
Graduate of Ohio University, Lillian Abel attended the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Students League of New York and the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture. She also attended the Santa Reparata Graphic Art Center in Florence, Italy. She has had exhibitions in New York, N.Y.; Los Angeles, CA; Krakow, Poland; as well as numerous Galleries and Exhibitions across the country.
“Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed." (Kahlil Gibran)
“Many of my compositions suggest forms that are present and forms that are absent. They are of layers that hide and reveal. Out of disorder comes order, out of darkness comes light, out of time to present, from ignorance to enlightenment.”
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 “Edges” Garland Art Gallery, Pasadena CA
2009 "Aurora" Works on Paper, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles
2009 Open Show, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles
2009 “PLENTY”: Happy’s first annual small works show, HAPPY, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Los Angeles Art Association Annual Benefit Auction "Gem" Gallery 825, Los Angeles
2009 "Insight/Inside LA" Exhibit, Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery at Mount St. Mary’s College
2009 "Humble Beauty Art Exhibition" KIWA Cultural Education Center, Los Angeles
2008 "Aurora" Small Works Sale and Fundraiser, Los Angeles Art Association
2008 "TarFest Art Show 2008", Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles
2008 "Humble Beauty Art Show" - The NEW LATC at Premiere of "Humble Beauty" Documentary,
2008 U.S.A., Korea, Japan Intnl Art Fest - "Different & Coexist” Asto Museum, Wrightwood, CA
2007 "Southern California Open 2007", LAAA/Gallery 825 La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles
2007 "Get : Art" Bonham’s & Butterfields, Benefitting Project Angel Food, Los Angeles
2007 “Winter Biannual", LAAA SOUTH, The Mike Napoliello Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2006 "Perspectives", Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
2006 "Petite Works" Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
2006 "2nd Annual Fine Art Auction", LAAA at Music Box Theater, Hollywood CA
2006 "Of This World", LAAA, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 "Chain Letter" HIGH ENERGY CONSTRUCTS, Los Angeles, CA
2006 "11th Annual L.A. Art Show 5 Centuries of Art", Fine Art Dealers Assn, Sta Monica, CA
2005 "Looking at Art" Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery at LAX and Ontario Airports, CA
2005 "Small Wonders" Pharmaka Gallery downtown Los Angeles CA
2005 "Petite Works III" Gallery 825 Annex at Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica CA
2005 "17th Annual Awards Benefit and Exhibition," L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles
2004 "10th Annual Holiday Group Show", Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 "Square Blue Benefit" Square Blue Gallery, Costa Mesa
2004 Public Art Installation -- Hawthorne Police Department, Hawthorne, CA
2003 "9th Annual Holiday Group Show", Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2003 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental & Sales Gallery, Los Angeles
2003 “Angels Night” Benefit Auction, Beverly Hills, CA
2003 "Lillian Abel, Marla Fields, Ginette Mizraki", LA Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles
2002 "Winter Solstice", Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2002 "Ethereal Forms - Lillian Abel" Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2002 "Minds Island 1st Annual Juried Art Show" Pen & Brush Club Galleries, New York City
2001 "Barnsdall Art Park Targets: Art Crawl 4", Barnsdall Municipal Gallery, Los
2001 "46th Exhibition" Art Share Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2001 "44th Exhibition" Art Share Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2000 "Przestrzenie Metafizyczne” - Gallery Temporary Contemporary "Krakow 2000" Poland
2000 "Competition Exhibition 2000", San Luis Obispo Art Center San Luis Obispo, CA
2000 "Made in California", City of Brea Gallery Juried Invitational Exhibition
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