Rebecca Lewis is a self-taught print maker, seamstress and collage enthusiast based in Ipswich. Rebecca held her first solo exhibition at Cactus Espresso Bar in 2014 and has been playing with art making ever since. 

Artist statement
This new work ‘portrait of a woman as…’ is an exploration of the expectation of domestic labour and the mental load placed on women. Using humour, play and colour with collage, print making and installation, Rebecca delves into the traditional patriarchal role of women in the home to find ways to represent the repetitive nature of domestic tasks and examine what has changed from the 1950s to today. Through a feminist lens, Rebecca questions how we can continue to interrogate the role women play in the home and how this is managed around a creative practice.