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Rebecca Reeves
PENNSYLVANIA
Mixed media artist Rebecca Reeves creates intricate, shimmering sculptural arrangements that focus on grief and loss. Developing her unique and highly technical craft through years of studying Victorian mourning objects, Reeves sees her work as a preservation of the niche antique art of handmade funeral objects. Her macabre works are dramatic, reverent, and meticulous, provoking peace and inward contemplation regarding life after death.
Reeves holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from The Art Institute of Chicago. She exhibits her work across the country and often in collaboration with other artists. Reeves has been showing with Arch Enemy Arts since submitting to our 2018 Spotlight Showcase, appearing in more than ten group shows as well as two solo features with the gallery.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:​
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“THE GARDENS WEPT THE DAY YOU DIED” (October 2022)
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“LOST/LOSS” (December 2021)
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Dual Exhibition with Michelle Avery Konczyk - “FROM WITHIN OURSELVES WE SEE” (December 2020)
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Catalog of works.
Below is a list of all works from solo and group exhibitions. Any pieces marked with a red dot have been sold.
"Encircled By Love" (2024) beadwork, industrial felt, antique frame 11"w x 18" x 2"d $1600 USD
"Fading Away (red carnations)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, antique remembrance card, custom frame 15"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (rose, morning glories)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, antique remembrance card, custom frame 15"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (white anemone)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, antique remembrance card, custom frame 15"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (red anemone)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, grandfather's sermon index cards, custom frame 13"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Alone" (2023) beadwork, antique porcelain doll heads, industrial felt 12" x 12" $3200 USD
"To Die For" (2023) beadwork 11.5"w x 18"h x 2"d $3200 USD
"My Heart Bleeds for You" (2022) beaded flowers, antique porcelain doll head, industrial felt, plexi dome, shadow box frame 12" round $1800 USD
"Decompose" (2022) beadwork, ceramic bird head, industrial felt 8.25" x 6.25" x 3" $650 USD
"Bellow" (2022) beadwork 8" x 7" x 3" $725 USD
"Watery Grave" (2021) print, beadwork, antique metal anchors, mourning tears, antique frame 17"w x 22"h x 3"d $2100 USD
"Lost At Sea" (2021) print, beadwork, antique metal anchors, mourning tears, antique frame 18.5"w x 25"h x 3"d $2100 USD
"An Ocean of Tears" (2021) print, beadwork, antique frame 15"w x "13"h x 2.5"d $1200 USD
"Fading Away (orange anemone)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, grandfather's sermon index cards, custom frame 13"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (poinsettia)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, grandfather's sermon index cards, custom frame 13"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (white tulips)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, antique remembrance card, custom frame 15"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (aster)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, grandfather's sermon index cards, custom frame 13"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (dark red carnations)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, grandfather's sermon index cards, custom frame 13"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (camellia, rose)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, antique remembrance card, custom frame 13"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (daffodils)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, grandfather's sermon index cards, custom frame 13"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (delphinium, anemone)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, grandfather's sermon index cards, custom frame 13.5"h x 8"w 4"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (cardinal, delphinium)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, antique remembrance card, custom frame 15"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (white carnations)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, antique remembrance card, custom frame 15"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (aster, rose)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, antique remembrance card, custom frame 13"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (delphinium)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, grandfather's sermon index cards, custom frame 13.5"h x 8"w 4"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (hydrangea)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, grandfather's sermon index cards, custom frame 14"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (pink tulips)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, antique remembrance card, custom frame 15"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (two roses)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, antique remembrance card, custom frame 15"h x 8"w 3"d $725 USD
