Elyce Abrams
Surround, 2018
Acrylic on round wood panel
16" diameter

Artist Statement
Flexibility, strength and durability have profoundly inspired my work in the last few years. My paintings, that have always stemmed from moments that occur in my everyday life, come from a personal place, as well as a response to the events of the world at large. I am deeply affected by the adjustments we are all making to a constantly changing reality and the resilience I see everyday.

Through my paintings, I interpret the relationship between happiness and deep concern; hope and sorrow; fear and acceptance; compliance and resistance; confusion and clarity; isolation and connection. By analyzing these competing forces in my work, I am able to further explore and understand their value.

Artist Bio
Elyce Abrams is an abstract artist based in Philadelphia. Her work, in the last few years, has explored the relationship between happiness and deep concern; fear and acceptance; compliance and resistance; isolation and connection. Abrams received her MFA in 2004 from the University of the Arts and her BA/BFA from Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Her work has been included in many solo and group shows - a selection of which are: Spectral, Blank Space Gallery, NYC; Blaze Stochastic, Shenandoah Museum of Contemporary Art, Woodstock, VA; Connection-Isolation, Blank Space Gallery, NYC; Hybrid, Bertrand Productions, Philadelphia, PA; We're All Here, Philadelphia International Airport; Something New Every Day, NoBA Projectspace, Bala Cynwyd, PA; Les Chic, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Lost in the Funhouse, Spring Break Art Fair, New York. Her work is included in public and private collections throughout the US and abroad, including the Microsoft Art Collection; Fox School of Business, Temple University; Royal Caribbean Cruise Line; Charles Library, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Wuhan Heartland 66 Development, Wuhan, China; Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA. Recently, she collaborated on a rug collection with Ruggism, a company based in India.

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