Maya Frodeman Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition with artist David Abbott on view at the gallery's downtown location from June 14th through July 28th, 2024. An opening reception will be held Friday, June 14th from 5-8pm. All are welcome to attend.
Using landscape as his medium, Abbott is drawn to the cyclical flux of the natural world as an allegory for our own mutable lives. His landscapes at times assert themselves confidently, while at other times appear to be disappearing before our eyes. In a time of massive pressure on the natural world, his landscapes seem to submit both to internal and external forces. Abbott was born in 1981 and grew up in Hertfordshire, UK, before moving to Virginia as a teen-ager, where he attended high school and university. He received his BA in Fine Art from James Madison University in 2004. He then returned to the UK and received his MA in Multidisciplinary Printmaking at the University of the West of England in 2007. Abbott worked as a graphic designer until 2021 when he took up painting full-time. He has shown widely in the UK, Europe, and North America. Today, Abbott lives and works in Bristol, UK.
