Rebecca Pugh is an Instructional Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, sharing her time teaching art courses and serving as Curator of Wright Gallery.

As a curator, Rebecca has managed over 20 art exhibitions - her full professional resume is available by request including a decade of employment experience in art museums and galleries.

ARTIST CV

EDUCATION

M.F.A., Studio Art University of Nevada, Las Vegas. NV, USA.

B.Ed., Education Lakehead University. ON, Canada.

H.B.F.A., Visual Arts Lakehead University. ON, Canada.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Fences & Fields. Julia C. Butridge Gallery, Dougherty Arts Center. Austin, TX, USA. [UPCOMING 2025].

Perimeters. Clark County Government Center Rotunda Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, USA. 2015.

PARALLELS. Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, UNLV, NV, USA, 2015.

REpresentations. Grant Hall Gallery, UNLV, NV, USA, 2013.

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

Birds in Art 2024. Jurors: Laura Fiser, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Paine Art Center & Gardens in Oshkosh, WI; Cameron Shay, Director of Graham/Shay 1857 Gallery, Manhattan, NY; and Dr. Rachel Poliquin, Vancouver, BC. Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum of Art. WI, USA. Full color, illustrated catalog available for purchase. CURRENTLY ON VIEW: September 7th - December 1st, 2024.

39th Annual International Exhibition. Juror: Brandon Zech, Glasstire Publisher. Meadows Gallery, The University of Texas at Tyler. TX, USA. 2024.

58th National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show. Juror: Mark H. Cowardin, Associate Professor of Art at Johnson County Community College. Joseph A. Cain Memorial Art Gallery, Del Mar College. Corpus Christi, TX, USA. 2024.

Texas National 2023. Juror: William U. Eiland, Director of Georgia Museum of Art. Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin University. TX, USA. 2023.

Transcending the West. Juror: Rose Fredrick, writer & curator. ARTWORKS Center for Contemporary Art. CO, USA. 2022.

93rd Annual All Media Exhibition. Juror: Cristen Velliky, Associate Professor at University of Michigan Flint. Ann Arbor Art Center. Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 2015.

TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONS

Birds in Art 2024, national tour presented by Woodson Museum of Art. [UPCOMING 2025}.

Basin And Range, state-wide tour presented by Nevada Arts Council. Curated by Checko Salgado and Jerry Schefcik. Catalog: Basin and Range, Gallery Notes. Tour locations 2015-2018: City Hall Gallery in the City of North Las Vegas. Windmill Library Gallery, Las Vegas. Museum & Historical Society, Beatty. Nevada State College Gallery, Henderson. Art Institute of Las Vegas, Henderson. Western Nevada College Gallery, Fallon. Red Mountain Gallery, Truckee Meadows Community College. Tahoe Gallery, Sierra Nevada College. Art Bank Gallery, Ely. Eureka Courthouse Gallery. Nevada Art Council, OXS-Gallery, Carson City.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Transmissions. Presented by Ecoartspace; curated by Krista Steinke-Finch & Erika Blumenfeld. Canopy Gallery. Austin, TX, USA. 2024. Zine on ISSUU, pp. 32.

Celebrating Art Education in the Brazos Valley. The Arts Council of Brazos Valley. TX, USA. 2023.

School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts Faculty Biennial. J. Wayne Stark Galleries, Texas A&M University. TX, USA. Digital exhibition catalog, pp. 25. 2023.

Architecture Faculty Biennial 2021. J. Wayne Stark Galleries, Texas A&M University. TX, USA. Digital exhibition catalog, pages 20-21. 2021.

Persist, Resist, Coexist: Works by Women Faculty in the College of Architecture. Wright Gallery, Texas A&M University. TX, USA, Digital exhibition catalog. 2020.

UNLV MFA Auction [alumni donation]. Contemporary Arts Center, SOHO Lofts. Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2016.

Instructor Show. Ann Arbor Art Center, MI, USA, 2015.

Basin and Range. Curated by Checko Salgado and Jerry Schefcik. Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery. UNLV, NV, USA, 2015.

