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5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue
Brunei Gallery
Room
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT)

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Rebecca Salter studied at Bristol Polytechnic and then at Kyoto City University of the Arts in Japan, where she lived for 6-years. While living in Kyoto, Salter studied traditional Japanese woodblock printing with Professor Kurosaki Akira and has since written two books on the subject.

Her interest in printmaking is combined with her main practice in painting. Until 2016 she was Associate Lecturer on the MA Printmaking Course at Camberwell College of Art, University of the Arts, London.

Salter exhibits regularly in London and internationally, and in 2011 she had a major retrospective into the light of things at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut.

Salter was elected as a Royal Academician to the category of Printmaker in December 2014 and, in June 2017, was elected as the Keeper of the Royal Academy. On 10th December 2019 she was elected the 27th President of the Royal Academy of Arts and became the first female President since the Academy was founded in 1768. She was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2025 New Year Honours, for services to art.

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This event is free, open to the public and held in person and online. If you would like to attend, please register using the links above.

  • Organisers: SOAS Japan Research Centre, The Japanese Women's Association in Great Britain and The Japan Society
  • Contact: centres@soas.ac.uk

Header image: Untitled JD11, 2023, mixed media on paper on linen, 150 x 170 cm 59 x 67 ins​ by Rebecca Salter

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