Rhonda Abrams

{{Infobox person

| name = Rhonda Abrams

| image =

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_name = Rhonda D. Abrams

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1960}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality =

| spouse =

| education = B.A. University of Ottawa; Banff Centre School of Fine Arts; M.A. York University, Toronto

| awards =

| known_for = painter, video artist

}}

Rhonda Abrams (born 1960) is a classically trained painter and video artist who was born 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.{{Cite web|title=Art Metropole / Lament of the Sugar Bush Man (1987)|url=https://artmetropole.com/archive/1401|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Art Metropole|language=en}}

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”. 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.{{Cite web|date=2016-06-24|title=R. D. Abrams - Paintings|url=https://abramsmedia.com/r-d-abrams/|access-date=2021-04-09|language=en-US}} In her book Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature Volume 1,{{Cite book|last=Lerner|first=Loren|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/9781442672185|title=Canadian Film and Video|date=1997-01-01|publisher=University of Toronto Press|doi=10.3138/9781442672185 |isbn=978-1-4426-7218-5}} 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{{Cite web|title=Rhonda Abrams. The Lament of the Sugar Bush Man. 1987 {{!}} MoMA|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/107278|access-date=2021-04-09|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en}} and the National Gallery of Canada.{{Cite web|date=2019-04-11|title= Collection|url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/lament-of-the-sugar-bush-man|access-date=2021-04-09|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190411041210/https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/lament-of-the-sugar-bush-man|archive-date= 11 April 2019}}

Recent paintings are shown at [https://www.earlscourtgallery.ca/rhondadabrams Earls Court Gallery] in Hamilton, Canada.

Rhonda Abrams

Career

References

Further reading