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ABIGAIL MCCALLUM

ABOUT ABIGAIL MCCALLUM

Abigail McCallum

b. 1990

Abigail McCallum’s luminous oil paintings are built up with layers of richly-saturated natural pigments. Her favorite subject is botanical forms, abstracted through attention to scale, color, and repetition. Drawing from an early background in music and dance, McCallum creates paintings that are meant to be experienced sensually rather than cognitively; beauty and immediacy are central to her work. She cites Chaim Soutine, Edwin Dickinson, and Walter Murch as influences, along with classical ballet and punk music.

After receiving her BA in Studio art from Gonzaga University in Washington, McCallum returned to her native San Francisco to continue her art career. She has been working in a wonderfully musty studio in a South San Francisco warehouse for the last four years.

EDUCATION
2012 BA, Studio Art, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 "Smothered," Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 "In the Weeds," Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

2016 “Nocturne,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

2015 “In Search of Lost Time,” Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA

2015 “Same, Same, But Different 4.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

2014 “Same, Same, But Different 3.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

2012 Senior Art Exhibition, Jundt Art Museum, Spokane, WA

2011 “Explorations XII,” Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA

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