Rebecca Whittemore is a visual photomedia artist whose practice centres on what is discarded, overlooked and forgotten.

Originally from United States, Rebecca now calls Adelaide, Australia home. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Stockton University and a Master of Fine Art from the Maryland Institute College of Art, one of the oldest and most respected art schools in the United States. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally in numerous exhibitions.

Rebecca’s contributions to the arts have been recognised through a range of awards and honours. Most recently in 2026, she won the Julia Mannix Photography Prize and has been a finalist for the Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize for four consecutive years (2023–2026), as well as the Advertiser Contemporary Art Prize (SALA 2025). She is shortlisted for the 2026 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize 2026, with her work to be exhibited at Manly Art Gallery & Museum, NSW. 

Her recent solo exhibition What the Kitchen Forgets at Gallery M was featured in InReview in June 2025, where writer Sarah Herrmann observed: “In a clever take on still life portraiture, artist Rebecca Whittemore magnifies the beauty of imperfection and age by transforming food waste into fine art at Gallery M.”