Quick Facts
Biography
Douglas Abdell (born 1947) is an American sculptor, living and working in Malaga, Spain.
Early life and education
Abdell was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1947, to parents of Lebanese and Italian origin. In 1970 he graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture.
Career
Abdell is predominately a sculptor and has worked with cast and welded bronze, welded steel, and carved stone. In the early eighties he had a period of painting with oil, acrylics and mixed media collage works. In the last 30 years his work has been devoted to political and social themes related to the Mediterranean Countries and their history more specifically Phoenician and Arabic with their specific symbols and languages. The materials of these works are cast bronze, carved stone and etchings. He is currently living in Malaga, Spain.
Selected exhibitions
Individual Exhibitions
- 1971 – Graham Gallery, New York City.
- 1972 – Graham Gallery, New York City.
- 1977 – Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York City.
- 1979 – Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York City.
- 1979 – Park Avenue, New York City, New York.
- 1981 – Amerika Haus Berlin, West Germany.
- 1981 – "Berlín Phoenaes", Mike Steiner Studio Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
- 1981 – Dartmouth College Museum & Galleries Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover, New Hampshire.
- 1981 – Marisa del Re Gallery, New York City, New York.
- 1982 – Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York City.
- 1983 – Gallozzi-La Placa Gallery, New York City.
- 1985 – Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1991 – "La Quarta Guerra Punica", Galleria Massimo Riposati, Roma, Italy.
- 1991 – "La Quarta Guerra Punica", Galleria Agorá, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy.
- 1995 – "La unió dels Estats Fenicis", Pati Llimona, Barcelona, Spain.
- 1996 – "La unió deIs Estats Fenicis" Casal de Vespella de Gaiá Catalunya, Pati Llimona, Barcelona, Spain.
- 1996 – "Abdell, Unión de Los Estados Fenicios" Museo Pablo Gargallo, Zaragoza, Spain.
- 2005 – "Abdell, El retorno del Fenicio" Museo de Adra, Centro de Arte, Adra, Almería, Spain.
- 2017 – "Abdell, El retorno del Fenicio" Museo de Chiclana, Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain.
- 2018 – "Abdell, El retorno del Fenicio" Museum of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.
- 2019 – "Abdell, El retorno del Fenicio" Antonio Gala Foundation, Córdoba, Spain.
Works in museums and public collections
- Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- H. H. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano, Switzerland.
- Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.
- Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York.
- Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
- Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Brooklyn Museum, New York City, New York.
- Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth.
- Mc Nay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas.
- Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas.
- University of Notre Dame, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, Indiana.
- Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa.
- John Jay Park, East 76th Street & York Avenue, New York City, New York.
- Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archives, Miami, Florida.
- Tabor College, Hillsboro, Kansas.
- Brandeis University, Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Massachusetts.
- Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina.
- Quadrat Museum, Bottrop, West Germany.
- Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi.
- Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
- Stanford University, Stanford California.
