Artist Talk: Rebecca Woodhouse

Join Rebecca Woodhouse for a free, all ages artist talk about her exhibition “A Visual Protest” on view at Gallery 110 through August 30th. Light reception to follow.

Politics has always been woven through Rebecca Woodhouse’s life—and her art. Her father, Ned Woodhouse, founded a commune and taught political science for decades. Her great-grandmother, Chase Going Woodhouse, served in the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first woman elected to Congress from Connecticut as a Democrat. This legacy of civic engagement has quietly informed Woodhouse’s abstract work for years.

In 2016, Woodhouse’s political commentary moved to the surface. What began as a short, cathartic mini-series during the first Trump campaign evolved into a central, ongoing thread in her creative practice. A Visual Protest is the first exhibition to bring together a wide selection of this growing body of overtly political work.

Best known for her abstract linocut paintings—complex hybrids of printmaking and painting that build richly textured layers of color and pattern—Woodhouse applies the same technical and aesthetic sensitivity to her political work. She presents a striking series of reimagined American flags infused with global and inclusive symbolism. Colors and icons drawn from other national flags, a spectrum of skin tones, peace signs, and LGBTQ+ pride motifs challenge the notion of a singular American identity.