REBECCA BERNAU (BORN IN AACHEN, GERMANY, 1982) IS A CONTEMPORARY ARTIST WHO HAS DEDICATED HER CAREER TO FIGURATIVE PAINTING. ART AND PAINTING HAVE BEEN HER PASSION AND A SIGNIFICANT PART OF HER LIFE FROM AN EARLY AGE ON. HOWEVER, AFTER SCHOOL SHE INITIALLY PURSUED A PATH TOWARDS ART-TEACHING AND STUDIED DESIGN TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA DESIGN, AND LITERARY STUDIES AT THE BERGISCHE UNIVERSITÄT WUPPERTAL TO BECOME AN ART TEACHER IN A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.