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Artist Information:
Lillian Abel
Los Angeles, CA
United States
Member Since: Jul 2002

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Artist Media:
Painting Acrylic (1)
Painting Oil (20)
Artist Statement:

"My concentration on the oval
permits constant shifts in
imagery and composition. There
are layers in these paintings
that hint at worlds we do not
see. They suggest "lifting
the veil" to reveal dimensions
we cannot know. I want to
provoke a feeling of mystery
for all who take the...

Further Information
Artist Galleries:
SCHOMBURG GALLERY, Bergamot
Station, Santa Monica,
California

LOS ANGELES ART
ASSOCIATION/Gallery 825

LA Artcore, Los Angeles,
California

Happy Gallery, Hollywood CA

Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery, Los
Angeles

BARNSDALL MUNICIPAL ART
GALLERY

Galleries of Pen & Brush Club,
New York City (Summer of 2002)


Galerii Temporary Contemporary
- Krakow, Poland...

Further Information
Artist Reviews:
skid row artists, reason for
existence, curated by lillian
abel

Reception June 1, Sunday, 1 to
3 pm

Featured in LA Times Weekend
Calendar, "Streetwise art from
skid row", by Susan Carpenter,
May 29, 2003

http://www.calendarlive.com/gal
leriesandmuseums/cl-wk
ungallery29may29,0,7399053.stor
y?coll=cl%2Dart%2Dfeatures

...

Further Information
Collections:
Bob Crewe, Los Angeles, CA
Elinor Turner, Beverly Hills,
CA
Xorin Balbes, Sowden House,
Los Angeles
Susan Camiel, The Bond House,
San Diego, CA
Ellie Blankfort, Los Angeles,
CA
Maynard Walker Art Collection,
Garnett, KS
Paul Lussier Company,
Hollywood, CA
SRO Housing Corporation, Los
Angeles, CA
Lawry Smith, Director, La ...

Further Information
Commissions:
Hawthorne Police Department
Hawthorne, California
2004

Borgata Hotel Casino And Spa
Atlantic City, New Jersey
2006

Casino Aztar Hotel
Evansville, IN
2006

William Haskew
California
2006...

Further Information

Exhibitions for Lillian Abel:



To View Recent work shown: http://www.artslant.com/sf/artists/show/17950-lillian-abel

Graduate of Ohio University; attended the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Student's League of New York and the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture. Attended the Santa Reparata Graphic Art Center in Florence, Italy. Exhibitions have been in New York, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Ca; Krakow, Poland; as well as numerous Galleries and Juried Exhibitions across the country.

2012

"Colors, Colors!" City Hall Bridge Gallery, Curated by Mary Oliver

"Smörgasbord", Sangria Fine Art, Chariy Burnett, Curator

2011

"Energy" Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Howard Fox

LAAA Annual Benefit Auction 2011

KCET-TV Los Angeles will air HUMBLE BEAUTY on primetime, 8 pm July 12. KCET is the largest, independent public TV station in America. kcet.org Watch for this Documentary to be aired again on KCET

"Second Annual Art Project Los Angeles: BONHAMS & BUTTERFIELDS Star-Studded VIP Benefit"

"Incognito 2011" Santa Monica Museum of Art

"Celebrating a Decade" 2nd City Council Art Gallery, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Curator: shea M gauer

"gem 2011" GALLERY 825, LAAA, Los Angeles

"Silver Lining: Every Cloud Has One" City of Santa Clarita Art in Public Places Program

GET : ART 4, Project Angel Food, Siren Studios, Hollywood CA

2010

"Aurora" 2010, LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION

2010 Annual Benefit Auction, LAAA

"gem" 2010 GALLERY 825, LAAA, Los Angeles

"Edges" GARLAND ART GALLERY, Pasadena CA



2009
"Aurora" Works on Paper, LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION

2009 Open Show, LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION, Apsara DiQuinzio, Assistant Curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

PLENTY: Happy’s first annual small works show, HAPPY, Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Art Association Annul Benefit Auction

"gem" GALLERY 825, LAAA, Los Angeles April 11th 2009

"Insight/Inside LA" Exhibit, Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery at MOUNT ST. MARY'S COLLEGE Curator: Jode Baral

"Humble Beauty Art Exhibition" KIWA CULTURAL EDUCATION CENTER, Los Angeles, Curator Lillian Abel

2008
"Aurora" Small Works Sale and Fundraiser, Los Angeles Art Association,

TarFest Art Show 2008, Juried by Howard Fox, KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER, Los Angeles - Opening, October 3, 2008 6 pm

Humble Beauty Art Show, Curator: Lillian Abel at 'The NEW LATC', presented along with the Premeire of the "Humble Beauty" Documentary, by Letitia Schwartz & Judith Vogelsang.

