Rebecca Asghar

Born and raised in home Hitchcock’s home district of Leytonstone, East London, UK, Rebecca Asghar is Director of Friends of Alfred, dedicated to presenting, promoting and preserving the work and legacy of their native son. An award-winning artist, Rebecca is a former lawyer who has attained a Diploma in Portraiture at the Heatherley School of Fine Art. She was in Sky Portrait Artist of the Year in 2020 and has appeared in major group art exhibitions in London, including the Ruth Borchard self-portrait prize in 2019. She has also shown at the Art Maze at the Oxo Tower Wharf, at which the first three of her Hitchcock series paintings were displayed. These paintings depict real people instead of actors in stills, as well as a Hitchcock cameo.