Damali Abrams
Damali Abrams | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Guyanese American |
| Style | Video art |
Damali Abrams (born in Guyana[1]) is a Guyanese-American video-performance artist who lives and works in New York City. She is known for the Self-Help TV, an ongoing video-performance project using her own body to examine issues of self-improvement, race, class and gender. She is a coordinator for The Feminist Art Project in New York.[2]
Career
Abrams graduated New York University as a Bachelor of Arts in 2001 and obtained a master's degree in fine arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2008. Her work has been exhibited at galleries including The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA), El Museo del Barrio, A.I.R. Gallery, BRIC Rotunda Gallery and the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning.[3]
Teaching & Workshops
Abrams has led classes at Barbados Community College, the Grenada National Museum, the Borough of Manhattan Community College, Hunter College School of Social Work, SUNY Purchase, Syracuse University’s 601 Tully and at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering.[4]
Awards
- 2009-10 A.I.R. Fellowship Recipient[5]
Residencies
- July 2014 — Apexart’s Outbound Residency to Seoul[6]
- 2014 — Artist in Residence at The Center for Book Arts[7]
- October 2013 — Residency with Groundation Grenada and Fresh Milk in Barbados[8]
References
- ^ "Damali Abrams". Blouin Art Info. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Damali Abrams". MoMA P.S. 1. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Damali Abrams Exhibitions". Art Slant. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "apexart". Damali Abrams Residency. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Damali Abrams, Autobiography Of A Year" (PDF). A.I.R. Gallery. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "apexart". Damali Abrams Fellowship. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Artists in Residence". Center for Book Arts. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Fresh Milk and Groundation Grenada Welcome Damali Abrams". Arc the Magazine. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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