• elyceabrams.com

    b. Johannesburg, South Africa
    Lives and works in Philadelphia, PA

    Education
    2004 MFA Painting, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
    1996 BA in Social Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA
    BFA with Concentration in Painting, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

    Solo and Two-person Exhibits
    2022 Connection-Isolation, Blank Space Gallery, NYC
    2021 Elyce Abrams at Market East, Philadelphia, PA
    2020 Outside-the-Frame, Multicultural Heritage Foundation, Alberta, Canada
    2019 We're All Here, Solo Exhibit, Philadelphia International Airport, Terminal C
    2018 Art in Rotation, Curtis Building, Philadelphia, PA
    2017 Something New Every Day, NoBA Projectspace, Bala Cynwyd, PA
    2013 Two-person Exhibition, Blank Space Gallery, Chelsea, NY
    2010 Duo Exhibition, Blank Space Gallery, Chelsea, NY
    2009 Long Distance, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
    2008 New Paintings – Elyce Abrams, Ohio University, Hillel Center, Athens, OH
    2007 Glow, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
    2006 Shaping Forms, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
    2004 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Crane Building, Philadelphia, PA
    1999 New Work, Abington Friends School, Abington, PA

    Selected Group Exhibitions
    2020
    Hybrid, curated by Galen Gibson-Cornell, Bertrand Productions, Philadelphia, PA
    Les Chic, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    2019
    Spectral Materialtiy, three person exhibit at Blank Space, NYC
    Encore, four-person exhibit, NoBA Projectspace, Bala Cynwyd, PA
    Lost in the Funhouse, Spring Break Art Fair, New York, NY
    Catalyst, group exhibit at The Yard, curated by Inliquid, Philadelphia, PA

    2018
    Double Take, curated by Monica Ramirez-Montagu, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
    Group Exhibit, Curtis Building, Philadelphia, PA
    Vitality, Group exhibit at RH Gallery, Hockessin, Delaware
    Sonesta Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, group exhibit curated by The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, February 2018 - February 2019

    2017
    Group Exhibit at Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia, PA, organized by The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, November 2017 - November 2018
    Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2017, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA. Painting Award

    2016
    Miniatures Exhibition, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

    2015
    The Narrative Panorama, Blank Space Gallery, NYC

    2014
    CONTEXT Art Fair, during Art Basel, with Blank Space Art Gallery, Miami, FL
    Abington Art Center Annual Juried Exhibit, Abington, PA
    3rd Annual Alumni Exhibit, Kugel Collaborative Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    2013
    Summer Group Exhibit, Blank Space Gallery, Chelsea, NY

    2012
    Constructs: Rowan University Studio Faculty Exhibition, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

    2011
    Making IT: Alumni Works '01-'11, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
    Palm Beach Art Fair with Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

    2010
    Blank Space Pop-Up Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    Sixth Annual Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn NY
    Between the Studio and Facebook, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
    Group Benefit Exhibit, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    2009
    Back on My Feet, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    2008
    Unzipped, Crane Building, Philadelphia, PA
    Rowan University Faculty Exhibit, High Street Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
    Summer Group Show, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
    (In)finite Place: Elyce Abrams, Paul Oberst, Rebecca Rutstein, Rodeph
    Shalom, Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Philadelphia, PA.
    Art Night, Tierney Communications, Philadelphia, PA
    Heartworks, Crane Building, Philadelphia, PA
    Red Dot Art Fair, New York City

    2007
    Black and White, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
    Across and Between, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

    2006
    Abington Art Center: Annual Juried Show, Abington, PA
    8th Annual Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award, Miami University, Oxford, OH
    The Red Show, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
    Color My World, Bridgette Mayer New Hope, New Hope, PA
    Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2006, State Museum of Pennsylvania,
    Harrisburg, PA
    Gallery Night, Tierney Communications, Philadelphia, PA

