Rebecca Hossack

Rebecca Hossack
Born
Rebecca Anne Hossack

October 1955 (1955-10) (age 69)
Melbourne, Australia
OccupationGallerist
Years active1988–present
SpouseMatthew Sturgis

Rebecca Hossack (born October 1955), is an Australian-born London gallerist, who helped introduce Indigenous Australian art to a British audience.[1][2][3][4] She is considered an expert on Aboriginal art, Australian Aboriginal culture and non-Western art traditions,[5][6] who was the first to introduce many of the Aboriginal Australian artists to Europe, including Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri.[7][8][9][10][11] She also curates African Art and indigenous art from other countries such as Papua New Guinea.[12][13]

She founded the Rebecca Hossack Gallery in 1988. Janet McKenzie, co-editor of Studio International said, "Hossack has almost single-handedly introduced Australian Aboriginal art to Britain and Europe".[3] In 1989 Hossack launched the first of her ongoing Songlines seasons of Aboriginal art, which ran from June to September annually. The exhibitions are named in honour of Hossack's friend Bruce Chatwin, inspired by his famous novel about Aboriginal culture, The Songlines.[14]

  1. ^ "British Museum Collection - BIOG Rebecca Hosssack".
  2. ^ Barkham, Patrick (7 April 2008). "Tales of Belonging: 1980s, Australia, Rebecca Hossack". The Guardian. p. British Identity and Society.
  3. ^ a b McKenzie, Janet (24 October 2018). "Damien Coulthard: Songlines XXX, Adnyamathanha Yarta". Studio International, New York.
  4. ^ Walsh, John (26 March 1998). "Rebecca Queen of the Desert". The Independent.
  5. ^ Mickel, John (11 September 2008). "Indigenous Australian Art from Torres Strait on show in London". Queensland Government Australia. p. Media Statements.
  6. ^ "Dream Traces: a Celebration of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art, April 2003-May 2003". University of Brighton, Arts/Culture Exhibition, Symposium and Publication.
  7. ^ Blogg, Phoebe (27 September 2023). "Rebecca Hossack is the International Art Gallery Championing Indigenous Artists". National Indigenous Times.
  8. ^ "Rebecca Hossack at SF Fine Art Fair". Aboriginal Art Directory.
  9. ^ Hossack, Rebecca (29 May 2020). "The Wonders of Australian Aboriginal Art". YouTube, TedxOxford.
  10. ^ "Rebecca Hossack Talk". TexOxford.
  11. ^ Blogg, Phoebe (10 January 2024). "Rebecca Hossack art gallery celebrates launch of new indigenous sculptural exhibition".
  12. ^ Jenkins, Chris (April 2021). "Rebecca Hossack Gallery shows art of the African bushmen". Arts and Collections Magazine.
  13. ^ Gore, Charles. "Review. Kauage's Visions: Art from Papua New Guinea at The Horniman Museum 2005". The Journal of Museum Ethnography (JME) (18). JSTOR 40793824.
  14. ^ Greer, Germaine (16 October 2016). "Depths of Ignorance". Prospect Magazine.