<p>Rebecca Koury</p>
<p>Rebecca Koury</p>

Rebecca Koury

Mixed Media Artist

Lives and works in Monterey, CA

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Rebecca Koury

Rebecca Koury

Rebecca Koury is a contemporary painter and collage artist whose work explores the relationship between material, movement, and quiet transformation. Rooted in a lifelong curiosity about the natural world and the unseen forces that shape it, her abstractions emerge through a meditative process of layering and building up thin glazes of paint that evoke both depth and transparency. “The beauty and mystery of Nature inspire my artistic process,” Koury says. “I want to interpret my experience of Nature and express the feeling of this experience through paint and other visual media.” Raised in an artistic family, Koury was captivated early on by the emotion and depth of Old Masters like Titian. She earned her MFA in Fine Art and Art History from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied under sculptors William Crist, David Deming, and Thana Lauhakaikul.

Her background in sculpture continues to inform her paintings, revealing a dialogue between structure and organic form.

After several years in San Francisco working for Ralph Lauren, Koury relocated to the Monterey Peninsula to dedicate herself fully to painting. Her work has since been featured in more than thirty exhibitions, including the Monterey Museum of Art, the New Museum of Los Gatos, and Gallery MAR Carmel.

Guided by intuition and discovery, Koury creates richly textured, luminous surfaces that invite both reflection and sensory experience. Her works are held in private and corporate collections throughout the United States, as well as in Japan, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates.

  • Collections & Commissions (select)

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA

Goodwin Procter, Santa Monica, CA

UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

University Hospital, San Antonio, TX

Kaiser Permanente, Santa Cruz, CA

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, VA

Metron, Inc., Reston, VA

Biogen, Cambridge, MA

The MFA Companies, MA

Charles River Associates

Cypress Inn, Carmel, CA

View Sonic Corporation

Sun City, Roseville, California

Blessing Acupuncture, Monterey, CA

Pet Specialists Of Monterey, Monterey, CA

Esteban Restaurant, Monterey, CA

Children’s Hospital, Temple, TX

Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ

University Hospital, San Antonio, TX

Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Orlando, Florida

Aria Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada

River Park 2, San Jose, CA

Richmond Marriott, Richmond, VA

Akin Gump, San Antonio, Texas

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Adobe Systems, San Jose, California

Park Place Porsche, Dallas, Texas

Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

Bellagio Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

The Mirage Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Hilton, Irvine, California

CB Richard Ellis Property Management, New Jersey

Bolinger Investing, Sacramento, California

Sears Tower, Chicago, Illinois

TrizecHahn, Atlanta, Georgia

Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Trammell Crow Company, Maryland

Corporate One Credit Union, Columbus, Ohio

SAS Institute Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina

NRG Energy Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota

Crown Plaza Hotel, San Jose, California

Cisco Systems, San Jose, California

The Salix Group, Las Vegas, Nevada

Mercury Aviation Private Airport, Burbank, California

Hilton Hotel, Santa Clara, California

Aspect Communications, San Jose, California

Wilshire Grand Hotel, Los Angeles, California

Aetna Health Care/Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio

Conair Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Harrah’s, Atlantic City, New Jersey

The Covey Restaurant, Quail Lodge, Carmel

 

  • COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS – INTERNATIONAL (select)

US Embassy Residence, Karachi, Pakistan

Ritz Carlton Hotel and Resort, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Rameshe Gallery, Four Seasons Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Hotel Sun Coast, Japan

Sheraton Hotel, Yokahama, Japan

Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

 

  • EXHIBITIONS (select)

2022 Arc Gallery, ‘Voyage’, National Juried Exhibition, San Francisco, California

2021 Gallery Mar Carmel, ‘Creative Women II’, Carmel, California

2021 Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Benefit Exhibition, ‘Hope & Possibility’

