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Born 1983 Perth, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Automated Monochrome, IMA@Ksubi, Brisbane
2010 Untitled State of Mind, Gallery ON, Poznan, Poland
Action #1 - Artists in Response to City Spaces, Cultural Centre, Perth
2009 This Glorious Mess, Free Range Gallery, Perth
From the beginning; one more time, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Bazinga!, curated by Robert Leonard, Starkwhite, Auckland, NZ
Guirguis New Art Prize, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria
LUMINOUSFLUX, curated by Ted Snell & Sally Quin, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth
Occasional Miracles, curated by Elise Routledge, Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria
2012 First Amongst Equals (Part II), curated by Leigh Robb, PICA, Perth
Formal Intensity, curated by A.Best and S.Rowland, Tsagaandarium Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Octopus 12: First Amongst Equals (Part I), curated by Leigh Robb, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
Contemporary Australia: Women, curated by Julie Ewington, GoMA, Brisbane
Volume One: MCA Collection, curated by Glenn Barkley, MCA, Sydney
2011 SPECTACLE/OBSTACLE, curated by SuperKaleidoscope, West Space, Melbourne
Primavera 2011, curated by Anna Davis, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
PICA Salon, curated by Leigh Robb, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
SPECTACLE/OBSTACLE, curated by SuperKaleidoscope, First Draft Gallery, Sydney
NEW11, curated by Hannah Mathews, ACCA, Melbourne
2010 Culturia Winter Show, Juno Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Rounds, curated by Sarah Rowbottam, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
2009 Windows on William, curated by Katie Lenanton, Wellington Street Bus Station, Perth
2008 Linden1968, curated by Hannah Mathews & Ben Riding, Linden Centre, Melbourne
SILVER: ARTRAGE 25, curated by Marcus Canning & Andrew Gaynor, PICA
First Page, curated by Jessyca Hutchens and Matthew Giles, Breadbox Gallery, Perth
2007 New Disorder, curated by Aidan Broderick, Old Berlin, Perth
Olive Cotton Award, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW
2005 Duty Free, curated by Patrick Doherty and Trevor Bly, Arts House Gallery, Perth
2004 Supermart '04, curated by Tom Muller and Stuart Clipson, Breadbox Gallery, Perth
Figured Out! curated by Helen Morgan and Allison Archer, The Church Gallery, Perth
SELECTED AWARDS | GRANTS | RESIDENCIES
2012 International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Residency, New York
Veolia Primavera Acquisitive Award
Finalist, ALICE Awards, Emerging Artist category
2011 Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant
Emerging New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
Art & Australia / Credit Suisse Private Banking Contemporary Art Award
2010 Culturia Residency, Berlin
Development Grant, Department of Culture and the Arts
2009 Visual Arts Winner, Qantas Spirit of Youth Award
Emerging New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2009 Young People and the Arts, Development Grant, Department of Culture and the Arts
2008 AWESOME Creative Challenge Residency, Wiluna WA
2003 Dean's Commendation, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
2001 Curtin School of Art Award for Achievement
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 'Artist's Voice | Rebecca Baumann', Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney (online), May
2012 Susanna Davies-Crook, ‘Global Glory’, Twin VII, Chapter 9, Autumn/Winter 2012, p87
Bree Richards, 'Low dimensional chaos', Contemporary Australia: Women ex. cat., p60-63
Ted Snell, 'Artist to Watch', Scoop: Homes & Art, Vol 32, Autumn 2012, p198
Leigh Robb, 'Rebecca Baumann', Art & Australia, Vol 49, No. 3 Autumn, back cover
2011 Anna Davis, 'Rebecca Baumann', Primavera 2011 ex. cat., section 2, p1-12
Dan Rule, 'NEW11 at ACCA', Broadsheet Melbourne (online), 6 April
Robert Nelson, 'ACCA show looks forward to nostalgic innovation', The Age, Mar 30 p17
Consuelo Cavaniglia, 'Automated Colour Field', NEW11 ex. cat., p14-19
Chris Strong, 'Rebecca Baumann in NEW11', Broadsheet Melbourne (online), 15 Mar
Amelia Groom, 'Something In The Air', SuperKaleidoscope (online), March
2010 Matthew Giles, 'My Wonder, Myself', Rounds ex. cat., p136-147
Ted Snell, 'Writers and Artists Doing the Rounds', The Australian, Arts, June 30, p16
Elissa Blake, 'Next Big Thing', QANTAS The Australian Way Magazine, January, p30-36
2009 Laura Cencigh-Albulario, 'Winning lineup is ready to challenge the world', Weekend Australian, Review, Nov 14-15, p22
Emma Bergmeier, 'Artsource Open Studios Open Up!', Xpress Magazine, Nov 5, p30
Louise Bettison, 'Paper Works', Fremantle Gazette, May 12, p43
Ric Spencer, 'Apocalypse now and again', The West Australian, Today, April 24, p7
2008 Marcus Canning and Andrew Gaynor, 'SILVER: ARTRAGE 25', ex. cat., p3
2007 Ric Spencer, 'Is this the new dystopia?', The West Australian, Today, Nov 23, p7
2004 Simon Blond, 'Old master, young hopefuls', The West Australian, April 24, p13
Andrew Nicholls, 'Go Figure', Shout, April-May, Issue 22, p13
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Private Collections