The Auction. Michelle C. Quinn Fine Art Advisory LLC. Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2015.

Out of Vegas. California College of Art, Oakland, CA, USA, 2015.

UNLV MFA. Brett Wesley Gallery. Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2015.

Creating In the Desert. Nevada Humanities Exhibition Series. Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2015.

Way Out. Blackbird Studio Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2015.

Eco Logic. Curated by Jevijoe Vitug. Contemporary Arts Center. Las Vegas, NV. USA, 2014.

2 person show with Emily Nickel. Victor K. Keen Gallery. Clay Arts, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2014.

Points of View. Springhill Suites Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2013.

Die Active: PACT. Definitely Superior Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, 2012.

Member Exhibition. Definitely Superior Art Gallery. Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, 2012.

Retrograd. Definitely Superior Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, 2011.

Urban Infill: Art In the Core. Definitely Superior Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, 2011.

SELECT ARTIST PRESS & REVIEWS

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum of Art, “Artist Voices” video.

Couch in the Desert, December 2023. Artist photo essay: “What Are You Working on Now?” by Rebecca Pugh.

Las Vegas Weekly, October 2015. Exhibition review: “With ‘PERIMETERS’, Rebecca Pugh Weaves A Story Of The Mojave’s Fragile Beauty,” by Dawn-Michelle Baude.

VEGAS Magazine, October 2015. Culture Spotlight: Artful DESERT DAZE” page 58.

Clark County TV, September 2015. Video interview: Rebecca Pugh's “Perimeters”.

Clark County, Nevada. Rebecca Pugh: Perimeters, September 2015. Press release.

Art Collector Magazine, October 2015. Collector interview, Steve Shane: “Picture House” by Jess Holburn.

Art Fuse, November 2015. Collector interview, Steve Shane: “Inside the Mind of an Art Lover” by Oscar Laluyan. Atefuse.com.

Las Vegas Weekly, February 2014. Exhibition review: “On the Nature of Things at CAC’s ‘Eco Logic’” by Kristen Peterson.

Las Vegas Weekly, November 2014. Public art review: “Downtown’s First Street Art Trail is Coming to Life” by Kristen Peterson.

Virtual Rebel, October 2013. Studio spotlight: “Fast Food Joint Quietly Transformed into UNLV Art Space” by Rachel Hershkovitz.

ARTIST AWARDS & GRANTS

Painting Series: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, Seed Grant. UNLV College of Fine Arts Alumni Association, 2020.

Certificate of Commendation, United States Senate Harry Reid, 2015.

Mayor’s Urban Design Award – First Street Art Trail, City of Las Vegas, 2015.

Graduate & Professional Student Association Grant, Thesis Exhibition Grant, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2015, 2014, 2013.

Certificate of Recognition: “Strata in the Windows” First Street Public Art Project, City of Las Vegas, 2014.

Johann Winckelmann Art History Award, Lakehead University, 2011.

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

Lecturer:

ARTS 353 / COLOR THEORY. Texas A&M University.

Spring 2024

Spring 2023

Fall 2022

Spring 2022

Fall 2021

ARTS 103 / DESIGN I. Texas A&M University.

Fall 2024

Fall 2023

Sping 2023

Spring 2021

Fall 2020

VIST 235 THEORY & PRACTICE IN VISUALIZATION. Texas A&M University.

Spring 2022

ARTS 115 / 111 DRAWING. Texas A&M University.

Fall 2024

Spring 2024

Fall 2023

Fall 2022

Fall 2021

ART 101 / DRAWING I. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Summer 2014

Spring 2014

Fall 2013

Summer 2013

Spring 2013

Graduate Assistant:

ART 231 / PAINTING I. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Spring 2013

ART 432 / ADVANCED PAINTING. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Fall 2012

ART 101 / DRAWING I. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Fall 2012

Instructor:

BEGINNING DRAWING (adults). Ann Arbor Art Center.

Spring 2016

Winter 2015

Fall 2015

BASICS OF COLORED PENCILS (adults). Ann Arbor Art Center.

Spring 2016

Winter 2015

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