Rebecca Ness
Biography
Rebecca Ness (b. 1992, Massachusetts, USA) is an American contemporary artist known for her vibrant, detail-rich figurative paintings. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Ness often paints scenes from everyday life, capturing intimate moments, domestic interiors, and casual social settings with a unique blend of humour, nostalgia, and visual density. Her works frequently incorporate patterns, objects, and textures that evoke personal and collective memory, imbuing the ordinary with layered meaning.
Working primarily in oil on canvas, Ness builds compositions that are both meticulously constructed and intuitively expressive, with a focus on human presence—often suggested through clothing or belongings, even when the figures themselves are absent. Her paintings address themes of identity, consumption, and the material culture of modern life.
Ness's work has been exhibited in notable galleries such as Half Gallery (New York), Carl Kostyál (London and Stockholm), and König Galerie. She has garnered significant attention from collectors and institutions alike, and her market is considered active and increasingly liquid, with works regularly appearing in international auctions and fairs. Although still early in her career, Ness is seen as a rising figure in the contemporary figurative painting scene.
