About

Short Bio

Rebecca Leopoldina Torres is a contemporary artist, professional photographer and printmaker based in Cambridge, MA.

Statement

R. Leopoldina Torres has always been curious about the relationships we have with our surroundings. The basis of her work stems from an exploration of landscapes— whether they are physical, psychological, social, emotional, or imagined. As an archaeologist and visual anthropologist, Leopoldina was trained to view landscape as a palimpsest of experiences and social constructs, the canvas in which contains the material record of people and history. Through her photography and printmaking, she applies these concepts to explore how places and spaces affect our identity and our experiences, to examine what is seen and to expose what is not seen. In her printmaking, Leopoldina is often using recycled and found materials.

 

Biography

Rebecca Leopoldina Torres is a professional photographer and printmaker based in Cambridge, MA. She began her foray into printmaking through a Cambridge community center workshop as a way to explore different techniques in printing with photographic images. However, she quickly fell in love with the spontaneity and innovation of working with monotypes and monoprints.

In addition to being elected President of the Monotype Guild of New England in 2015, she is a co-founder of the Banter Artists Guild, a member of the Newburyport Artists Association’s Printmakers and the Cambridge Art Association, and a freelance curator & consultant. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries, museums, and print media across the globe. As a freelance photographer focused on contemporary art and museums, her photographs have been published by a variety of newspapers and magazines including ArtForum, Smithsonian Magazine, New York Times, Boston Globe, Forbes Magazine and the Harvard Gazette.

Leopoldina received her bachelor’s degree in Visual Anthropology at Harvard University and is currently on staff in the Communications Department at the Harvard Art Museums. Her current academic research explores the relationships between photography and the role of witnessing, examining how the acts of looking, seeing, and remembering are performed through works of art.  She is also pursuing a degree in Marketing and Museum Studies at Harvard University, Extension School.