Elyce Abrams

Elyce Abrams is an abstract painter based in Philadelphia. Her work explores 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. Recent work has been included in many solo and group shows. A selection of which are: Spectral, Blank Space, NYC; 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: Spectral Materiality, Blank Space Gallery, NYC; Encore, NoBA Projectspace, Bala Cynwyd, 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; Capital One, Wilmington, DE; Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA.

2004 MFA Painting, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1996 BFA with Concentration in Painting, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1996 BA in Social Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Solo and Two-Person Exhibits
2024 Spectral, Blank Space Gallery, NYC
2022 Connection-Isolation, Blank Space Gallery, NYC
2021 Elyce Abrams at Market East, Philadelphia, PA
2019 We're All Here, Philadelphia International Airport, Terminal C, April - November 2019
2018 Art In Rotation, Curtis Building, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Something New Every Day, NoBA Projectspace, Bala Cynwyd, PA
2013 Two-person Exhibition, Blank Space Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2010 Duo Exhibition, Blank Space Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2009 Long Distance, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Elyce Abrams - Paintings, Wexner Jewish Student Center, Ohio University, Athens, OH
2007 Glow, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Shaping Forms, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Crane Building, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Group Exhibits
2023 Betsy Meyer 20th Anniversary Invitational, Bryn Mawr, PA
2022 The Maker’s Marks, The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ
Natural Forces, DHV Gallery, Dallas, TX
2020 Hybrid, Bertrand Productions, Philadelphia, PA
Les Chic, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Encore, NoBA Artspace, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Spectral Materiality, Blank Space Gallery, NYC
SPRING/BREAK Art Show, UN Plaza, NYC
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