July 25–August 29, 2020
Steve Turner is pleased to present Tomorrow Is Another Day, a solo exhibition by Paris-based Rebecca Brodskis that features nine new highly pared down portrait paintings. According to Brodskis, all of her characters are in an “in between” state, one of suspended animation, frozen still in the precise instant before the storm hits. The figures do not come out of one particular time period. They could be from the 1860s, the 1920s or from now. They are timeless and placeless and convey an overriding anxiety that reflects a highly uncertain future. Rebecca Brodskis (b. 1988, Pertuis, France) studied at the Atelier des Beaux Art de la Ville de Paris (2007); Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London (BA, 2010); Université de Strasbourg (BA in Sociology, 2013) and Université de Caen Basse Normandie (Masters in Sociology, 2015). Brodskis has had solo exhibitions at Canopy Gallery, Netanya (2019); Gallery Mario Kreuzberg, Berlin (2019); Septieme Gallery, Paris (2019) and Kristin Hjellegjerde, Berlin (2020). This is her first exhibition with Steve Turner. Rebecca Brodskis creates highly pared down portrait paintings. They have elegant forms with but a few contrasting colors. All of her characters are in an “in between” state, one of suspended animation, frozen still in the precise instant before something happens. The figures do not come out of one particular time period. They could be from the 1860s, the 1920s or from now. They are timeless and placeless and convey an overriding anxiety that reflects a highly uncertain future. Born 1988, Pertuis, France Education 2013 2010 2007 Solo Exhibitions 2019 2017 2015 2014 2013 Group Exhibitions 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Bibliography 2019 2017
Lives and works in Paris
2015
MA, Université de Caen Basse Normandie, France
BA, Université de Strasbourg, France
BA, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London
Ateliers des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris
2020
Tomorrow Is Another Day, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Fragments of Life, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin
Dependance, Mario Kreuzberg Gallery, Berlin
Unsettled Disorders, Canopy Gallery, Netanya, Israel
Drifting Singularities, Sputnik Gallery, Tel Aviv
The Broken Faces, Larry Art Space, Berlin
Identity Affairs, Kaleidoskop Gallery, Berlin
The In-between, Shift Gallery, Berlin
2020
Endless Summer, Sabine Bayasli Gallery, Paris
All the days and nights, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London
L’Autre, Septieme Gallery, Paris
Galeristes (with Hors Cadre Gallery), Paris
Constellations, Galerie du 6B, Saint Denis, France
Where we once were, Young Space
Interference, Le Studio, Paris
Five French artists, Primitive Showroom, Tel Aviv
Human factor, Ori Art Space, Berlin
Disfiguring, figuring the unfigurable, Kelenföldi Erömü, Budapest
Borders, Studio Twins, Berlin
Fading Spirits, The Ballery Gallery, Berlin
Urban Spree Gallery, Berlin
Agora Collects, Agora, Berlin
Atonal, Kraftwerk, Berlin
Mother, Weserland, Berlin
Things Fall Apart, ECC Atelier Haus, Berlin
48 hours Neuköln, Weserland, Berlin
CK, Prenzlauerberg, Berlin
Kreuzköllnale Film Festival, Atelier Überall, Berlin
The Common Room, London
Atmosphere in a spectrum, Crypt Gallery, London
A Jew In Between, The Foundry Gallery, London
DA!, Collective show, Grosvenor Street, London
2020
Lichterwaldt, Daniel. “The relationship. Rebecca Brodskis,” Les Nouveaux Riches, June 19
Mantelet, Juliette. “Rebecca Brodskis, The Portrait as a Mixture of Genres,” Tafmag, May 13
Farina, Marika J. “Rebecca Brodskis | Rapporto tra individuo e materia,” ZirArtMag, December 21
“rebecca brodskis,” The Kunst Magazine, September 9
Troynar, Luke. “Berlin Art Week Through the Eyes of an (Ex)Berlin Painter,” Goethe-Institut Australien, September
Simoneau, Nicolas. “Artist of the week: Rebecca Brodskis,” KALTBLUT, June 8
