Abbie Rabinowitz Resumé

Abbie Rabinowitz ~ Painter, Art Instructor, Retreat Leader
Pāhoa, Hawaiʻi ~www.abbierabinowitz.com
abbie@abbierabinowitz.com

Education
2015 MFA, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
1979 BFA, State University of New York, College at Purchase, Purchase, NY
1982 Conceptual Design coursework, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

Solo Exhibitions
2023 Sweet Cane Café, Hilo, HI
2016 New Haven Public Library, Ives Gallery, New Haven, CT
2013 Sonoma Holistic Center, Sonoma, CA
2010 Windmill Cafe, Santa Cruz, CA
2009 Camouflage Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2005 One Taste Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 eAcumen Gallery Space, San Francisco, CA
2000 California Savings and Loan Bank, Burlingame, CA
1998 Cafe Soleil, Sausalito, CA
1997 Cold Mountain Books, Grattan, CA
1996 Studio Show, Sausalito, CA
1990 Café Claude, San Francisco, CA
1983 Oakland Grill, Oakland, CA
1982 Mulcrevy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1979 Yale Starlight Festival, New Haven, CT

Group & Juried Exhibitions
2026 MidSummer Art Celebration, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, HI
2026 Schaefer Portrait Challenge (traveling), Capitol Modern, Hawaiʻi State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI
2026 Hawaiʻi Island Art Alliance Invitational, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, HI
2025 Schaefer Portrait Challenge, juried, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Kahului, HI
2025 Trash Art Show, juried, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, HI *Honorable Mention
2024 Surrealist Show, juried, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, HI *People’s Choice Award
2024 Arts for Every Body, curated community art show
2024 Plein Air Painting Show, juried, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, HI
2023 Abstract Only, juried, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, HI *Juror’s Award
2022 Plein Air Show, juried, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, HI *Juror’s Award
2021 Nature’s Lies, Provincetown, MA
2020 Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI
2019 Honolulu Museum School, watercolor show, Honolulu, HI
2019 Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI
2019 Kahilu Theatre, Waimea, HI
2018 East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI
2018 Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI
2017 Kalani Retreat Center, Pāhoa, HI
2017 New Haven Public Library, Ives Gallery, New Haven, CT
2016 Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, New Haven, CT
2016 Gallery at WCSU Visual Arts Center, alumni show, Danbury, CT
2016 Blue Mountain Gallery, invitational, New York, NY
2016 Blue Mountain Gallery, juror: Stanley Lewis, New York, NY
2015 Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, New Haven, CT
2015 City Wide Open Studios, Erector Square, New Haven, CT
2015 Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Gallery at Performing Arts Center, WCSU, Danbury, CT
2014 Jewish Community Center, Woodbridge, CT
2014 Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
2014 Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, New Haven, CT
2014 Studio Around the Corner, Brewster, NY2012 Agora Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2008 Mill Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2008 Anon Salon, San Francisco, CA
2007 New Haven Garden Club, New Haven, CT
2006 Santa Cruz Arts League, Santa Cruz, CA
2005 Kalani Honua Retreat Center, Puna, HI
2005 Anon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
2003 Sacred Profanities, Berkeley, CA
2002 ATA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Venue 9, San Francisco, CA
2001 Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV
2001 Open Secret Gallery, San Rafael, CA
1999 Guy Chaddock & Co., San Francisco, CA
1995 William Lester Gallery, Point Reyes Station, CA
1994 Bethany Town Hall, Bethany, CT
1989 Various galleries, Cassis, France
1983 Bantam Place Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1982 Alligator Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981 Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA
1980 Mona Berman Gallery, New Haven, CT
1977 John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT

Gallery Representation
One Gallery, Hilo, HI
Banyan Gallery, Hilo, HI

Teaching / Professional Experience
2026 Retreat co-leader, Flow and Form Art Retreat, Moorea, French Polynesia
2020–present Online facilitator: abstract painting courses
2020–present Plein air and abstract painting retreat leader, Hawaiʻi
2018 Painting instructor, Hui Noʻeau, Maui, HI
2016 Workshop facilitator, abstract painting, Bethany, CT
2015 Art teacher, St. Jude School, preK–8th grade, Monroe, CT
2014 Assistant painting teacher, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
2014 Assistant drawing instructor, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
2014 Assistant color instructor, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
2014 Visiting art teacher, Connecticut HOT Schools, Colchester, CT
2013 Substitute drawing instructor, Western Connecticut State University
2013 Gallery assistant, Higgins Gallery, WCSU
2013 Wire sculpting instructor, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
2012 Visiting art specialist, Oakland Hebrew Day School, Oakland, CA
2010 Plein air painting assistant, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA

Awards & Fellowships
2025 Honorable Mention, Trash Art Show, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, HI
2024 People’s Choice Award, Surrealist Show, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, HI
2023 Vibrant Hawaiʻi Artist Fellowship
2023 Juror’s Award, Abstract Only, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, HI
2022 Juror’s Award, Plein Air Show, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, HI
2014 W.B. Connor Trust Award, Western Connecticut State University
2014 Honor Society, Western Connecticut State University

Residencies
2018–20 Visiting instructor/residency, Hui Noʻeau, Maui, HI

Collections
di Rosa Art Collection, Napa, CA
Numerous private collections in Hawaii and mainland

Media
New Haven Magazine, featured artist article, December 2015Victor Vargas / Daily Bark, composition analysis video
Daily Nutmeg, New Haven online photo journal
SchoolArts Digital Magazine, “The Living Map” lesson plan review, Spring 2013
Art review, Good Times Magazine, Santa Cruz, CA, November 2009