BIOGRAPHY OF ABRASHA |
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1948 1973-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977 1977 1978 1979-82 1979-pres. 1982 1985-86 1986-pres. 1988 |
Born in The Hague, Holland Goldschmiedeschule, Pforzheim, West-Germany apprenticeship, completed with journeyman goldsmith exam Goldsmith for Professor Klaus Ullrich, Würm, West-Germany Granted "Master's Sign" by Chief Essayer of Amsterdam, Holland Immigration into the United States Instructor of Advanced Metal Techniques at CaliforniaCollege of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Instructor at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, San Francisco, CA Self employed with studio in San Francisco, currently creating one-of-kind jewelry for commission and exhibition Guest lecturer at California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Collaboration with sculptor Clay Jensen of Oakland, California Member of Society of North American Goldsmiths Five months residency at the "Künstlerhaus Edenkoben" in Edenkoben, West-Germany |
HONORS AND AWARDS | |
1986 1988 1992 1998 1999 2001 |
"Diamonds International Awards",
Certificate of Merit Art Quest '86, Third place winner in Jewelry/Metalwork category Dimensions '86, Lenexa, Kansas, Honorable Mention. Artists' Liaison, Honorable Mention Stipend granted by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Rheinland-Pfalz at the "Künstlerhaus Edenkoben", Edenkoben, West-Germany First place award "American Jewelry Design Council" competition Niche Award, First Prize "Best of Show" at ACC Craft Show, San Francisco "Best of Show" at ACC Craft Show, San Francisco |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | |
The Oakland
Museum, Oakland, CA Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC |
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EXHIBITIONS | |
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 |
Collection I, Urban School of San
Francisco, San
Francisco, CA Collection II, Urban School of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Pacific States Crafts Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA Fiberworks Fashion Show, Gift Center, San Francisco, CA Elite Fashion Extravaganza, Trade Show Center, San Francisco, CA Jewelry USA, American Craft Museum, New York, NY (Catalogue) Contemporary American Heritage, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco California Jewelry '84, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA The Artful Ear, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL Quadrum Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA Encore, The Artful Ear, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL Bangles and Bracelets, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA Dimensions '86, Lenexa National 3-Dimensional Art Show, Lenexa, KS Art Quest '86, Parsons Gallery, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY California, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA National Ornamental Museum, Memphis, TN Artists' Liaison, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI Pieces From The Heart, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA Worked With Gold, Quadrum Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA Künstlerhaus Edenkoben, Edenkoben, West-Germany California, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA Atelier Bernd Munsteiner, Stipshausen, West-Germany Reflections, Paul-Luster Gallery, San Francisco, CA New Art Forms, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Continuing the Tradition of Goldsmithing, Artium Ltd., New York, NY The Brooch, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA New Art Forms, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL More Than One: Contemporary Studio Production, The American Craft Museum, New York, NY (Catalogue) Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL Cheeckwood, Tennessee Botanical Gardens & Fine Arts Center, Nashville, TN California Metal, Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, CA Nancy Sachs Gallery, Saint Louis, MO Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AL Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL California Jewelers, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA Jewels and Gems, Collecting California Jewelry, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA The Art of Goldsmithing, De Novo, Palo Alto, CA The Gold Show, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA Minimalism Reconsidered, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Light Interpretations: A Hanukah Menorah Invitational, The Jewish Museum San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue) New Gold II, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Nancy Sachs Gallery, Saint Louis, MO Trashformations: Recycled Materials in Contemporary American Art and Design, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA L'Chaim!: A Kiddush Cup Invitational, The Jewish Museum San Francisco, CA Festival of Contemporary Light: Congregation Beth Israel, Women of Reform Judaism and Twist, Portland, OR The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH "Masters of Ceremony: The Next Generation", William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, Atlanta, GA Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN Boise Museum of Art, Boise Idaho Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL "Living in the Moment: Contemporary Artists Celebrate Jewish Time", Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, NY and Cincinnati, OH “Fifty Year in the Making: The Bay Area Metal Arts Guild 1951-2001”, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA “Beyond the Mines – The Art of Gold”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA ”Chess” Contemporary Chessmen by International Makers, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue) Vennel Gallery, Irvine, Scotland The Gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales Craft Council Shop at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI I/O Gallery, New Orleans, LA “200 Rings”, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA Gallery M, Cleveland, Ohio “100 Brooches”, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA Sam Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME East Carolina University School of Art and Design, Greenville, NC Bellagio, Asheville, NC |
PUBLICATIONS | |
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
Maker's Marks of Dutch Gold- and Silversmiths,
Government Publishing Office, The Hague, The Netherlands The Goldsmith, San Francisco NUVO Magazine, San Francisco NUVO Magazine, San Francisco Goldschmiede Zeitung, West-Germany Jewelry USA, American Craft Museum (Catalogue) Metalsmith MD Magazine Woman's Wear Daily Ornament Jewelers' Circular-Keystone The Goldsmith, San Francisco Lapidary Journal Ornament, Spring 1988 Volume 11 #3, pages 22-25 Was ist los!, West-Germany Nahe-Zeitung, West-Germany Art Aurea, West-Germany Jewelers' Circular-Keystone Jewelers' Circular-Keystone Ornament American Jewelry Manufacturer, January 1992, "Seven American Designers" pages 44-45 Jewelers' Circular-Keystone, July 1992, page 240 Modern Jeweler, July 1992, page 34 National Jeweler, Volume 36, #13 July 1, 1992, Cover, page 26 American Jewelry Manufacturer, July 1992, page 24 Jewellery Review, Hong Kong, Vol. 4/1992, page 110 More Than One, America Craft Museum Catalogue, page 10 New York, November 2, 1992, pages 3A - 8A Metropolis, November 1992, page 26 Haus der Wörter - Ort der Blicke, Germany Metalsmith, Summer 1993, Volume 13 - #3, "California Metal", page 42 Metalsmith, Spring 1994 Volume 14 - #2, "17th Annual Philadelphia Craft Show", page 46 The Museum of California, Summer 1994, Volume 18 - #3, "Jewels and Gems: Collecting California Jewelry", pages 20 - 24 San Francisco Examiner Magazine, August 14, page 27 Metalsmith, Winter 1995, Volume 15 - #1, "The Museum, Metals, and Collecting for the Future", pages 16 - 23 Metalsmith, Summer 1995, Volume 15 - #3, "The Art of Goldsmithing", page 46 Light Interpretations: A Hanukah Menorah Invitational, The Jewish Museum San Francisco Catalogue, page 23 Metal Arts Source Book by Bob Mitchell, CD-ROM Jewelers' Circular-Keystone, March 1996 Part II, Page 76 Jewish Bulletin of Northern California American Craft, February/March 1997, Abrasha, "The past is ever present, it is my prison", pages 62 - 65. "The art of jewelry design", Deborah Krupenia, Quarry Books, Rockport, Massachusetts, pages 28 - 33. San Francisco Examiner Magazine, May 18, 1997, "Less is More", page 73. Metalsmith, 1997 "Exhibition in print", Volume 17 Number 3, page 45. San Francisco Examiner Magazine, November 1997. Wine Spectator, December 31, 1997, "Toast to Life", pages 165 - 169. Amit, Winter 1998, Vol LXX No 1, "L'Chaim - To life!" A Kiddush Cup Invitational, pages 17-18. "Skilled Work, American Craft in the Renwick Gallery", Kenneth Trapp and Howard Rosetti, Smithsonian Institution Press, pages 50-51 and 130-131 The B'nai B'rith International Jewish Monthly, March/April issue, "In art, timeless is contemporary" by Michael Lasser, pages 46 - 51 American Jewelry Manufacturer, April issue, "Fashion Forays", page 41 American Jewelry Manufacturer, July issue, "The CAD/CAM Question", pages 28 - 34 "The Metalsmith's Book of Boxes & Lockets", Tim McCreight, Page 33 "The Art of Jewelry Making: Classic and original Designs", Alan Revere, pages 21 – 24 "Judaic Artisans Today" by Kathryn Morton, Published by Flower Valley Press. Metalsmith, Fall 2002, Volume 22 - #5, “Studio Visit – Abrasha”, pages 18 – 19 Metalsmith, Summer 2003, Volume 23 - #3, "The Art of "The Art of Gold", pages 39 - 45 “Minimal Rings”, Arch Gregory, pages 64, 74 and 105 “Making Metal Jewelry”, Joanna Gollberg, pages 97, 102 and 104 “1000 Rings”, Marthe Le Van, page 221 “Creative Metal Crafts”, Joanna Gollberg, page 106 “Fabulous Jewelry from Found Objects”, Marthe Le Van, pages 18, 30 and 141 “500 Brooches”, Marthe Le Van, pages 24, 300 and 340 Art Jewelry Magazine, July issue, “Abrasha, Profile of a Technosmith”, pages 76 -79 |
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