Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo is a Taranaki born, Otorohanga based visual artist specializing in watercolour. She has backgrounds in fashion design, primary teaching and camp directing and in 2017 became a full time mother and artist.
Rebecca's work is indicative of contemporary New Zealand culture, reflecting aspects of daily life with a child; drawing inspiration from local people/places visited, family narratives and moments in time. She has a current focus on portraiture
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Portrait of June, Lady Hillary, Welcome Swallow Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2020 The Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo Collection, Welcome Swallow Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2019 Noun: A Collection of People, Places and Things. Welcome Swallow Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2018 While She Was Sleeping, Studio Two, Te Awamutu
Group Exhibitions
2023 Audi Five Cities Showcase: Moving Towards, Welcome Swallow Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2023 Winter Collection 2023, Welcome Swallow Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2023 Waikato Watercolourists III, Welcome Swallow Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2022 Our Times, Welcome Swallow Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2022 Waikato Watercolourists II, Welcome Swallow Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2021 Winter Bright, Welcome Swallow Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2021 Joy of Humanity: People & Place, Welcome Swallow Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2020 The Waikato Watercolourists, Welcome Swallow Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2020 A Welcome Swallow Gallery Exhibition, Welcome Swallow Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2019 Celebration, Welcome Swallow Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2019 Taking Flight, Burchell Pavilion, Te Awamutu, NZ
Collections
2021 Portrait of June, Lady Hillary, Sir Hillary Archive, Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
Artist and muse, the wonderful Lady June Hillary
At the Auckland Museum, New Zealand 2021