Same Time Tomorrow

I am proud to be participating in the show "Nasty Women" at Helmuth Projects in downtown San Diego.

Saturday, January 21, 2017   2-8 PM

Closing, January 28, 608 PM

Helmuth Projects
1827 Fifth Ave, San Diego

This show supports women's and individual rights that are supported by a majority of US citizens.

100% of the sale will go to Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest,San Diego LGBT Community Center, or La Maestra Community Health Centers.

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Ramparts 

This show will be moving to San Diego at City Heights Performance Annex, 3791 Fairmount Ave., San Diego, CA for November 25 through 27, 2016 with a reception on November 26, 2016 from 5-8 PM.

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Wonderland

 This is one of two paintings of mine that will be on view at the exhibit: LINE | ALIGN | REALIGN 

at GVG Contemporary
241 Delgado St.
Santa Fe, NM
November 5-November 15, 2016

This work highlights work from alumni of the Vermont College of Fine Arts and includes work from drawing and painting to installation and video.

Dream walking show at the Women's Museum of California

The exhibit Night Stand will be showing at the Women's Museum of California from November 3-27, 2016     This is a very inventive show by members of the FIG group.  Each artist has let her imagination run riot to reconfigure a bedside night stand reflecting dreams and fears that creep up on us.  It is a fascinating show and I am happy to have a sculpture included. The FIG group blog has some great pictures and commentary on the work on exhibit.  http://fig-art.blogspot.com/

Hours: Wednesday thru Sunday, 12-4 PM.
2730 Historic Decatur Rd in Liberty Station.

Feminism Now/ Feminism Nu Catalog

The San Diego portion of this show, exhibited at Gallery D, is now over, and the Swedish portion is on the horizon.  Until you get to Sweden, the catalog is available. You can get it from Amazon, or by contacting me at ireneabraham@gmail.com.

Here and Now: 4 Abstract Painters - coming soon.....

It's getting close!  The show at the Bonita Museum  is coming up soon.  The first reception  with Danielle Nelisse, Layla Wu and Sherry Krulle-Beaton and me is going to be on Friday, June 3 at 5:30-7:00 PM.
On Saturday, June 11, 1 PM there will another reception, and I will be discussing my work, including, Bump Bump, which you see above.   https://www.bonitahistoricalsociety.org/

Gallery D

No, Virginia, Feminism is not just for Americans.  I'm participating in a show at the Gallery D, 1878 Main St., San Diego.
 Feminism Now/ Feminism Nu is a collaboration between American and Swedish artists and will be a travelling show.  A catalog is available.
The  reception is on Saturday, 6-10PM, May 14 and is coinciding with the Bario Logan Art Crawl.  There are lots of new galleries in the area so there will be fun for all.
These are my contributions to the show:

SlowMotion, Irene Abraham, 16" x 24" 

Breakdown, Irene Abraham, 30"x 30"

Time marching on - welcome to 2016

I am excited to be participating in a 4 person show at the Bonita Museum in lovely Bonita, CA.
The show is called Here and Now: 4 Abstract Painters. The other artists are Danielle Nelisse, Sherry Krulle-Beaton and Layla Wu. Each has a different take on what contemporary abstraction in painting today.   We will open on June 1, 2016 and the show will be up until July 9.
The reception is on Friday, June 3, 5:30-7:00.  I will be giving a lecture on June 11.

(Con) text opening on Saturday

I am enjoying participating in some group shows this year.  I will be showing this Braille based painting, "Awe Some" at the San Diego Art Institute as it presents “(Con)text: Rethinking Language in Art” on July 25, 2015 at 6 pm in Balboa Park. It is a special treat to be in the re-vitalized SDAI.

(CON)TEXT: RETHINKING LANGUAGE IN ART

"(CON)TEXT: RETHINKING LANGUAGE IN ART" OPENS AT SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE JULY 25 The San Diego Art Institute (SDAI) is pleased to present "(Con)text: Rethinking Language in Art" on July 25 at 6pm in Balboa Park. This exhibition invited artists of all media in Southern California/Baja Norte to submit work incorporating text, language, coding, spoken word, literature, books, and other aesthetic materials into their work. The exhibition includes a special sound component by Suzanne Thorpe, an installation by SDAI's artist-in-residence Nina Preisendorfer, and performances by Arzu Ozkal and Perry Vasquez. In tandem with this exhibition will be a youth art component by students from San Miguel Elementary in Lemon Grove, created through SDAI's in-school teaching artist program, a solo exhibition by Judith Parenio, as well as the unveiling of a large-scale installation by renowned artist Raul Guerrero. Participating artists in "(Con)text: Rethinking Language in Art" are: Irene Abraham, Wick Alexander, James Anthony, Jon-Loren Bazan, Robin Bright, Colin Burns, Stefani Byrd, Kim Cruz, Kristina Bell Di Tullo, Patrick Donovan, Dani Dodge, Matt Dunn, Richard Gleaves, Marina Grize, Vijay Hingorani, Heidi Kayser, Kenny King, Alexander Kohnke, Stephanie Lindquist, Elena Lomakin, Omar Lopex, Andrew Mandinach, Chris Martino, Bhavna Mehta, Christian Michaels, Arzu Ozkal, Keith Parks, Shauna Peck, Robert Pendleton, Judy Pike, Nina Preisendorfer, Barbara Romain, Deanne Sabeck, Ned Snider, Cheryl Sorg, Vicki Teague-Cooper, Suzanne Thorpe, Bradley Tsalyuk and Corey Dunlap, Perry Vasquez, Tina Ybarra The opening reception takes place at San Diego Art Institute, 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101 from 6pm-8pm on Saturday, July 25. The exhibition will run until August 23. For more information, call SDAI at 619.236.0011.

