Rhea Carmi Explained
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Italic Title: | no |
Artist: | Rhea Carmi |
Type: | Mixed media, Box-spring, tar paper, twine and paint |
Height Imperial: | 72 |
Width Imperial: | 60 |
Length Imperial: | 9.5 |
City: | Los Angeles |
Rhea Carmi (Hebrew: ברוריה כרמי, born 1942) (variant name: Bruria Carmi), is an Israeli American abstract and mixed-media artist and sculptor.
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 Aroch 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[1] and served as juror for Abstract Forms for the ARTROM International Art Competition 2008[2]
She lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Her name means: Pure and Clear[3]
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[4] [5] Los Angeles, CA
- 2006 The Gotthelf Art Gallery[6] Los Angeles, CA
- 2006 Lawrence Asher Gallery[7] [8] Los Angeles, CA
- 2007 LA Contemporary[9] Los Angeles, CA
- 2008 Soka University of America, Founder's Hall Art Gallery[10] [11] [12] Aliso Viejo, CA
- 2008 Frank Pictures Gallery[13] [14] Santa Monica, CA
- 2008 Villa di Donato[15] [16] Napoli, Italy
- 2009 Concordia University[17] Irvine, CA
Group exhibitions
- 1980/1981 Turel Art Gallery New York, NY
- 1984 Pacific Design Center Los Angeles, CA
- 2004 B.G.H Gallery Santa Monica, CA
- 2004 TarFest[18] Los Angeles, CA
- 2005 Municipal Art Gallery Los Angeles, CA
- 2006 Klapper Gallery Los Angeles, CA
- 2007 Art Pic[19] North Hollywood, CA
- 2007 Galerie Le Cocon[20] [21] Hamburg, Germany
- 2007 Torrance Art Museum[22] Torrance, CA
- 2007/2008 Riverside Art Museum[23] 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 Gallery[24] [25] La Jola, CA
- 2010 the Jewish Federation's Bell Family Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2010 Four Seasons Hotel Gallery, Westlake Village, CA
- 2010 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,[26] Santa Ana, CA
- 2010 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2010 Gotthelf Art Gallery, La Jolla, CA
- 2010 Four Seasons Hotel Gallery,[27] Westlake Village, CA
- 2011 Four Seasons Hotel Gallery, Westlake Village, CA
- 2011 "Text and Texture", Fresh Paint Gallery,[28] Culver City, CA
- 2012 Four Seasons Hotel Gallery, Westlake Village, CA
- 2012 Keller Williams,[29] Encino, CA
- 2012 LA Art Platform, Santa Monica, CA
- 2012 "40/40" USC Hillel,[30] Santa Monica, CA
Public collections
Carmi's work is included in the public collections of:
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: ARTROM Gallery Guild .
- Web site: Rhea Carmi Juror for Abstract Forms '08 ARTROM .
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- Web site: Rhea Carmi at Lawrence Asher Gallery 2005 .
- Web site: Israeli Artist Paints a Path to Healing .
- Web site: Carmi's works are hampered by the artist .
- Web site: Passionately Un-objective at Lawrence Asher Gallery .
- Web site: Rhea Carmi Passionately Un-objective .
- Web site: Rhea Carmi: Les Voix du Silence .
- Web site: Soka University Art Gallery.
- Web site: THE Magazine - Rhea Carmi Voice of Silence, Voices of Hope .
- Web site: Rhea Carmi's artwork is on exhibit at Soka University in Aliso Viejo .
- Web site: Rhea Carmi at Frank Pictures Gallery .
- Web site: Video - John Lennon Photos Interview at Frank Pictures Gallery, with Rhea's art as backdrop . .
- Web site: Villa di Donato .
- Web site: Luce dal buio di Rhea Carmi (Italian) .
- Web site: Our Fragile Earth .
- Web site: TARFEST Alumni .
- Web site: Rhea Carmi at Art Pic .
- Web site: Rhea Carmi at Galerie Le Cocon (German) .
- Web site: Rhea Carmi at Galerie Le Cocon .
- Web site: Torrance Art Museum .
- Web site: Riverside Art Museum .
- Web site: California Contemporary Art Magazine .
- Web site: Israeli-American artists show work at Gotthelf Art Gallery .
- Web site: Revisiting Beauty .
- Web site: Canvas to a Cure .
- News: Text & Texture at Fresh Paint Art Advisors . Huffington Post . Priscilla . Frank . November 7, 2011.
- Web site: SUMMER ART GALLERY RECEPTION .
- Web site: 40 40 celebrating the 40th anniversary of the USC Hillel art gallery .