BIOGRAPHY
Rebecca Jabs is a visual artist, science illustrator, and educator based in Wisconsin. Following 8 years as an art teacher, her dual interests in nature and art led her to California State University at Monterey Bay, where she completed the Science Illustration Graduate Program. Rebecca creates interpretive illustrations, graphics, and fine art across a variety of traditional and digital media. Her work honors the nature of the Great Lakes region with fidelity to accuracy and appreciation for the interconnectedness of ecosystems. Rebecca’s practice is informed by hours of fieldwork, reading from her collection of field guides, and collaborations with the scientific community.
2025 WORKSHOP OFFERINGS:
June 21, 9am - 12pm: Introduction to Field Sketching - Woodland Dunes Nature Center & Preserve, Two Rivers, WI
-sign up via the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin.
July 21-24: Introduction to Watercolor: Illustrating Nature - Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
August 2: Nature Journaling Workshop at the Brown County Library, Kress Family Branch, DePere, WI
-sign up via the library. Watch for their announcement!
August 3: 10am-12pm: Nature Journaling workshop hosted by Glacial Lakes Conservancy’s Land Trust Days. Sheboygan, WI
Check back this winter for 2026 workshop offerings!
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Wisconsin’s Wild Lakes: A Guide to the Last Undeveloped Natural Lakes, written by Wisconsin naturalist John Bates, 2021: order at manitowishriverpress.com
RESIDENCIES
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan
Isle Royale National Park
Drawing Water: Trout Lake Research Station, Wisconsin
Com.En.Art: Rensselaerville, New York
INTERNSHIPS
Systematic Entomology Lab, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
Conservation Education, Inc; Reedsville, WI
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025
50th Juried Annual Exhibition | Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI September 27 - November 8
Wings & Water | Juried Exhibition | River Arts Center, Prairie du Sac, WI September 22 - November 28
Really Big Prints | traveling exhibition: Rahr-West Art Museum July-September;
Isle Royale Group Exhibition | Rosza Art Galleries | Michigan Technological University | Houghton, MI | February 14- March 28, 2025
2024
July/August Solo Exhibition | UW-Madison Arboretum | Madison, Wisconsin
2023
Illustrating Wisconsin’s Wild Lakes | Solo Exhibition | Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI November 13 2022 - February 2, 2023
Wings & Water | Juried Exhibition | River Arts Center, Prairie du Sac, WI September 5 - November 17
Really Big Prints | traveling exhibition: Rahr-West Art Museum July-September; Hamilton Woodtype Museum November
2022
Illustrating Wisconsin’s Wild Lakes | Solo Exhibition | Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI November 13 2022 - February 2, 2023
Illustrating Nature | Solo Exhibition | The Ridges Sanctuary, Bailey’s Harbor, WI | May 18-Aug 7
2021
Biological Illustrations | Solo Exhibition | UW-Green Bay, Marinette Campus
Really Big Prints | traveling exhibition
Illustrating Nature | Solo Exhibition | St. Norbert College | DePere, WI
2019
Wildlife Biennial XIX | Miller Art Museum | Sturgeon Bay, WI
Museum of Natural Inspiration: Artists Explore the Richter Collection | UW-Green Bay Lawton Gallery | Green Bay, WI
Focus on Nature | Juried Exhibition | Roberson Museum & Science Center | Binghamton, NY
2018
Natural State | Solo Exhibition | UW-Madison Arboretum | Madison, Wisconsin
Really Big Prints | traveling exhibition
Visualize: Art Revealing Science | GNSI Members Juried Exhibition | American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC
The Art of Water | James May Gallery, Algoma, Wisconsin