Rebecca Shapass is a filmmaker, multidisciplinary artist, and community organizer based in her native NYC. She works at the intersection of moving-image, installation, and performance to deconstruct traditional narratives surrounding femininity and womxnhood through the study of personal and collective memory.

She has exhibited with institutions and festivals internationally, including screenings and exhibitions at Microscope Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), Anthology Film Archives (New York, NY), Open Signal (Portland, OR), Puffin Cultural Forum (Teaneck, NJ), and Artifact Film Festival (Canada), amongst others. Rebecca is currently a part of Smack Mellon’s Artist Studio Program where she is a NY Community Trust Fellow. Previously, she was a resident at NURTUREart (Brooklyn, NY) and Signal Culture (Owego, NY), where she will return for a workspace residency in the Summer of 2019 before attending a three-month Film and Video Residency at Crosstown Arts (Memphis, TN).

www.rebeccashapass.com

Instagram: @rshapass