations of Childhood, Queen City 15 Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020 Honorable Mention, 22nd Annual National Juried Works on Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts & Sciences, Juror Sarah Suzuki, MOMA
2019 Award of Distinction, 10th Annual International Drawing Exhibition: Drawing Discourse. Juror:Claire Gilman, Chief Curator of Drawing Center, New York, NY
Publication Award, The Social Art Award 2019, Institute for Art & Innovation, Berlin, Germany
2018 Publication Fellowship, Peripheral Vision Press Temkin Exhibition Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize, First Honorable Mention, Judge: Emily Zilber, Curator at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2017 Longlist Winner of the Social Art Award, Institute for Art and Innovation, Berlin, Germany
2017 Professional Development Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2001 Undergraduate Fellowship Award (Honorable Mention), School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026 No-Instructions Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (Anticipated)
2024 Jumping From Trains, Arts and Literature Lab, Madison, WI
Homes of Strangers, Prairie Arts Center, Princeton, IL
2022 Ripe Season, Open Space Gallery, Ottawa, IL
2021 Featured Artist Spotlight, Nest Interior Design, Sun Prairie, WI
2020 Small Forward, Marian Gallery, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Use It In A Sentence, AnySquared’s Art @ Coles, Chicago, IL
Deer Man, Drumlin Ridge Winery, Waunakee, WI
2018 Supporting Characters, The Ski Club, Milwaukee, WI
Labor of Love, School of Education Gallery, Madison, WI
Green Shag, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
Protagonist, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 Preservation: The Deer-man Series, Lakeside Legacy Arts Center, Crystal Lake, IL
2005 Australopithecus Movement, Rogers Park Yoga Studio, Chicago, IL
2003 New Works, The Prairie Arts Center, Princeton, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Surreal Wisconsin Women, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (Anticipated)
2025 Drawing Discourse:16th Annual International Drawing Exhibition, University of North Carolina-Asheville, Juried by Laurie Lipton, Asheville, NC
Echo Locater (Online), Field Projects, New York, NY
50th Juried Annual Exhibition, The Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI
New Drawings, curated by Samantha Friedman, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
Works on Paper, curated by Samantha Friedman,The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach, NJ
American Feral Gallery, Fall Gallery Night, Madison, WI
2024 YES, YEH, UH, OH, OY, AI, Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art, Milwaukee, WI
American Feral Gallery, Spring Gallery Night, Madison, WI
2023 Color Theory, Juried by Kaegan Sparks, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Drawing Discourse: 14th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, University of North Carolina-Asheville, Juried by Charles Ritchie, Asheville, NC
Lonely No More, Center for 21st Century Studies, UW-Milwaukee, WI
Spring Gallery Night, American Feral Gallery, Madison, WI
2022 Drawing in All Media, Juried by Ashton Cooper, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Spring Gallery Night, American Feral Gallery, Madison, WI
Bird Show, Northern Arts Collective, Ellison Bay, WI
2021 Drawing Discourse: 12th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, curated by Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, UNC-Asheville, NC
Unprecedented: Artists Respond to 2020, View, Old Forge, NY
Once Upon a Time-Evocations of Childhood, Queen City 15 Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
The Sex Show, Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
Faculty Biennial, Marian Gallery, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee,WI
2020 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition: Works on Paper, Juror Sarah Suzuki, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies. NJ
Collectively Shifting, Women’s Caucus for Art National Exhibition, Curated by Cecilia L. Vargas, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
The Horizon Just Laughed, Truax Gallery, Madison College, Madison, WI
LIP 20/20: Life in Progress, Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2019 Drawing Discourse: 10th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Juried by Claire Gilman, University of North Carolina-Asheville, NC
Clotheshorse, Indianapolis Art Center, IN
Shame, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Luck of the Draw, Diane Ballweg Gallery, Madison, WI
Why Mom, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
Women’s Work, Diane Ballweg Gallery, Madison, WI
Municipal Restored, Madison Municipal Building, Madison, Wi
2018 Homely: One Part, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Lines of Thought, CICA Museum, Korea
Project Projection, Mills Folly Microcinema, Arts + Literature Lab, Madison, WI
Off the Wall, Arts + Literature Lab, Madison, WI
2017 Off the Wall, Arts + Literature Lab, Madison, WI
Animalia, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
Women Workin’, School of Education Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Art EnRoute Exhibition, Gallery 1308, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Arguing Against the Wall, Gallery Seven, Madison, WI
Art Enroute, Madison Metropolitan Transit, Madison, WI
2016 Off the Wall, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
Inside The Tesseract, Gallery Seven, Madison, WI
Standard Deviation, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 Emissaries, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2013 Wisconsin Regional Artists' Association, Tiny Treasures Exhibit, Madison, WI
2009 Chicago ARTillery Exhibit, New Wave Cafe, Chicago IL
Logan Square ARTicipation Exhibit, Anywhere Space, Chicago, IL
2008 Hard Copy, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Insight Arts Gallery- Chicago, IL
1999 Defining Moments, Three Arts Club Gallery, Chicago, IL
GRANTS, AWARDS
2025 Artists With Disabilities Award, Arts Midwest (Midwest Region)
2024 Forward Art Prize, Dane County, WI
2023 Finalist, Forward Art Prize, Dane County, WI
2021 Finalist, Forward Art Prize, Dane County, WI
Honorable Mention, Once Upon A Time: Evocations of Childhood, Queen City 15 Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020 Honorable Mention, 22nd Annual National Juried Works on Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts & Sciences, Juror Sarah Suzuki, MOMA
2019 Award of Distinction, 10th Annual International Drawing Exhibition: Drawing Discourse. Juror:Claire Gilman, Chief Curator of Drawing Center, New York, NY
Publication Award, The Social Art Award 2019, Institute for Art & Innovation, Berlin, Germany
2018 Publication Fellowship, Peripheral Vision Press Temkin Exhibition Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize, First Honorable Mention, Judge: Emily Zilber, Curator at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2017 Longlist Winner of the Social Art Award, Institute for Art and Innovation, Berlin, Germany
2017 Professional Development Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2001 Undergraduate Fellowship Award (Honorable Mention), School of The Art Institute of Chicago
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