Rebecca Webb received her BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in 1990, and pursued graduate studies in painting at New York University's Steinhardt School, as well as photography and museum studies at Harvard University.

Webb is a photographer and ceramic sculptor whose work has been exhibited widely, including the Oceanside Museum of Art, Joseph Bellows Gallery, Griffin Museum of Photography, The San Diego International Airport, Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, The Cooper Union, and Thomas Kellner Atelier in Siegen, Germany, among others. Her photographs have appeared in numerous print and online publications.

Her honors include two grants from the William Male Foundation, residencies at the High Desert Test Site in Joshua Tree, CA, and the Millay Artists Colony in Austerlitz, NY, a finalist nomination for the 2019 San Diego Orchid Award for her series Hado, a nomination for the 2017 San Diego Art Prize, and a shortlist for the John Chervinsky Award at the Griffin Museum of Photography. Her work is held in private and public collections. Summer of 2026 she embarked on a three year ceramic sculpture residency at the Anderson Ranch in Colorado. Webb lives and works in San Diego, CA.