Rebekah Waites            

              About

Education

2002 BA Fine Art, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA


Awards & Grants

2023 Something Queer Art Grant Recipient

2021 Everywhen Project Art Grant Recipient

2018 Burning Man Honorarium Art Grant Recipient

2018 All Of Us Art Grant

2015 Burning Man Honorarium Art Grant Recipient

2015 Necklace Factory Artist Award

2013 Burning Man Honorarium Art Grant Recipient

2013 Necklace Factory Artist Award


Solo Exhibitions

2013 Questions of Sapience, The Haggus Society Gallery,, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2012 Retrospective, Dysonna City Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2009 In Your Hands, Sipology Gallery, Long Beach, CA, USA


Group Exhibitions

2024 Are You Comfy, Third Place Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

2023 Nomad II,  Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, USA

2023 Spectrum Gestalt, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA

2023 Made In California, Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA, USA

2022 Radical Horizons: The Art Of Burning Man at Chatsworth, Bakewell, UK

2021 Boundless Space Auction, Sotheby’s, NYC, New York, USA

2021 Get Off The Couch, Suite E Studios Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2019 2019 Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2019 Pulse of  LA 219, SOLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2018 iRobot, Burning Man Festival, Black Rock City, NV, USA

2015 Carnival of Mirrors, Burning Man Festival, Black Rock City, NV, USA

2015 144 Group Show, Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA

2014 Art By The Bay, The Drever Family Estate, Tiburon, CA, USA

2013 Cargo Cult, Burning Man Festival, Black Rock City, NV, USA

2013 The Sky Is Falling, Fold Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2012 Alchemy Art Show, Dysonna City Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2011 Auction by the Bay, Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA

2011 Ground Control, SubSpace Art Gallery, Culver City, CA, USA

2010 LA Art Winter 2010 Fundraiser, First and Hope, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2010 A Dozen Local Artists, Buy Art Studios, Long Beach, CA, USA

2009 One Night Only, Gallery 016, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2009 Summer Salon Life Drawing Series, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA, USA

2009 The Life Group LA Charity Show, Sipology Gallerie,Long Beach, CA, USA

2009 Get Your Heart In The Game, Lahoda Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2007 Group Art Show, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2007 1 Year Anniversary Group Show, JFerrari Gallery, Atwater Village, CA, USA

2006 The Gay Show, Cactus Gallery, Echo Park, CA, USA


Public Exhibitions

2018 San Francisco Burning Man Decompression, San Francisco, CA, USA

2018 Los Angeles Burning Man Decompression, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2015 The Church Trap Organ, Permanent Collection, Burning Man Headquarters, San Francisco, CA, USA

2014 The Church Trap Organ, Spring Tower Mezzanine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2013 The Church Trap Organ, Long Beach Soundwalk Festival, Long Beach, CA, USA


Grant Committee Chair/Art Association Membership

2016 Los Angeles Art Association Member

2015 Burning Man Global Arts Grants Committee - Professional Artist Chair

2016 Burning Man Global Arts Grants Committee - Professional Artist Chair


Publications & Reviews

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/mar/23/burning-man-chatsworth-house-sculptural-magic-dales-duke-devonshire-psychedelic

https://www.chesterfield.co.uk/2022/08/new-burning-man-sculptures-at-chatsworth-ahead-of-october-burn-event/

https://www.tatler.com/article/the-duke-of-devonshire-on-his-burning-man-sculpture-exhibition-at-chatsworth

https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/things-to-do/burning-man-exhibition-chatsworth-9141476

https://devonshirehotels.co.uk/journal/radical-horizons-at-chatsworth-burning-man-art-installations-explained/

https://www.chesterfield.co.uk/2022/08/new-burning-man-sculptures-at-chatsworth-ahead-of-october-burn-event/

https://www.visitderby.co.uk/whats-on/events/radical-horizons-celebratory-burn

https://www.marketingderby.co.uk/news/chatsworth-sculptures-light-creative-fire-in-schoolchildren/

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/new-burning-man-sculpture-chatsworth-7498362

https://www.vogue.com/article/burning-man-chatsworth

https://www.sothebys.com/en/digital-catalogues/radical-horizons-the-art-of-burning-man-at-chatsworth

https://artzealous.com/our-10-favorite-art-installations-from-burning-man-2018/

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-burning-man-artists-15-years-anticipated-artworks

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/pictures/burning-man-2013-the-scene-20130905

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/18/burning-man-art_n_3932349.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/reverend-dr-malcolm-clemens-young/religion-at-burning-man_b_4118619.html

http://ignitechannel.com/articles/artist-interviews/artist-interview-with-the-church-trap-crew/

http://ignitechannel.com/articles/artist-interviews/burn-artist-interview-rebekah-waites-creator-church-trap/

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/09/photos-of-burning-man-2013/100584/

“NK Guy: Art of Burning Man,” NK Guy, Taschen (August 20, 2015)

“Burning Man: Art On Fire” by Jennifer Raiser and Sidney Erthal, Race Point Publishing (August 8, 2014)

“Cargo Cult” by Photographer Karen Kuehn (2014)


Television & Film

2014 “Saved? Church Trap Documentary”, Experience Media, Dir. John Senften

2014 “From Sand To Ashes”, IMAX 3D Film, Dir. Arnaud Paris

http://sandtoashesmovie.com/about

2014 Charlie Rose interview with Burning Man founder Larry Harvey

http://www.charlierose.com/watch/6036316

2014 “Context With Lorna Dueck”, Episode #1334

http://www.contextwithlornadueck.com/episodes/burning-man-black-rock-city-lorna-dueck

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