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Kim Victoria Abeles
Kim Victoria Abeles is an American activist artist who was born in Richmond Heights, Missouri on August 28, 1952. Over the years Abeles has demonstated her passion to make changes and share knowledge within our environement through her inspiring art. Abeles has also focused on other subjects including feminism, HIV/AIDS, mental health, urban environment, aging, pollution, labor and collective memory. Abeles has 3 main concepts within her art, which are civil rights, feminism, and the environment we currently live in.

Early Life
Abeles is the daughter of Burton Noel Write and Frances Elizabeth Sander. Abeles was born in Missouri but the moved to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. While in Pittsburg, she felt influenced to start her project The Smog Collector. Abeles has been working and living in the city of Los Angeles since the 1978. Abeles attended Ohio University where she received her BFA in painting and then earned her MFA in studio art from the University of California, Irvine in 1980.

Artwork
Abeles has created a plethora of beautiful projects that carry important messages. She has done multiple different kinds of art, whether it is sculputres. materials, drawings, or multimedia.

The Smog Collector
Created in 1987, which caught the attention of the media all over the world. Broadcasted on several famous news stations. Abeles wanted to portray an image of how a factory's spewing formaldehydeyde caused issues surrounding her home. She used stencils and adhesives to capture all the smog in the area and how damaging it appeared to be. Images were created with the smog which was put up as her representation of art.

HIV/AIDS Tarot
Abeles had the idea to create some tarot cards with images and phrases to show the importance of AIDS/HIV. However, there were only 7 cards in total therefore it was not a full deck of cards. Her idea was to bring more awareness to AIDS/HIV.

Paper Person
This Paper Person project was held at California State University of Los Angeles. The project consisted of a huge paper trash person that was infact made up of trash building up from students who litter. Students were allowed to see how their trash builds up and teaches them to be mindful of their choices that can affect the environment.

Exhibitions

 * LA Art Show, Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk at the Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA


 * Community room, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena,CA


 * Seaver Gallery, Marlborough School


 * Nicholas & Lee Begovich Gallery, California State University Fullerton


 * Pearls of Wisdom:End the Violence

Collections

 * Thru the Earth, 2006, Funded through the School Beautification Program, Community Magnet School, Bel Air, California.


 * The Importance of Objects (The Natural History Museum Collection), 2005, Commissioned by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.


 * From Your Seat, Sidewalk Medallions, and Hill Street Time Keeper, 2001, Commissioned by MTA, Metro Art, Los Angeles, Located in the Grand Central Market Court by Suissman Urban Design; and along Hill St. sidewalks.


 * Shared Skies, 2014, Administered by the Community Redevelopment Agency Anderson Munger Family YMCA, Los Angeles; Roger Chikhani, AIA, Luckman Partnership