Damali Abrams Explained

Damali Abrams
Birth Place:	New York City
Nationality:	Guyanese American
Education:	New York University Vermont College of Fine Arts
Style:	Video art

Damali Abrams (born in Guyana^[1]) is a Guyanese-American video-performance artist who lives and works in New York City. She is known for the Self-Help TV, an ongoing video-performance project using her own body to examine issues of self-improvement, race, class and gender.

Career

Abrams graduated New York University as a Bachelor of Arts in 2001 and obtained a master's degree in fine arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2008. Her work has been exhibited at galleries including The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA), El Museo del Barrio, A.I.R. Gallery, BRIC Rotunda Gallery and the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning.^[2]

Teaching and workshops

Abrams has led classes at Barbados Community College, the Grenada National Museum, the Borough of Manhattan Community College, Hunter College School of Social Work, SUNY Purchase, Syracuse University’s 601 Tully and at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering.^[3]

Awards

• 2009–10: A.I.R. Fellowship Recipient^[4]

Residencies

• 2019: Creative-in-Residence at The Brooklyn Public Library^[5]
• 2016: Independent Study Program at The Whitney Museum of American Art^[6]
• July 2014: Apexart’s Outbound Residency to Seoul^[7]
• 2014: Artist in Residence at The Center for Book Arts^[8]
• October 2013: Residency with Groundation Grenada and Fresh Milk in Barbados^[9]

External links

• Damali Abram's Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Damali Abrams. Blouin Art Info. 12 April 2015.
2. Web site: Damali Abrams Exhibitions. Art Slant. 12 April 2015.
3. Web site: apexart. Damali Abrams Residency. 12 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140710044821/http://www.apexart.org/residency/abrams.php. 10 July 2014. dead.
4. Web site: Damali Abrams, Autobiography Of A Year . A.I.R. Gallery . 12 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141206013620/http://airgallery.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/abramsPR.pdf . 6 December 2014 .
5. Web site: 2019-11-21. Brooklyn Public Library Launches Creative-In-Residence Program with Artist William Kentridge Inaugural Cohort of Creatives-In-Residence Includes Artists, Musicians, Scientists, Writers, and Architects. 2020-10-18. www.bklynlibrary.org. en-us.
6. Web site: Opening Reception: Whitney Independent Study Studio Program Exhibition. 2020-10-18. whitney.org. en.
7. Web site: apexart. Damali Abrams Fellowship. 12 April 2015.
8. Web site: Artists in Residence. Center for Book Arts. 12 April 2015. 30 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190830020800/https://centerforbookarts.org/event/2014-artists-in-residence/. dead.
9. Web site: Fresh Milk and Groundation Grenada Welcome Damali Abrams. Arc the Magazine. 12 April 2015.