Visual Artist
Painter, Pastry Chef, Digital Designer, Creator
Rebecca Minniti is a Visual Artist from Prattsville, New York. Her work takes shape in many forms, from oil painting, gouache, pen, to pastry, and graphic design. Rebecca began her visual arts career as a pastry chef making custom cakes, cookies and cupcakes. She received her AS in Baking and Pastry from Stratford University in Falls Church, VA. She has worked for bakeries in Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Long Island. She became more focused in painting and graphics in 2016 when she moved to Long Island. Rebecca received her BS in Visual Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design from SUNY New Paltz. She is currently working as a freelance Graphic Designer.
Minniti’s work focuses on the mind and body and the inner child. She is Inspired by many sources including, her inner thoughts, life experiences, emotions, and fond memories of her childhood. She creates spaces where people can interact and feel intimate with the work, utilizing mobiles and suspension from free standing forms created to enhance and accentuate the work she makes.
Her work was recently exhibited in the Fine Arts Building at SUNY New Paltz, in a show titled The Crossover Episode, her 2023 Senior Exhibition. Other venues include, Sojourner Truth Library, New Paltz, NY; Robert F. Kennedy Hall, Old Westbury, NY; Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, Old Westbury, NY.