Agrifolia by Rebecca Youssef

2023

Acrylic, cyanotype and salt on recycled paper bag

47.25" x 41.25" x 2"

Rebecca Youssef (b. 1973) is a Los Angeles-based mixed media artist and a cultivator of native California oak trees. Galvanized by the sustainability movement to protect our planet, Rebecca employs a broad range of experimental processes to give new life to discarded paper, boxes, and bags, immortalizing them in art, and thus honoring their journey from tree to canvas. Rebecca received her BFA from the University of Arizona in Tucson and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue her MA in Art Education at Loyola Marymount University. Following graduate school, Rebecca taught art at various schools across Los Angeles