About the Artist

ABOUT

"Rendering beauty through the clarity of detail and the study of light is paramount to my work. I paint in oil from life using traditional materials and techniques. I’m passionate about art and history and how aesthetics can enhance our lives and uplift our emotions. My influences come from a combination of the academic disciplines taught during the Renaissance and the stylised motifs and geometric shapes of the Art Deco era, resulting in a unique, creative expression."

Primarily self-taught, Abel began painting professionally after moving to Paris in 2000. Influenced greatly by European art and history, she immersed herself in the art museums to help further her skills, steadily building her reputation as a fine art painter. She has exhibited in Australia, France and the USA and is a sought-after portraitist.

She now calls Australia home, and has continued to exhibit and sell both nationally and internationally. She has been a finalist in the Archibald, Sulman and Portia Geach Art Prizes and her works are featured in private collections worldwide. 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane
‘On the table’, Group Exhibition, Australian Galleries, Melbourne

2021

‘STILL’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2020

Calleen Art Award, Cowra Art Gallery, Cowra NSW

2019

Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Project Contemporary Art Space, Wollongong NSW
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 2015 The Sulman Art Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2012

Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville QLD

2008

‘Flesh’, Arthouse Gallery, Melbourne

2006

Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy 2005 Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2004

‘Flesh’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2002

Art Deco Expo, San Francisco, California, USA

2001

International Art Expo, San Francisco, California, USA
Emerging Artists Exhibition, Bistro des Artists, Paris, France

SELECTED PRIZES

2024

Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award (Finalist), Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
Lethbridge Landscape Prize (Finalist), Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
Clayton Utz Art Award (Finalist), Clayton Utz, Brisbane

2021

Portia Geach Memorial Award (Finalist), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2020

Calleen Art Award (Finalist), Cowra Art Gallery, Cowra NSW

2019

Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (Finalist), Project Contemporary Art Space, Wollongong NSW
Portia Geach Memorial Award (Finalist), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 2015 The Sulman Art Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2012

Portia Geach Memorial Award (Finalist), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Percival Portrait Painting Prize (Finalist), Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville QLD

2006

Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2005

Salon des Refuses (Finalist), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney