Rebecka Fleetwood-Smith is a textile artist, researcher, and creative facilitator working at the intersection of participatory art, health, and academic research. Her practice is deeply process-led and attentive, grounded in noticing, listening, and responding to people, materials, and environments. With care as a central theme, her work over the past decade has focused on reimagining the aesthetics of health and social care settings. Currently, Rebecka is the recipient of an Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice award, through which she is creating an autobiographical series of works tracing her experiences of birth and matrescence.  

Rebecka holds a BA and MA from the London College of Fashion, and a PhD in Health from the University of West London.