Rhea Carmi
Encyclopedia
Rhea Carmi (variant name: Bruria Carmi), is an Israeli-American
abstract expressionist
and mixed-media
artist.
and Motti Mizrachi
.
Carmi utilizes a variety of media—oils, sand, water, treated paper, canvas and wood—which she layers, smooths and sculpts. The paintings are a personal diary of the artist.
Carmi is a member of the ARTROM Gallery Guild and served as juror for Abstract Forms for the ARTROM International Art Competition 2008
She lives and works in Los Angeles
, California
.
United States
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abstract expressionist
Abstract expressionism
Abstract expressionism was an American post–World War II art movement. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve worldwide influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris...
and mixed-media
Mixed media
Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed.There is an important distinction between "mixed-media" artworks and "multimedia art". Mixed media tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct...
artist.
Life and work
Carmi was born in Jerusalem. She studied visual art at Tel-Aviv University 1974-1976, and attended Ramat-Gan Institute for The Arts 1977-1979. Her mentors were Israeli artists Arie ArochArie Aroch
Arie Aroch was an Israeli painter, recipient of The Israel Prize for Painting.- Biography :Arie Aroch, , painter, born 1908, Kharkov, Russia...
and Motti Mizrachi
Motti Mizrachi
Motti Mizrachi is an Israeli multimedia artist who was born in Tel Aviv. From 1969 to 1973, he studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem...
.
Carmi utilizes a variety of media—oils, sand, water, treated paper, canvas and wood—which she layers, smooths and sculpts. The paintings are a personal diary of the artist.
Carmi is a member of the ARTROM Gallery Guild and served as juror for Abstract Forms for the ARTROM International Art Competition 2008
She lives and works in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
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.
Solo exhibitions
- 1980 Beit Yad LeBanim Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1980 The Tel-Aviv Art Pavilion Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1980/1981 Turel Art Gallery Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1981 13&1/2 Gallery Jaffa, Israel
- 2004 Lawrence Asher Gallery Los Angeles, CA
- 2005 Lawrence Asher Gallery Los Angeles, CA
- 2006 The Gotthelf Art Gallery Los Angeles, CA
- 2006 Lawrence Asher Gallery Los Angeles, CA
- 2007 LA Contemporary Los Angeles, CA
- 2008 Soka University of AmericaSoka University of AmericaSoka University of America is a university located in Aliso Viejo, California, United States. It describes its mission as the fostering of a steady stream of global citizens committed to living a contributive life—with an emphasis on principles of pacifism, human rights, and the creative...
, Founder's Hall Art Gallery Aliso Viejo, CA - 2008 Frank Pictures Gallery Santa Monica, CA
- 2008 Villa di Donato Napoli, Italy
- 2009 Concordia UniversityConcordia University, IrvineConcordia University is a private, liberal arts university located in Irvine, California, United States and affiliated with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. It offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in six colleges and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges...
Irvine, CA
Group exhibitions
- 1980/1981 Turel Art Gallery New York, NY
- 1984 Pacific Design CenterPacific Design CenterThe Pacific Design Center, or PDC, is a multi-use facility for the design community located in West Hollywood, California. One of the buildings is often described as the Blue Whale because of its outsize nature relative to surrounding buildings and its brilliant blue glass cladding.-Site and...
Los Angeles, CA - 2004 B.G.H Gallery Santa Monica, CA
- 2004 TarFest Los Angeles, CA
- 2005 Municipal Art Gallery Los Angeles, CA
- 2006 Klapper Gallery Los Angeles, CA
- 2007 Art Pic North Hollywood, CA
- 2007 Galerie Le Cocon Hamburg, Germany
- 2007 Torrance Art Museum Torrance, CA
- 2007/2008 Riverside Art MuseumRiverside Art MuseumRiverside Art Museum is an art museum in the historic Mission Inn District of Riverside, California. A non-profit organization, its mission is to "to serve the varied communities of the Inland Empire by providing visual art of the finest quality and related educational and interpretive...
Riverside, CA - 2009 CAP Gallery Laguna Beach, CA
- 2009 USC Hillel/companion show to MAG(Barnsdall) LA ,CA
- 2010 Bell Gallery Los Angeles, CA
- 2010 Gotthelf Art GallerySan Diego Center for Jewish CultureThe San Diego Center for Jewish Culture , a 501 organization housed at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, is the largest local Jewish institution in San Diego dedicated solely to presenting high quality, nationally recognized programs which are unique to San Diego...
La Jola, CA
Public collections
Carmi's work is included in the public collections of:- Museum of ToleranceMuseum of ToleranceThe Museum of Tolerance , a multimedia museum in Los Angeles, California, USA, with an associated museum and professional development multi-media training facility in New York City, is designed to examine racism and prejudice in the United States and the world with a strong focus on the history of...
, Los Angeles, CA - Soka University of AmericaSoka University of AmericaSoka University of America is a university located in Aliso Viejo, California, United States. It describes its mission as the fostering of a steady stream of global citizens committed to living a contributive life—with an emphasis on principles of pacifism, human rights, and the creative...
, Aliso Viejo, CA
See also
- Abstract expressionismAbstract expressionismAbstract expressionism was an American post–World War II art movement. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve worldwide influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris...
- Abstract artAbstract artAbstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
- PostmodernismPostmodernismPostmodernism is a philosophical movement evolved in reaction to modernism, the tendency in contemporary culture to accept only objective truth and to be inherently suspicious towards a global cultural narrative or meta-narrative. Postmodernist thought is an intentional departure from the...
- Mixed mediaMixed mediaMixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed.There is an important distinction between "mixed-media" artworks and "multimedia art". Mixed media tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct...
- Shaped canvasShaped canvasShaped canvases are paintings that depart from the normal flat, rectangular configuration. Canvases may be shaped by altering their outline, while retaining their flatness. An ancient, traditional example is the tondo, a painting on a round canvas: Raphael, as well as some other Renaissance...
External links
- http://www.RheaCarmi.com
- Rhea Carmi on Artnet.com
- Rhea Carmi on ArtFacts.net
- Rhea Carmi on ArtSlant.com