Rebecca Tunks is a conceptual artist whose practice explores the overlooked details embedded within urban and cultural landscapes. Working primarily with photography and digital collage, she constructs photomontages that document and reimagine the typologies of everyday objects that shape our collective environment. Her work examines themes of memory, identity, and the impact of globalisation, revealing the patterns and visual languages that define contemporary civilisation.
Tunks’ ongoing series, Art of Travel, began in 2008 and reflects her extensive travels across India, Switzerland, Australia, London, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, and beyond. By capturing and arranging familiar yet distinct urban fragments, she explores the tension between uniformity and uniqueness in built environments. Through repetition and layering, her montages dissolve conventional spatial hierarchies, inviting viewers to experience the often-unseen structures of their surroundings.
Recent works statement
Tunks has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally, including at PSAS Gallery, Fremantle; Linton & Kay Galleries, WA; and Artsiti, India. Her work has been recognised in major art awards, including the Cliftons Art Prize and the Moran Photographic Art Prize. She was the winner of the Vasse Art Award and the Young Artist of Western Australia Prize. She holds a Bachelor of Communication & Multimedia (Photography) and an Advanced Diploma in Applied Sciences (Photography).
EDUCATION
2005 – 2009 | Bachelor of Communication & Multimedia (Major in Photography)
2002 – 2005 | Advanced Diploma in Applied Sciences (Photography)
AWARDS
2014 | State Winner, Cliftons Art Prize
2011 | Winner, Vasse Art Award
2011 | Semi-Finalist, Moran Photographic Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2010 | Winner, Young Artist of Western Australia, YAWA (Young Artists of Western Australia), Burswood InterContinental Perth
2005 | Highly Recommended Award, City of Subiaco Photographic Awards, Subiaco Town Hall
2000 | Site Specific Award, Totem Pole Sculpture
2000 | Watercolour Butterfly Study Selected by the Department of Education
SOLO EXHIBITION
2009 | Art of Travel, Part 1: India, Little Creatures Brewery, Fremantle, WA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 | Finalist in the Canberra Contemporary Photographic Prize, Canberra.
2025 | Churchlands Community Art Exhibition, Churchlands SHS, WA
2025 | Extensions Exhibition, City of Armadale, WA.
2024 | PCP Collective Exhibition, PSAS Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2024 | Churchlands Community Art Exhibition, Churchlands SHS, WA
2009 – 2014 | Artitude: Exhibition and Sale of Collectable Art, Perth Galleries & Sotheby’s, WA
2013 | Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Biennial Art Award, WA
2012 | UrbanISE, Linton & Kay Galleries, WA
2011 | South Perth Emerging Artist Awards – Highly Commendation, WA
2010 | Artitude Art Auction, Burswood Entertainment Centre, Astral Ballroom, WA
2010 | Fremantle Headspace: Youth Week Exhibition, Art of Travel: India, WA
2010 | FotoFreo, ABC Center, Art of Travel: Australia, WA
2010 | Photography 10a Exhibition, Brunswick Street Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2009 | South Perth Emerging Artist Exhibition, South Perth Town Hall, WA
2009 | Foreign Eyes Exhibition, Artsiti, HASTA Gallery, India
2009 | Summer Exhibition, Little Creatures Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2004-2009 | Site Unseen, Touring Exhibition across Australia
2006 | Perth Centre of Photography Christmas Show, WA
2006 | Edith Cowan University Exhibition, PCP Gallery, WA
2004-2005 | Iris Awards, Perth Centre of Photography Gallery, WA
REPRESENTATION
2013 – 2016 | Gallery 360, Perth Western Australia.
TRAVEL
2024 | Sourcing Images. Macau, China.
2017 | Sourcing images. Helsinki, St Petersburg, Portugal, Spain and America.
2013 | Sourcing Images. Japan
2010 | Sourcing images. Macau, Hong Kong, London Sourcing Images
2007/9 | Moved to India.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2015 | PeoplePerInch.com Launch for the Perth International Arts Festival Art Hack Weekend.