American artist
Reaching Out - Earth Music Artist Rhea Carmi Year 2009 (2009 ) Type Mixed media , Box-spring , tar paper, twine and paintDimensions 180 cm × 150 cm × 24 cm (72 in × 60 in × 9.5 in) Location 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:
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