2020 New Museum Los Gatos, California, “Art in the Time of Corona”, Juried Show and Auction to Benefit The Museum

2020 Gallery Mar Carmel, ‘Creative Women’, New Work by Six Female Monterey Peninsula Artists, Carmel, California

2019 Monterey Museum of Art, Currents Gallery, Solo Show, Monterey, California

2019 COAST Big Sur, Solo Show, Big Sur, California

2019 Wonderwall, Solo Show, Sand City, CA

2017 Meaning Made Visible, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, California

2017 Gallery Route One's 32 Annual Juried Show, Point Reyes, California

2015 Monterey Museum of Art, Miniature Show, Monterey, California

2014 Monterey Museum of Art, Miniature Show, Monterey, California

2013 Monterey Museum of Art, Miniature Show, Monterey, California

2008 Gallery 645, Solo Show, San Francisco, California

2008 Jules Place, Boston, Massachusetts

2007 Victoria Price Contemporary Art & Design, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2007 Western Interiors Design & Home Show, San Francisco, California

2007 Simon Edwards Gallery, Yakima, Washington

2007 Western Contract Design Center, Sacramento, California

2006 Western Contract Design Center, Sacramento, California

2006 West Coast Art & Framing Show, Las Vegas, Nevada

2005 Monterey Museum of Art, Miniature Show, Monterey, California

2005 Jules Place, Boston, Massachusetts

2005 Art Expo, New York

2005 Synopsis Corporation, San Jose, California

2004 Jules Place, Boston, Massachusetts

2003 Monterey Museum of Art, Juried All-Media Exhibition, Monterey, California

2003 Monterey Museum of Art, Miniature Show, Monterey, California

2003 ASID Showcase House, Atherton, California

2003 High Point, North Carolina

2003 Palm Springs International Art Fair, Palms Springs, California

2003 Art Expo, New York, New York

2002 Powers Gallery & Fine Framing, Acton, Massachusetts

2002 Gallery Services Inc., Birmingham, Alabama

1999 ArtSource Gallery and Consultants, Raleigh, North Carolina

1998 Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, California

1998 Quantum Corporation, Milpitas, California

1998 Harmonic Lightwaves, Sunnyvale, California

1998 National Semi-Conductor Corporation, Sunnyvale, California

1998 Impressions, Carmel, California

1997 National Semi-Conductor Corporation, Sunnyvale, California

1997 Quantum Corporation, Milpitas, California

1997 Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, California

1984 Diverse Works, Houston, Texas

1983 4th Annual Texas Sculpture Symposium, Austin Texas

 

  • NUMEROUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS

 

  • TELEVISION SHOWS (select)

2009 Rules Of Engagement

2005 Las Vegas

2004 HGTV-“Sensible Chic”

 

  • PUBLIC SPEAKING

2021 One of 51 Artists, ‘Art in the Time of Corona’, NUMU, Los Gatos, CA

2011 One of Six Finalists selected from over 100 artists to interview for the position of

Design Enhancement/Public Art Program, University Hospital System, San Antonio, TX

2007 Western Contract Design Center, Sacramento, California

 

  • PUBLICATIONS

Carmel Pine Cone

Monterey County Weekly

New Times San Luis Obispo

Still Point Art Quarterly

Wall Street Journal (mention)

Los Angeles Examiner (mention)

The Californian (mention)

 

  • HONORS AND AWARDS

1982 Ford Foundation Scholarship

1982 University of Texas Academic Scholarship

1982 Women and Their Work Grant, Austin, Texas

1981 Ford Foundation Scholarship

1981 University of Texas Academic Scholarship

 

  • EDUCATION

1983 MFA University of Texas, Austin, Texas

1979 BA University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri

“ One of my earliest memories is finding a small, polished flint while traveling through the Southwest with my family. It felt precious, mysterious, alive, and deeply familiar, like home. That simple moment awakened my love for the natural world and continues to fuel my art today. ”
— Rebecca Koury
Artist
“ One of my earliest memories is finding a small, polished flint while traveling through the Southwest with my family. It felt precious, mysterious, alive, and deeply familiar, like home. That simple moment awakened my love for the natural world and continues to fuel my art today. ”
— Rebecca Koury
Artist

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