The award for First Place and recipient of the $3,000 prize in round two of the inaugural, 2026 Capital Square Prize, goes to Rebecca Karabin (B.F.A. ’25), a painter and printmaker from Alexandria, Virginia.
Rebecca Karabin (B.F.A. ’25) won first prize as a part of the Capital Square Prize, round two, juried exhibition. The Capital Prize, made possible through a partnership between VCUarts and Capital Square, presents an opportunity for Painting + Printmaking alumni to showcase their work within the Capital Square’s new Chasen building in Scott’s Addition. The Capital Prize exhibitions, featuring the work of prize finalists, celebrate the creative legacy of the building as the historic home of N. Chasen & Son paint company as it is transformed into Chasen, a vibrant new residential development bridging Richmond’s artistic past and future.
Artist Biogaphy
Alum Rebecca Karabin (B.F.A. ’25) is a painter and printmaker from Alexandria, Virginia. Her work centers around the idea of alienation, using commonplace items and contorting their context, creating unrecognizable environments and specimens. Karabin’s practice is primarily in painting, but she experiments materially during the conception of the image. Her work was most recently shown at Touchstone Gallery in Washington, D.C.