BIOGRAPHY
Rebecca Jabs is a freelance scientific illustrator and educator living in Manitowoc, WI. She graduated in 2016 from the Science Illustration Graduate Program at California State University at Monterey Bay. Rebecca has a background and degree in Art Education and is a current part-time instructor at Madison College.
Working across a variety of digital and traditional media, Rebecca’s work is an observation of nature with a hint of narrative. She gathers her inspiration from nature, a passion for birding, and a desire to learn the names and stories of the flora and fauna of the Great Lakes region.
2024 WORKSHOPS OFFERINGS:
June 11-14: Illustrating Nature in Watercolor - sign up via Peninsula School of Art
June 15: Intro to Scratchboard - sign up via Peninsula School of Art
June 22: Field Sketching - sign up via the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin
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
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
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
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS