Rebecca Norton

Visiting Professor of Studio Art

Rebecca Norton is a visual artist whose work explores mathematical intuition and sensory experience, engaging with figure-ground dynamics, the forces of attraction, and the aesthetics of uncertainty. Her artworks are included in permanent collections at 21C Hotel Louisville, the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, and the Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University.

She is the recipient of several awards and grants, including the Puffin Foundation, 2011, M.A. Hadley Fellowship, 2016, the Kentucky Foundation for Women Artist Enrichment Grant, 2019, and the Great Meadows Artist Professional Development Grant, 2019, 2020 & 2023.

Norton has been a contributing writer for Arts in Bushwick and Abstract Critical. Her lectures and writings have been published on MOCA tv, the Brooklyn Rail, Duke University Scalar publications, and Blacksun Lit.

She is a co-founder of Maybe It's Fate, a member-owned public exhibition space and social club. Maybe It's Fate's mission is to grow and sustain a cultural hub for art, conversation, and instigation -- while generating a new model of support for those activating the space and community.