About the artist

RHONDA URDANG is an independent studio artist working across multiple disciplines. Since founding Flagstaff Feminist Art Project, she has worked primarily in femmage, book art, collage, digital manipulation, assemblage, painting and satire. Her thought-provoking artworks have been shown extensively in regional, national, and international group shows in 40 states. Rhonda received her BFA with an emphasis in painting from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and later worked as a journeyman color separation artist in Phoenix, retouching high-fashion catalogs for Anne Klein, Ann Taylor, Bergdorf Goodman, Bonwit Teller, Estee Lauder, and Neiman Marcus.  She is looking forward to the Fall Equinox on September 22nd when the Sun enters Libra.  Her mixed media collage After Portrait of a Negress (1800) will be shown in Women Artists Making Their Mark | 12th Annual Women's Show in an online exhibition [due to the pandemic] at O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, opening on Sep. 14th.   A Roundtable zoom discussion with co-jurors and artists will be Sep. 15th at 4 p.m. PDT.

Image Detail:  After Portrait of a Negress (1800) (C) 2018