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Born 1976 Townsville, QLD. Lives and works in Los Angelas, USA

Education
2005       Masters of Fine Art, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, Los Angeles.
2002       Honours year, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography Major, The Victorian College of the
               Arts, Melbourne.
2001       Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography Major, V.C.A. Melbourne.  

Awards/Scholarships
2005       Cal Arts Dean Grant, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles
2002       Samstag- International Visual Arts Scholarship, South Australia.
               Proud- Glue Photos- V.C.A. Student Prize, Melbourne.  Sound by Felicity Mangan.
2001       National Gallery of Victoria Trustee Award, Melbourne.
               Photo Technica New Australian Photo-Artist, Runner-up, Australian Centre for
               Photography, Sydney.
               Proud- Friends of the V.C.A. Acquisitive Prize, V.C.A. Melbourne.
               YouthPix 2001, First Prize Open Section, Glen Eira Council Gallery, Victoria.
               Encouragement Award, Linden Postcard Exhibition, Linden- St Kilda Centre For
               Contemporary Arts, Melbourne.
2000       Stella Dilger Art Award, V.C.A. Melbourne 

Solo Exhibitions
2007       Up with the Fall, Down on the Diagonal, Stills Gallery, Sydney
               Up with the Fall, Down on the Diagonal, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
2006       Rebecca Ann Hobbs, Johnston Gallery, Perth
2005       Photoshoot, Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, Los Angeles
2003       Blizzard, TCB Art. Inc, Melbourne.  Sound produced by Felicity Mangan.
2002       Suck Roar, Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.
              To April Love May, Linden- St Kilda Centre For Contemporary Arts,   Melbourne.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2007       Portal in a Storm, rm103, Auckland, New Zealand
               Vertigo, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth
               Perfect for Every Occasion, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria
2006       One for the 'Other', TCB Art. Inc, Melbourne
               Royal Alumni, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
               Light Sensitive, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
               Stellar Fundraising Auction, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
               In Cold Light, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2005       Make it Modern, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Deloittes, Melbourne
               No Heroics Please, Redcat, Los Angeles
               Supersonic, LA Design Center, Los Angeles
               Opening Exhibition, Johnston Gallery, Mosman Park, Western Australia
               Awkward Silences, Linden - St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
               Shipping and Receiving, The Armory, Pasadena, Los Angeles
2004       Zeitgeist, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
               Instinct, Monash University Museum of Art, Caulfield, Melbourne
               Girls Who Wear Glasses, Crazy Space, Santa Monica, USA.
2003       Prospect 1, Contemporary Art Center of South Australia, Adelaide
               Royal Rumble, Kings- Artist Run Space, Melbourne.
               Projekt 4, TCB Art. Inc, Melbourne.  Sound by Felicity Mangan.
               Lead Balloon, Firstdraft Inc, Sydney.  Sound by Felicity Mangan
2002       Graduate Exhibition, V.C.A. Melbourne.  Sound by Felicity Mangan
               Love at First Sight, Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.
               The Honors Show, V.C.A. Student Gallery, Melbourne. 
               Knock Knock, Firstdraft Inc, Sydney.
               Hatched, Healthway National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts,
               Perth.
2001       Gallery Fundraiser Exhibition, First Floor, Melbourne.
               Graduate Exhibition, V.C.A. Melbourne.
               The Hutchins Art Prize, Hutchins School, Tasmania.
               Wallara Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, V.C.A. Melbourne.
2000       Nikon Summer Salon, Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.
               Proud, V.C.A. Melbourne. 

Selected Press/ Publications
2007       Wendy Walker, Perth: Johnston Gallery, Contemporary, 2007 Annual
2006        Rebecca Hobbs, Failure and Fountains, Ramp, Hamilton, New Zealand
2005       Jeff Khan, Rebecca Ann Hobbs, UN Magazine, issue 6
2005       Nadio Barbaro, Sesame, #3, Australia
2004       Mario Garcia, Celeste, Momentos Kodak, #15, Mexico
2003       James Lynch, Rubik 5.
               Wendy Walker, Talking to the Animals, The Advertiser, June 7^th.
               Brendan Lee, Public Hangings, interview for television broadcast.
               Lenny Ann Low, Knock Knock, Metropolitan, July 27-28.
2002       Stephanie Radok, Featured Artist- Rebecca Ann Hobbs, Real Time No 52.
               Jo Roberts, Artists’ lucrative award, The Age, The Culture Review, p: 4.
               Larissa Hjorth, Mobbypet- Australian and Danish Exchange.
2001       Virginia Baxter, Photo Technica Award- 2001, Real Time, p: 32.
               Paul Burrows, News- Exhibition Highlights, Pro Photo, p: 14.