Rhonda Abrams

Rhonda Abrams
Born
Rhonda D. Abrams

1960 (1960)
Montreal, Quebec
EducationB.A. University of Ottawa; Banff Centre School of Fine Arts; M.A. York University, Toronto
Known forpainter, video artist

Rhonda Abrams is a classically trained painter and video artist who was born in 1960 in Montreal, Canada.

Career

Abrams attended the University of Ottawa and obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the school. After this, she continued her education studying at the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts from York University.[1]

She developed her skills in video and performance art, which she used in creating her 1985 piece, "Myth of the Fishes" and 1987 piece “Lament of the Sugar Bush Man”[1] . Both pieces were also presented as live performance and convey emotion with original music and libretto.

"Lament of the Sugar Bush Man” reflects Abrams' care for the environment, which can also be seen through her paintings that accurately reflect any landscape she is immersed in.[2] In her book Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature Volume 1,[3] author Loren R. Lerner states that Abrams' work is "presented as an evocation of a vision of environmental desperation." Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York[4] and the National Gallery of Canada.[5]

Recent paintings are shown at Earls Court Gallery in Hamilton, Canada.

References

  1. ^ a b "Art Metropole / Lament of the Sugar Bush Man (1987)". Art Metropole. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ "R. D. Abrams - Paintings". 24 June 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  3. ^ Lerner, Loren (1 January 1997). Canadian Film and Video. University of Toronto Press. doi:10.3138/9781442672185. ISBN 978-1-4426-7218-5.
  4. ^ "Rhonda Abrams. The Lament of the Sugar Bush Man. 1987 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Collection". 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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