Rebecca Fin Simonetti

drawings

portrait by JEREMY LIEBMAN
interview by ELISE GALLANT

ELISE GALLANT — When did you start drawing?

REBECCA FIN SIMONETTI— I started as a painter, and I think in my core I’m still really a painter. I moved to dry materials in 2012. I’d just moved to Baltimore, and at that time I was also doing a lot of residencies, so space and materials became more precarious, which is funny as it’s now such a huge part of my practice.

ELISE GALLANT — Are your drawings inspired by your life or do they come from a purely imaginative space?

REBECCA FIN SIMONETTI— It’s an intersection. I pull images and information from a wide array of sources, including personal. But personal narratives are not the strongest aspects. My work is much more outward-looking.

ELISE GALLANT — Why do you exclusively depict women in these drawings?

REBECCA FIN SIMONETTI— I have…