"Different and Coexist" - 1st U.S.A., Korea, Japan International Art Festival, Curators U.S.A.: Gina Han and Gustav Yim, International Curator: Tae Hun Seong, Asto Museum of Art, Wrightwood, CA - OPENING July 5th.

"Hokum", Things and materials are not always what they seem" cleverness, deceit and the unexpected in contemporary art; GALLERY 825, Laurie Firstenberg, Dir./Curator LAXART

"gem" GALLERY 825, LAAA, Los Angeles

2007
LAAA/Gallery 825's Southern California Open 2007, Howard N. Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art at LACMA

"Aurora", Los Angeles Art Assocaition Annual Holiday Group Show and Celebration

"Get : Art" BONHAMS & BUTTERFIELDS, Benefitting Project
Angel Food, Los Angeles, CA

"2007 Winter Biannual", LAAA SOUTH, The Mike Napoliello Gallery, Juried by Susan Cross, Curator MASS MoCA, Hermosa Beach, CA

2006
"Perspectives", BARNSDALL MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY, Curators: Scott Canty and Mary E. Oliver, Los Angeles CA
OPENING: Sunday, December 17, 2-5pm: music by Ranelin Jazz Ensemble.
http://artscenecal.com/Barnsdall.html

"Petite Works" LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION, GALLERY 825, Los Angeles

"The 2nd Annual Fine Art Auction", LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION, Music Box Theater, Hollywood, CA

"Of This World", LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION, GALLERY 825, Juror: Laurie Steelink, Director, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

"Chain Letter" HIGH ENERGY CONSTRUCTS, Curated by Doug Harvey & Christian
Cummings, Los Angeles, CA

"An Evening of Art and Architecture" LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION, live art auction and architectural tour of AIA award winning home/gallery of Michael Collins and Daniel Banchik, West Hollywood, California

"Saturation and Surface" GALLERY 825, Juror: Nancy Silverman-Miles, Executive Director, Gallery C, Los Angeles, CA

"Get : Art" BONHAMS & BUTTERFIELDS, Benefitting Project Angel Food, Los Angeles, CA

"Eleventh Annual Los Angeles Art Show - Five Centuries of Art", Fine Art Dealers Association, Santa Monica, CA

2005
"Looking at Art" BARNSDALL MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY, City of Los Angeles World Airports -- LAX and Ontario Airports, Curated by Scott Canty

"Small Wonders" PHARMAKA GALLERY, Los Angeles CA

"Petite Works III" GALLERY 825 ANNEX at Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica CA

"17th Annual Awards Benefit and Exhibition," LA ARTCORE, Los Angeles

"Angels Night" Benefit Auction, CENTER THEATRE GROUP AFFILIATES, Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, CA

2004
"10th Annual Holiday Group Show", RUTH BACHOFNER GALLERY, Santa Monica, California

BARNSDALL MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY, "Silent Auction" Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA

"Square Blue Benefit" Square Blue Gallery, Curated by Jamie Wilson, Costa Mesa

Public Art Installation -- Hawthorne Police Department, Hawthorne, CA

"Out of Darkness" PICO RIVERA CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, Curator: Georgia Feedman-Harvey, Pico Rivera, Ca

2003
"9th Annual Holiday Group Show", RUTH BACHOFNER GALLERY, Santa Monica, California

LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, RENTAL AND SALES GALLERY, Los Angeles

ANGELS NIGHT Benefit Auction, Beverly Hills, CA

"Lillian Abel, Marla Fields, Ginette Mizraki", LA ARTCORE BREWERY ANNEX, Los Angeles

"skid row artists, reason for existence" (curated by Lillian Abel), LA ARTCORE BREWERY ANNEX, Los Angeles

