About the artist

RHONDA URDANG is an independent studio artist working across multiple disciplines. Since founding Flagstaff Feminist Art Studio, she has worked primarily in femmage, book art, collage, digital manipulation, assemblage, film, painting & satire. Her thought-provoking artworks have been shown extensively in regional, national, and international group shows in 41 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. 

The New Moon in Aries (fire sign) will occur on March 29 with a partial Solar Eclipse when the moon will take a big "bite" out of the sun.  The Pink Full Moon in Libra (air sign) reaches peak illumination on Passover which begins at sundown on April 12, and asks us to realign with our true selves.  This marks a time for balance, harmony, and the potential for transformation in relationships, partnerships, and personal boundaries.  The Celtic Tree month of Willow represented by the Ogham letter (Old Irish):  Saille (S) symbolizing fertility, flexibility, new life, spirituality and psychic abilities, with strong connections to the moon and water, begins on April 15 .  Earth Day on April 22 is an annual event to demonstrate support for environmental protection of the planet.  First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally through earthday.org including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries -- and focuses on environmental issues that the world faces in the chaotic Trump regime.

Rhonda's femmage She will be on display in Pain Points:  Bearing Witness in the Present Tense -- hosted by the Women's Caucus for Art via Kunstmatrix Gallery, Berlin, Germany, with an online opening on April 18.   Our experiences, our pain points, are real and deserve recognition as we grapple with unprecedented challenges in a world that is on fire.  The national juried exhibition with more than 120 artworks will run through June 15.  

Image:  She (C) 2025 All rights reserved

"All oppression creates a state of war.  And there is no exception.  I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth -- and truth rewarded me" -- Simone de Beauvoir