    2005
    Sum of All Parts, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia PA
    Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2005, State Museum of Pennsylvania,
    Harrisburg, PA
    Bridgette Mayer Gallery Group Show, Tierney Communications, Philadelphia, PA

    Collections
    Speakman Hall, Fox School of Business, Temple University
    Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
    Charles Library, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
    Fox School of Business, 1810 Liacouras Walk, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
    Wuhan Heartland 66 Development, Wuhan, China
    Atlanta Falcon Training Center, Flowery Branch, GA
    Emory University, Musculoskeletal Institute, Atlanta, GA
    Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA
    Capital One, Wilmington, DE
    Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA
    Keystone Property Group, Conshohocken, PA
    The Fox School of Business at Temple University, Alter Hall, Philadelphia, PA
    Glenmede, New York, NY
    Fandango, Los Angeles, CA
    Sullivan Curtis Monroe, Irvine, CA
    Watson Land Company, Carson, CA
    Various Private Collections in the US and abroad

    Gallery Representation
    Blank Space Gallery, NYC, 2010 - present; www.blankspaceart.com
    Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2005 - 2012

    Awards/Honors
    2018 Inliquid/Dick Blick Microgrant to help fund solo exhibit at the Philadelphia International Airport in 2019
    2017 Inliquid/Dick Blick Microgrant to help fund solo exhibit at NoBA Projectspace, Bala Cynwyd, PA
    Painting Award, Art of the State Exhibit: Pennsylvania 2017, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
    2006 Shortlisted for the 8th Annual Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award, Miami University, Oxford, OH
    2005 Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
    2001- 04 MFA Merit Scholarship, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

    Publications
    Charles Library Art Collection, Temple University, 2020
    “One To Watch” feature, March 2016, saatchiart.com
    FreshPaintMagazine, Issue 8, July 2015
    Alter Hall Art Collection at the Fox School of Business, Temple University, catalogue, 2010
    The William and Mary Review, Volume 44, May 2006
    “SUMFA 10: Celebrating the First Ten Years”, The University of the Arts, June 2005, Exhibition catalogue
    Delaware Center For the Contemporary Arts, Exhibition Catalogue, Oct. 2001

    Selected Bibliography
    Vasari 21, Featured in article - Selling on Instagram, https://vasari21.com/selling-on-instagram/, February 2018
    Vasari 21, Featured in article - Instagram for Artists, https://vasari21.com/instagram-for-artists/, January 2017
    Interview for FreshPaintMagazine, http://freshpaintmagazine.com/elyce-abrams/, August 2015
    Brophy Marcus, Mary. "Artists Draw on Facebook to Connect, or Sell Their Work," USA Today, March 17, 2011
    Mcfadden, Kathryn. “Review of Long Distance by Kathryn McFadden”, Inferno Newspaper, inferno.wuli.com
    Zarro, Jennifer. “(In)finite Place”, Art Matters, July 1, 2007
    White, Janine. “Light our Fire”, Philadelphia Home Magazine, Winter 2008
    Strauss, R.B. "First Friday Spotlight- Glow," aroundphilly.com, Sept. 2007
    Rosof, Libby "Abington's Annual Holds Some Surprises," fallonandrosof.blogspot.com, Jan. 21, 2007
    Newhall, Edith. “In the Abstract”, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 10, 2006
    Strauss, R.B., “First Friday Spotlight”, aroundphilly.com, February 2006
    Strauss, R. B., “February’s First Friday”, The Weekly Press, February 1, 2006
    Rice, Robin. “Spring Arts Preview: Elyce Abrams – Shaping Forms, new paintings”, City Paper, January 19 – January 26, 2006
    Fallon, Roberta. “New Mayer in Town”, Philadelphia Weekly, Dec. 28, 2005
    Newhall, Edith. “A New Approach”, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 2005
    Strauss, R.B., “Mayer and Highwire Galleries”, aroundphilly.com, Jan. 7, 2005
    Strauss, R.B.,” A First Friday”, The Weekly Press, January 5, 2005