Rebecca Fontaine – Wolf

"I explore my experiences of womanhood through self-portraiture and mirrors, examining societal norms and taboos surrounding the female body. Reflections of the segmented body address self-image and digital representation, revealing fragmented identities. By using a unique physi-digital methodology, I integrate concerns about physical and digital selfhood into my creative process"

“My practice enables me to explore and externalise my experiences of womanhood in contemporary life. Using self-portraiture and mirrors, I create images that aim to examine societal norms and taboos surrounding the female body, allowing my personal experiences to resonate with universal themes.

Mirrors, to me, symbolise Vanitas, Lacanian mirror theory, and my interest in the occult. By using reflections of the segmented body, I address contemporary concerns with self-image and digital representation, revealing a fragmented sense of identity; whilst the incorporation of meat touches on the objectification of women and the hidden visceral realities of the body.

In recent years, I have transitioned from painting to developing my own physi-digital working methodology, integrating concerns about physical and digital selfhood into the creative process itself”.

Rebecca Fontaine – Wolf
Biography
Biography

Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf is an interdisciplinary artist who works primarily with mirrors and self-portraiture in order to explore her experiences of womanhood: the visceral realities as well as their societal implications. She developed a unique physi-digital mixed media technique in order to create works which incorporate her concerns around identity, self-image and digital representation within the working methodology.

Fontaine-Wolf is a Chelsea Arts Club Trust Award Grant recipient and former vice president of the Society of Women Artists (UK). She is a co-founder and director of InFems: Feminist Art Collective with whom she recently curated ‘Lost Girls’ which featured world renowned artists such as Ai Weiwei, Maggi Hambling and more. She’s exhibited at institutions such as the V&A Museum & Royal College of Art, London, Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin, and has been featured in Forbes, the Guardian and the BBC. In 2022 she was commissioned by Carolina Herrera for International Women’s Day and is due to have her first institutional solo exhibition in Berlin this year . Her work has been exhibited widely and can be found in public and private collections in the UK and internationally.

Rebecca Fontaine – Wolf
Selected works