Rebekah Sunshine
Rebekah Sunshine was born in 1972, the lovechild of a wannabe Nun & a TT Motorcycle Racer. She describes her self as a 'Cultural Mongrel' having lived a childhood between the notorious red light district of inner city Southampton and the leafy suburbs depending upon whether her Mother & Father were in favour or not with their families. Sunshine is known for her raw, personal, darkly humoured expressionist paintings, Anonymous Photographic Portraits & Secret Session Commissions. Her work is subjectively, objectively & culturally biographical fed from the overarching theme which informs every aspect of her work 'What we show, what we hide & who gets to decide?'
Collections
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1. Self-Portraits - "All my images are self-portraits, even when I am not in them!" Seeing what you see, from the perspective of me.
"All my images are self-portraits, even when I am not in them!"...
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2. Secret Selves - "We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone". Portraits from memory, real or perceived
Portraits from memory, real or perceived. Fragmented, amalgamated, botched & born. Each...
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3. The Social Self - Together; occupying the same space but not always together.
Together; occupying the same space but not always together.
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4. Secret Sources - "Where do you go to, my lovely?" Private Places & Private Commissions.
The place where I dwell, alone before the characters come forth. Sometimes...
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5. Secrets Of The Land - The land, the earth, we cannot escape it. Gravity pulls us down & memory pulls us back.
The land, the earth, we cannot escape it. Gravity pulls us down...
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6. Secret Lives - Portrait Photograph Series 1. (Everybody Has A Thing Exhibition 2026)
Between 2014 and 2020 Rebekah Sunshine travelled to, interviewed & photographed 100's...