"Fading Away (nasturtium)" (2024) hand-beaded flowers and bow, grandfather's sermon index cards, custom frame 13.5"h x 8"w 4"d $725 USD
"Shrivel" (2022) beadwork, ceramic bird head, industrial felt 8.25" x 6.25" x 3" $650 USD
"Last Kiss" (2023) hand-beaded flowers, antique porcelain doll eyes, antique frame 4.5" x 6.5", framed $300 USD
"Last Glance" (2023) hand-beaded flowers, antique porcelain doll eyes, antique frame 4.5" x 6.5", framed $300 USD
"Queen Bee" (2023) hand beaded flowers and bees, pearl beads, antique porcelain doll lips 23" x 10.5" x 5" $3200 USD
"Putrefy" (2022) beadwork, ceramic bird head, industrial felt 8.25" x 6.25" x 3" $650 USD
"Rot" (2022) beadwork, ceramic bird head, industrial felt 8.25" x 6.25" x 3" $650 USD
"Perish" (2022) beadwork, ceramic bird head, industrial felt 8.25" x 6.25" x 3" $650 USD
"Fester" (2022) beadwork, ceramic bird head, industrial felt 8.25" x 6.25" x 3" $650 USD
"Spoil" (2022) beadwork, ceramic bird head, industrial felt 8.25" x 6.25" x 3" $650 USD
"Decay" (2022) beadwork, ceramic bird head, industrial felt 8.25" x 6.25" x 3" $650 USD
"Bawl" (2022) beadwork 11" x 7.5" x 3" $725 USD
"Yowl" (2022) beadwork 14" x 8" x 3" $725 USD
"Whine" (2022) beadwork 12" x 8" x 3" $725 USD
"Wail" (2022) beadwork 12.5" x 10" x 3" $725 USD
"Weep" (2022) beadwork 13" x 6.25" x 3" $725 USD
"Sob" (2022) beadwork 12.5" x 10" x 3" $725 USD
"Whimper" (2022) beadwork 15" x 6.25" x 3" $725 USD
"Blanketed by Death" (2021) beadwork, antique post mortem photo 11"w x 9"h x 1.5"d $850 USD
"Floral Slumber" (2021) beadwork, antique post mortem photo 12"w x 10"h x 1.5"d $850 USD
"Encapsulated Grief" (2021) beaded flowers, antique porcelain doll head, plexi dome, shadow box frame 14" x 14" x 5" $2400 USD
"Within My Darkness II" (2021) graphite on paper, beadwork, antique frame 5"w x 4"h x 1"d $350 USD
"Within My Darkness I" (2021) graphite on paper, beadwork, antique frame 5.5"w x 5"h x 1"d $350 USD
"Bleeding from Within" (2021) felted cloud, beadwork, porcelain doll eyes and hands, glass cloche 6"w x 12"h x 6"d $1825 USD
"Death by Sea" (2021) print, beadwork, antique frame 13"w x "11"h x 2.5"d $950 USD
"Coping" (2021) hand beaded flowers, antique porcelain doll head, industrial felt, thread, antique frame 5" x 5" x 2" $250 USD
"Overwhelming Grief" (2021) hand beaded flowers, antique porcelain doll head, industrial felt, thread, antique frame 5" x 5" x 2" $250 USD
"Love Transcends" (2021) needle felting, beads, antique doll hands & heads, thread, industrial felt, antique frame 14.25" x 17.25" x 3" $1650 USD
"Under a Watchful Eye (We Will Rise From the Ashes)" (2021) hand beaded flowers, porcelain doll eyes 12" round, 6"d $1400 USD
"From Within Ourselves We See I" (2020) collab w/ Michelle Avery Konczyk // watercolor, hand-beaded flowers, mounted on cut wood panel 6.5" x 23" x 2" $1100 USD
"From Within Ourselves We See II" (2020) collab w/ Michelle Avery Konczyk // watercolor, hand-beaded flowers, mounted on cut wood panel 6.5" x 23" x 2" $1100 USD
"Circle of Sorrow" (2020) hand-beaded leaves/berries, antique porcelain doll heads, industrial felt, custom frame, plexi dome 19" x 19" x 6.5" $2600 USD
"Grief Cloud" (2020) needle felted wool, beads, industrial felt, antique porcelain doll eye, antique frame 8.5" x 6.5" x 2" $450 USD
"Grasping for Hope" (2020) hand-beaded antique flowers, antique porcelain doll head and hand, thread, industrial felt, antique frame 9.5" x 11.5" x 2" $725 USD
"Silent Breath" (2020) hand beaded flowers, antique porcelain doll, thread, industrial felt, custom frame 6.5" x 8" x 3" $750 USD
"Return To The Garden" (2020) hand-beaded leaves, antique porcelain dolls, industrial felt, custom frame 9" x 9" x 3" $800 USD
"Bound Together in Life & Death" (2020) hand-beaded flowers, antique dolls, thread, industrial felt, custom frame 6.5" x 8" x 3" $850 USD
"We All Become Flowers Again" (2020) hand-beaded flowers, antique porcelain doll hands, thread, industrial felt, antique frame 7.5" x 12.5" x 2" $550 USD
"Broken Within" (2020) hand-beaded flowers, antique porcelain doll, thread, industrial felt, antique frame 4.5" x 5" x 1" $400 USD
"With Me" (2020) hand-beaded flowers, beads, antique porcelain doll head, thread, industrial felt, antique frame 5" x 5" x 2" $375 USD
"With You" (2020) beads, antique porcelain doll head, thread, industrial felt, antique frame 5" x 5" x 2" $375 USD
"Woe" (2020) beads, antique porcelain doll hand, thread, industrial felt, antique frame 4.5" x 7" x 1" $225 USD
"Relic II" (2020) beads, porcelain doll hand, felt, thread, antique frame 3" x 4.5" $200 USD
"Broken Beyond Words, Damaged Beyond Repair" (2020) beaded flowers, porcelain dolls, felt, thread 15"h x 13"w x 4"d $1500 USD
"Never Letting Go" (2019) porcelain doll hands, metal beads, thread, felt, antique frame 7 x 5" $200 USD
"Longing" (2019) porcelain doll hands, metal beads, thread, felt, 5 x 7" $200 USD
"Anguish" (2019) Victorian tintype, hand beaded flowers, pocelain doll head, thread h18" x w15" x d4" $1000 USD
"Never Forget" (2018) antique porcelain doll heads, beaded flowers, glass cloche 4"h x 3"w $250 USD
"Always Remember" (2018) antique porcelain doll heads, beaded flowers, glass cloche 4"h x 3"w $250 USD
"Lonely Tears IV" (2017) porcelain head, crystal bead tears, miniature lilies, thread, antique ring casket h3 x w2.5 x d2.25" $200 USD
"Lonely Tears III" (2017) porcelain head, crystal bead tears, miniature lilies, thread, antique ring casket h3 x w2.5 x d2.25" $200 USD
"Don't Stand On My Grave" (2017) porcelain heads, miniature roses, thread, industrial felt h9 x w12 x d4" $450 USD