Rebecca Schiffman

Rebecca Schiffman
Origin New York City, New York, USA
Genres Indie-Folk
Labels Recommended if You Like Records and Some Records
Website Personal Site

Rebecca Schiffman is a singer-songwriter, jewelry designer, and visual artist from New York City.[1]

Biography

Rebecca Schiffman was born in 1982 in New York City. She lived on The Upper East Side for most of 30 years. In 2013, Schiffman moved to Los Angeles where she currently resides.

Music career

Rebecca Schiffman studied cello and piano from a young age. She later picked up guitar and in 9th grade joined Dalton School classmate Colin Kindley to form The Meaningful and Wise whose sound was influenced by The Buzzcocks and The Soft Boys. The Meaningful and Wise performed Kindley's compositions, and Schiffman soon began writing her own songs and recording them on a 4-Track. In 2000, while attending The Cooper Union School of Art, Schiffman began to play bass guitar for the pop-punk band Pearl Harbor, which featured Walter Schreifels (Quicksand, Rival Schools) on drums, Ryan Stratton (Walking Concert) on guitar, and Masayoshi Nakamura on vocals. Schreifels began producing Schiffman's recordings and in 2003 her first album "Upside Down Lacrimosa" was released on Some Records. In 2009, Schiffman self-released her second album "To Be Good for a Day" via Tunecore. The album was named "Best Album of the Month" in the February 2009 issue of Vice Magazine.[2] In 2010, Schiffman's song "Aaron" was featured in the soundtrack to Lena Dunham's breakout film "Tiny Furniture." Schiffman also lent her vocals to "When U Come Home" by Teddy Blanks which plays during the movie's end credits. Schiffman's vocals also appear on another Teddy Blanks song for the soundtrack to Alex Karpovsky's movie "Red Flag".

Line-Up

Rebecca Schiffman performs solo as well as with a variety of musicians.

Past Band Members

Discography

Albums

Musicians: Colin Kindley, Mike Stroud, Mike Skinner, Andy Action, Walter Schreifels Produced by: Walter Schreifels Engineered by: Andy Action and Chuck Scott Mastered by: Tom Hutton Artwork by: Jordan Rosenblum

Musicians: Jay Israelson, Mike Musmanno, Rebecca Schiffman, Don Piper, Alex Walker, Tony Leone, Ryan Stratton, Matthew Morandi Produced by: Rebecca Schiffman and Mike Musmanno Engineered and mixed by: Mike Musmanno Mastered by: Peter Toh Artwork by: Benjamin Degen

Art career

Rebecca Schiffman graduated from The Cooper Union School of Art in 2004 with a BFA. Her paintings have been included in group shows at Ratio3 in San Francisco[3] and the now closed New York City gallery, Guild & Greyshkul.[4] In 2006, Rebecca Schiffman and fellow Cooper Union alum, Javier Hernandez-Gatti exhibited paintings in a two-person exhibition titled "Faster Sleeper" at The Bas Fisher Invitational gallery in Miami, Florida. Schiffman's watercolor portrait of philosopher Slavoj Žižek appeared as the author image on the inside book jacket for the UK edition of his book "Violence." Schiffman painted the portrait from a photograph she took of the philosopher after one of his lectures on New York's Upper East Side.

Jewelry Design

From 2010-2013 Rebecca Schiffman studied wax carving with the Dutch-born master model maker Fred de Vos. Previously she had earned a certificate in casting and mold making from Studio Jewelers in New York. In 2009, Schiffman launched her Ill-Made Knight (IMK) Collection of chainmail accessories. IMK was carried by Henri Bendel and featured in Nylon Magazine and Jalouse Magazine, among other publications. In 2011, Rebecca Schiffman used Kickstarter and her wax carving skills to launch her "Upper East Side Collection" of sterling silver jewelry inspired by architectural ornament in her native neighborhood. The collection was profiled in The New York Times.[5] Schiffman was then invited by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) to design a similar collection for Grand Central Terminal's centennial anniversary.

External links

Official Websites

Articles and Reviews

References

  1. ↑ http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/breaking/56158/
  2. ↑ Amner, Kelly. Best Album of The Month. Vice Magazine, February 2009.
  3. ↑ http://www.sfweekly.com/2006-07-26/culture/our-critics-weigh-in-on-local-exhibits/
  4. ↑ Smith, Roberta. "A Gallery Goes Out in a Burst of Energy" The New York Times, February 6, 2009.
  5. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/garden/rebecca-schiffmans-jewelry-inspired-by-architectural-details.html
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