Two good ones and more at the OCMA

It is not too late to catch two outstanding shows at the Orange County Museum of Art. Both are on until May 24.
Fred Tomaselli has an interesting series of uber-paintings covering pages torn from the New York Times. They are very engaging and play on a lively mixture of pattern, color and text to get their point across.

There also is an exhibit called Alien She which has a tremendous amount of material about the  feminist Riot Grrl movement.  Lots of reading material, zines, photographs, videos and larger works by artists Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Tammy Rae Carland, Miranda July, Faythe Levine, Allyson Mitchell, L.J. Roberts, and Stephanie Syjuco.

And don't forget: A room with recent acquisitions by the museum including this enchanting kinetic sculpture Handbag, by Jim Lambie from 1999.

This small museum always has some interesting work on exhibit often working against the stereotype of the neighborhood.

Women at War

The exhibit showcases the diverse ideas of this talented group of artists from FIG.

The exhibit will be up through April 23 at Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College

Check out the FIG blog for some additional photos of the event.

Another opening, another show - Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College

"Women at War" is a group show that is opening up soon at the Hyde Gallery at Grossmont College.
This is a provocative exhibit with artists interpreting this theme in different ways.  Just seeing the various takes, personal and political, that carries these artists away is interesting.  
The opening reception is 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7.
And guess what - there is free parking then!

This is my painting, Memory,  that is one of the offerings at the show.

Featured artists include Anna Stump, Bhavna Mehta, Cindy Zimmerman, Daphne Hill, Ginger Rosser, Irene Abraham, Jeanne Dunn, Jennifer Anne Bennett, Kathi McCord, Kathy Miller, Kathy Nida, Kim Niehams, Lauren Carrera, Lisa Hutton, Lynn Susholtz, Moya Devine, Nilly Gill, Pasha Turley, Stephanie Bedwell, Terri Hughes-Oelrich, Hill&Stump, Terrilynn Quick and Therese Rossi.

Beyond the Landscape

The Beyond the Landscape group show at the Encinitas Community Center Gallery has closed, but here are some scenes from the exhibit.  For even more pictures check out the  FIG blog.

This was as chance for the artists to consider alternatives to traditional images of the landscape. These works go different places than the usual views of the (glorious though it is) ocean, fabulous sunsets and verdant fields that surround us Southern California.

Fence/ La Barda Exhibit

Pop over to see the Fence/La Barda Installation at the Art Produce Gallery (http://www.artproduce.org). This is a collaboration with San Diego FIG artists and artists from Tijuana's Distrito Diez Gallery. Panel discussion this Thursday at 6PM ; definitely worth a visit to North Park.

               This is a sculpture by Gabriela Escarcega, Mujer de fuego, that is in the exhibit.  Yes, it is covered with matches.  Other works in the show by this bi-national group reference challenges inherent in thinking about political borders.

Painters and Violins

                        The Dream, attributed to Edma Saulnier Trimolet, 1827

Discovered this lovely painting of a pensive violinist at the Museum of Fine Arts, Dijon France. Trimolet is another female painter that was new to me on this trip.

(I apologize for the reflections in the photo, but you get the idea).

Outside/Inside continues at SB City Hall

This graceful building is the Solana Beach City Hall shown from the parking lot to the North and West. The side of the building sits on the old 101 highway and has a narrow profile.  It's nice curvy front is inviting and stylish.  This is to say that I am enjoying my chance to exhibit there.  My show continues till March 31.
The public reception is March 20, Thursday, from 5:30-7:30 pm.

To read a review of my show Outside/Inside go to SD Visual Arts .  Thank you to Cathy Breslaw for writing about the exhibit.

LA Art Fair at the Convention Center

"Untitled Bouquet" by Joe Davidson seen at LA Art Fair at the Convention Center. This is 8' high.

I spent Friday looking at art.  It wasn't crowded and it was a lovely time wandering around looking at the ideas represented by different galleries.  There were many galleries from South Korea and China - so a good chance to see how their take on art differs from the work seen around here (US of A).  

This piece by Davidson really stood out in its simplicity and impact.

Upcoming Show in Solana Beach

in / out

24" x 36"

I will be showing this and other works in a solo show, Outside/Inside at the Solana Beach City Hall Gallery.  The show runs from February 16, 2014 to March 31.  There will be a reception  for the show on March 20, 5:30-7:30 PM.

ps: my website (www.ireneabraham.com) is back up and enjoying the new year.

Web Site is Down

Wonderland,   24" x 36" 

Since no one can visit my website (www.ireneabraham.com) while the server is being repaired, I thought I would add this painting of mine for contemplation.

Meanwhile, the Oceanside Museum auction was a great success. I was happy that my painting (Somewhere #1) sold and helped in the fund raising effort.  There was electricity in the air as art lovers and artists enjoyed the night of the auction at the museum.