About
Rebecca

Rebecca Tremblay (b. 1990, Montréal) received BFA from MICA (2013) and MFA from SAIC (2017). Lives and works in Chicago. Figurative painter in oil on canvas at large scale. Practice centres on South/West Side Chicago communities. Born to French-Canadian father and Algonquin Anishinaabe mother, grew up in Baltimore.

Notable for chromatic boldness and psychological precision. Influences: Kerry James Marshall, Alice Neel, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Paints people she knows—neighbours, friends, community members.

Her work explores the figure as a site of presence and absence, investigating how paint itself can register gesture, light, and the subtle shifts across skin and fabric. Rather than pursuing likeness, she is interested in the figure as material—a vehicle for exploring questions of form, time, and embodiment.