2002
"Winter Solstice", SCHOMBURG GALLERY, Santa Monica, California



"8th Annual Holiday Group Show", RUTH BACHOFNER GALLERY, Santa Monica, California

"Ethereal Forms - Lillian Abel" Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, California

"Minds Island 1st Annual Juried Art Show" Galleries of Pen & Brush Club, New York City, 2001

2001
"Barnsdall Art Park Targets: Art Crawl 4", BARNSDALL MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY, Curated by Michael L. Miller, Los Angeles

"46th Exhibition" ART SHARE LOS ANGELES, Los Angeles, CA

"44th Exhibition" ART SHARE LOS ANGELES, Los Angeles, CA

2000
"Przestrzenie metafizyczne - Lillian Abel" Galerii Temporary Contemporary "Krakow 2000" Krakow, Poland

"Competition Exhibition 2000, SAN LUIS OBISPO ART CENTER, San Luis Obispo, CA Juror: Elizabeth Gerber, Crocker Art Museum

"Made in California", CITY OF BREA GALLERY/Juried Invitational Exhibition, Juror Martin Betz

1999
"43rd Annual International Awarded Exhibition" SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE Juror: Howard N. Fox, Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

"National Juried Exhibition of Small Works" MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, Juror: June Kelly, Art Critic/June Kelly Art Gallery, NYC


CAMBRIDGE ART ASSOCIATION National Show. Cambridge, MA/FEDERAL RESERVE BANK GALLERY, Boston, MA/Jurors: Peter Rathbone (Director,American Painting & Sculpture/Sotheby"s, N.Y.), Eliza Rathbone (Chief Curator, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.), Belinda Rathbone(Historian, Curator and Biographer)

1998
"Imaging the Figure", Five Artist Group Show JOSE DRUDIS -BIADA ART GALLERY, MOUNT ST. MARY'S COLLEGE Curator: Jode Baral

"Bodies and Vessels", VSA ART GALLERY WEST, Five Artist Group Show,Beverly Hills, CA

"Gallery 825 1998 Open" GALLERY 825, Los Angeles
Juror: Gronk; Cash Award Recipient

"California Small Works" CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF ART, Santa Rosa, CA Juror: Deborah Oropallo

"Allusion or Illusion"" WEBSTER GALLERY, Santa Ana, CA Juror: Bob Alderette

"Rockies to the Pacific" SITE GALLERY, Los Angeles
Jurors: Llyn Foulkes and Roland Riess

"Annual September Exhibition" ALEXANDREA MUSEUM OF ART, Alexandria, Louisiana, Juror: Dr. Jerry Cullum

"Annual California Competition" SANCHEZ ART CENTER, Pacifica, CA Jurors: Peter Frank, David Bonetti, Catherine Clark

"Wallworks" LA ARTCORE GALLERY, Juror: Noel Korten Award: Third Place

1997
"Made In California" CITY OF BREA GALLERY/Juried and Invitational Exhibition, Juror: Noel Korten

SUMITOMO BANK BUILDING, 800 Wilshire, curated Installation: Jillian Coldiron

1996
"First Annual Juried Exhibition" ARTERNATIVES GALLERY, San Luis Obispo, CA Juror: Noel Korten

"Art Quake" Curated by Spring Street Gallery and SRO HOUSING CORPORATION Los Angeles

CB BUILDING and 500 NORTH BRAND BUILDING, Glendale, CA Curated Installation: Jillian Coldiron

1995
"Small Works" LYNBASSETT GALLERY, Group Show - Los Angeles

"Art From California" GALLERIA ART CENTER, Garnett, Kansas Curated by Rachele Lozzi

"To Be Gifted" RACHELELOZZI GALLERY, Four Artist Group Show Los Angeles

1994
"Images: The Color and Shape of Form" RACHELELOZZI GALLERY,Four Artist Group Show,Los Angeles
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PUBLICATIONS

Eleventh Annual Los Angeles Art Show - Five Centuries of Art, Exhibition Catalog, p. 117
(Santa Monica, CA, 2006)

MAC 21
Feria Internacional De Arte Contemporaneo (Marbella, Spain, 2002)

Architecture & Business, December 2000 (Krakow, Poland)

Invited to publish in "California Artists Directory", October 1998

Alexandria Museum of Art, 1998 September Exhibition Catalog






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