Sabrina Abbott

Born September 23, 1985 in Cottage Grove, Oregon.I began the Perceptionist art movement while studying at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Firenze, Italia. My work is an attempt to capture the essence and energy of the objects I portray. I depict the form large and cropped, creating a type of realistic abstraction, in a manner similar to the floral paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe. The technique I have developed I have named "Perceptionism" which is defined as follows: A "Perceptionist" removes objects from a conventional or stereotypical viewpoint and re-creates the form focusing on it's inherent value and beauty. I portray valueless, discarded materials enlarged and transformed to capture the objects unique form, color, space and energy, conveying in paint the pure essence of its inherent chromatic, structural and aesthetic attributes, in a form of abstract realism. So called "valueless remnants", scars of the material world, are recycled into an ideal physical beauty which leads the viewer into a new, imaginative, artistic truth by engaging in an intellectual perception of a more metaphysical understanding. Realistic renderings become an array of simplified shapes of color and abstract patterns in a compositionally arranged painting ...

I graduated California State University Chico with a bachelor's degree in studio art: emphasis in painting. I spent the 2006-2007 school year in Florence, Italy where I studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti and interned under Dr. Giovanna Giusti, curator at the Uffizi museum. I continued my museum studies with an internship at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France which commenced September 1, 2008 and finished in April. I obtained my masters degree in museum studies with an art historical emphasis at California State University Sacramento.

SOLO EXHIBITS

Perceptions
ACCA Gallery
468 N Camden Dr.
Beverly Hills, California 90210

Artist Spotlight: Sabrina Abbott
MACC
10191 Mills Station Rd
Sacramento, CA 95827

“Art of Perception”
The California Museum
1020 O street
Sacramento, California


"L'Art de La Perception"
Espace Pierre Cardin
Paris, France
May 2010

"International Perceptions"
314 South Broadway
Yreka, California
August 2009

"Perceptionism"
41 Avenue du Chateau
Meudon, France
May 2009


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS

Women in Art
Las Laguna Art Gallery
FEATURED ARTIST
4-27 March 2021

Luminosity
Culture Center of Cape Cod
3 - 28 February 2021

Changing Perspective
Sacramento Fine Arts Center
Sacramento, California
October 29-November 17, 2019


Affaire in the Garden
Beverly Hills, California
18-20 May 2012, 2022

Florence Biennale
Fortezza da Basso
Florence, Italy
3-11 December 2011

Parallax AF
La Galleria Royal Opera Arcade
Pall Mall, London
21-23 October 2011

Art Prize
Grand Rapids, Michigan
21 September-9 October 2011

Segni di Via Mattonaia
25 Via Mattonaia
Florence, Italy
November 2008

Art Clash
International Art Competition: WINNER
12 Via Giacomo Leopardi
Florence, Italy