Born in Jerusalem, a land that is spiritual and passionate; searing and volatile. These words very well describe the artist as well as her works. Rhea, over the last twenty-seven years, produced a body of work that celebrates with antiquity the everlasting human spirit, which survives the brutality, and insanity of war, aridity, and harshness of human nature as it endures.

Rhea utilizes a variety of media: oils, sand, water, treated paper, canvas, and wood; which she layers, smoothes, and sculpts to create the abstract impressions, which demand tactile as well as visual interplay. Her works are perceived as the topography of intimate landscapes, as well as the mapping of emotions and sensations devoid of familiar forms. The paintings are a personal diary of the artist as she chronicles the events that had an impact on humanity and nature.

These works combine to express the feelings of introspection, conflict, human emotion, and the effects of malicious wielding of power and greed on humanity.

 

Rhea’s work has been exhibited in

2022     The Loft at Liz’s loft, Los Angele, CA

2020     Tufenkian fine art gallery, Glendel, Ca

Oct-Nov 2015    Jerusalem Biennale, Los Angeles, CA

Feb-Aug 2015    AJRCA, The Spiritual in Art, Los Angele, CA

2014     Festival-A-Part, Dialogues avec Goya, Les Beaux De Provence, France

Villa Di Donato, Naples, Italy

2014 – 2015       Grolle Fine Art   Winnipeg, Canada

Sep 13 – Aug 14                UCLA Hilllel, Westwood, CA

Nov-Dec 2012   40/40 USC Hillel, Los Angeles, CA

September 2012              LA Art Platform Santa Monica, CA

June-August 2012           Keller Williams Encino, CA

April-May, 2012               Four Seasons Hotel Art Gallery Westlake Village, CA

September – October, 2011         “Text and Texture”, Fresh-Paint Gallery Culver City, California

April-May, 2011               Four Seasons Hotel Art Gallery Westlake Village, CA

Oct,2010-Jan 2011         Four Seasons Hotel Art Gallery Westlake Village, CA

2010     Gotthelf Art Gallery, La Jolla, CA

LAMAG Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

Four Seasons Hotel Art Gallery Westlake Village, CA

Jan-Apr  2010                                  The Jewish Federation  The Bell Family Gallery   Los Angeles,  CA

2009     Solo, John and Linda Frieds Gallery,Concordia University, Irvine, CA

CAP Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

USC Hillel/companion show to MAG(Barnsdall) Los Angeles ,CA

Sep2008-Jan2009,           Solo Show, Soka University, Founder’s Hall Art Gallery, Aliso Vejo, CA

2008 Solo Show,               Villa di Donato, Napoli, Italy

Frank Pictures Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2007/08              Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

2007     Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

LA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

Art Pic   North Hollywood, CA

Galerie Le Cocon, Hamburg, Germany

2006     Solo Show, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Klapper Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

The Gotthelf Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005     Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004     Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

B.G.H Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

TarFest Los Angeles, CA

1984      Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA

1981     13&1/2 Gallery Jaffa, Israel

1980/81              Turel Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Turel Art Gallery, New York, NY

1980      The Tel-Aviv Art Pavilion, Tel Aviv, Israel

Bet Yad LeBanim, Tel Aviv, Israel