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ISAAC ABRAMS


BIOGRAPHY


Isaac Abrams was born and raised in the New York area. He is a self-taught artist with an academic background in literature, history, science and psychology. He founded the first gallery of Psychedelic Art in the world in 1965. He began working as a self-taught painter in the beginning of 1966. He began working as a sculptor in the 1970's. He began extensive work as an animation artist in 1981. He has always painted


EXHIBITIONS: Scheduled in the future
2009-San Antonio Museum
2008-Haus der Kunst, Munich"Sacred Art"
2008-Centre Pompidou, Paris"Sacred Art"


EXHIBITIONS:
2007-Whitney Museum, NY"Summer of Love"
2006-Weiner Kunsthall"Summer of Love"
2005-Schirn Kunsthall, Frankfurt"Summer of Love"
2005-Tate gallery, Liverpool"Summer of Love"
2004-Whitney BiennialIllustration to Curators essay
2002-Vorpal GallerySan Francisco, Callifornia
1984-Kampo Cultural CenterKyoto, Japan, New Painting NY
USA-Japan Cultural Exchange
1982-Graham Gallery"New York Visionaries" New York
1982-Omni Magazine ExhibitionSpace Art Chicago. Illinois
1979-Quantum GalleryNew York City
1976-Shidoni Sculpture ExhibitionSanta Fe, New Mexico
1976-Dworkin GalleryAstral Landscapes, one man show
1975-Dworkin GalleryGroup Show, Visionary Art
1972-Galerie McGwireVienna, Austria
1971-Whitney MuseumNew York (experimental video project)
1971-Tate GalleryLondon, "Drawing Masters of the 20th Century"
1971-Cologne Museum"New Directions"
1970-Galerie BischofbergerZurich, Switzerland
1969-Easthampton GalleryNew York City
1968-Galerie BischofbergerZurich, Switzerland
1967-Easthampton GalleryNew York City
1967-Galerie BischofbergerZurich, Switzerland
1965-CODA GalleryNew York City, Owner & Director
The CODA Gallery had exhibitions of paintings, light works, multi media theater pieces, experimental film and poetry as well as first show of Psychedelic Art in the world.


ANIMATION PROJECTS:
1998-2002 Rave Works Free form animations, long form animations in multi-screen formats NYC
1997Space Journey 4 minute animation for 2nd largest Kaleidoscope in world
1997Spring (Metamorphosis) 12 minute computer animation for the Worlds Largest Kaleidoscope
1996Peace on Earth 10 minute computer animation for the Worlds Largest Kaleidoscope
1995Designed and created Worlds Largest Kaleidoscope, 60 foot high, 10 minute computer animation for the Worlds Largest Kaleidoscope
1990Universal Theme Park Project, stop motion animation for Douglas Trumbull, creator of 2001; sculptor designer of major set for the BACK TO THE FUTURE RIDE
1989Surprise Symphony, Hayden Animation for use in the field of Musical Education; Animator & Producer
1988Animation The Top 15 of 1750, Baroque Studies in Motion
1987ATV, experimental Ambient Video Project, one hour animation
1986Corporate commission, Merill Lynch
1985-1986Artist in Residence - WTZA, Computer works employing "paintbox" and video editing. Created original look and feel of the station
1985The Allegro from Spring - Vivaldi The Four Seasons Winner of The CULTURE, SCIENCE & HOBBIES AWARD, of the International Software Fair Audio Visual Age Show, Tokyo 1988
1985Music Video animation, Spyra Gyra
1984Oregon Suite, a 30 minute video using abstract animation transferred from film, edited to the music of the Jazz Group Oregon, This work toured Japan as a USA Japan Cultural Exchange. Broadcast on NYC TV.
1983Polyphrenia, 15 minute animation shown at Studio 54, and AIR Gallery
1982Pyramid Man 15 minute animation shown at Studio 54, and AIR Gallery
1971Whitney Museum New York (experimental video project)


PUBLICATIONS:
Psychedelic Art Masters and Houston, Grove Press
History of Modern Art. H H Arnason, Abrams Books
Art Through The Ages 6th Edition, De LaCroix & Tansey Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
The Avant-Garde In Modern Painting August Bazain, Simon & Schuster
New Directions In Modern Painting Udo Kulterberg, Cologne
Whitney Biennial Catalogue, Curatorial Essay 2004
Summer of Love Art of The Psychedelic Era Tate Publishing 2005