Flexibility, strength and durability have profoundly inspired my work in the last few years. 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; isolation and connection. By analyzing these competing forces in my work, I am able to further explore and understand their value.
Elyce Abrams is an abstract painter based in Philadelphia. Her work, in the lastfew years, has explored the relationship between happiness and deep concern, fear and acceptance, compliance and resistance, isolation and connection. Abrams received her MFA 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 Gallery, 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; Lost in the Funhouse, Spring Break Art Fair, New York; Long Distance, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. 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.
2004
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MFA, Painting
1996
Tufts University, Medford, MA
BA, Social Psychology
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
BFA with concentration in Painting
2018
InLiquid/Dick Blick Microgrant to help fund solo exhibit at the Philadelphia International Airport in 2019
2017
InLiquid/Dick Blick Mircogrant to help fund solo exhibit, Something New Every Day at NoBA Projectspace, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Painting Award, Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2017, State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA
2005
Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2001 - 2004
MFA Merit Scholarship, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Vasari 21, Featured in article - "Selling on Instagram," February 2018
Vasari 21, Featured in article - "Instagram for Artists," January 2017
Interview for FreshPaintMagazine, August 2015
“One To Watch” feature, March 2016, saatchiart.com
Brophy Marcus, Mary, “Artists Draw on Facebook to Connect, or Sell Their Work,” USA Today, March 17, 2011
McFadden, Kathryn, “Review of Long Distance by Kathryn McFadden,” Inferno Newspaper
Zarro, Jennifer, “(In)finite Place,” Art Matters, July 1, 2007
White, Janine, “Light our Fire,” Philadelphia Home Magazine, Winter 2008
Strauss, R.B, "First Friday Spotlight- Glow," aroundphilly.com, September 2007
Rosof, Libby, "Abington's Annual Holds Some Surprises," fallonandrosof.blogspot.com, January 21, 2007
Newhall, Edith, “In the Abstract,” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 10, 2006
Strauss, R.B., “First Friday Spotlight,” aroundphilly.com, February 2006
Strauss, R. B., “February’s First Friday,” The Weekly Press, February 1, 2006
Rice, Robin, “Spring Arts Preview: Elyce Abrams – Shaping Forms, new paintings,” City Paper, January 19 – January 26, 2006
Fallon, Roberta, “New Mayer in Town,” Philadelphia Weekly, December 28, 2005
Newhall, Edith, “A New Approach,” Philadelphia Inquirer, December 2005
Strauss, R.B., “Mayer and Highwire Galleries,” aroundphilly.com, January 7, 2005
Strauss, R.B.,” A First Friday,” The Weekly Press, January 5, 2005
Charles Library Art Collection, Temple University, 2020
FreshPaintMagazine, Issue 8, July 2015
Alter Hall Art Collection at the Fox School of Business, Temple University, catalogue, 2010
The William and Mary Review, Volume 44, May 2006
“SUMFA 10: Celebrating the First Ten Years”, The University of the Arts, June 2005, Exhibition catalogue
Microsoft Art Collection
Speakman Hall, Fox School of Business, Temple University
Royal Carribean Cruise Line
Charles Library, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Fox School of Business, 1810 Liacouras Walk, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Wuhan Heartland 66 Development, Wuhan, China
Capital One, Wilmington, DE
Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA
Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA
Keystone Property Group, Conshohocken, PA
Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA
The Fox School of Business at Temple University, Alter Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Glenmede, NY, NY
Fandango, Los Angeles, CA
Sullivan Curtis Monroe, Irvine, CA
Watson Land Company, Carson, CA
Various Private Collections in the US and abroad
2010 - Present
Blank Space Gallery, NY, NY
2015 - 2012
Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2024
Spectral, Blank Space Gallery, NYC
Blaze Stochastic, Shenandoah Museum of Contemporary Art, Woodstock, VA
2022
Connection-Isolation, Blank Space Gallery, NYC
2021
Elyce Abrams at Market East, Philadelphia, PA
2020
Outside-the-Frame, Multicultural Heritage Foundation, Alberta, Canada
2019
We're All Here, Philadelphia Airport, Terminal C
2018
Art in Rotation, Curtis Building, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Something New Everyday, 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
2023
Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibit, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Play, Blank Space Gallery, NYC
2022
The Maker’s Marks, The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ
Natural Forces, DHV Gallery, Dallas, TX
2020
Hybrid, Bertrand Productions, Philadelphia, PA
Les Chic, three person exhibit, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2019
Spectral Materiality, three person exhibit at Blank Space Gallery, NY, NY
Encore, four person exhibit, NoBA Projectspace, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Lost in the Funhouse, Spring Break Art Fair, NY, NY
Catalyst, The Yard, Philadelphia, PA
Curated by InLiquid
2018
Double Take, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Curated by Monica Ramirez-Montagu
Group Exhibit, Curtis Building, Philadelphia, PA
Vitality, Group exhibit at RH Gallery, Hockessin, DE
Group Exhibit, Sonesta Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Curated by The Center for Emerging Visual Artists
2017
Group Exhibit, Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia, PA
Curated by The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, November 2017 – November 2019
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2017, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Award in Painting
2016
The Miniature Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2015
The Narrative Panorama, Blank Space Gallery, NY, NY
2014
Annual Juried Exhibit, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
CONTEXT, Art Fair during Art Basel, with Blank Space Gallery, Miami, FL
3rd Annual Alumni Exhibit, Kugel Collaborative Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013
Summer Group Exhibit, Blank Space Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2012
Constructs: Rowan University Studio Faculty Exhibit, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
2011
Making IT: Alumni Works '01-'11, University of The Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Palm Beach Art Fair with Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2010
Blank Space Pop-Up Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Sixth Annual Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Between the Studio and Facebook, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
June Benefit Exhibit, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Back on My Feet, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Unzipped, Crane Building, Philadelphia, PA
Rowan University Faculty Exhibit, High Street Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
Summer Group Show, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
(In)finite Place: Elyce Abrams, Paul Oberst, Rebecca Rutstein, Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Philadelphia, PA
Art Night, Tierny Communications, Philadelphia, PA
Heartworks, Crane Building, Philadelphia, PA
Red Dot Art Fair, New York, NY
2007
Black and White, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Across and Between, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2006
Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
8th Annual Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award, Miami University, Oxford, OH
The Red Show, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Color My World, Bridgette Mayer New Hope, New Hope, PA
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2006, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
