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 Winter Solstice when the Sun enters Capricorn on Dec. 21st.  Her mixed media collage Georgia O'Keeffe (Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1977) will debut in the ARIZONA BIENNIAL 2020 at Tucson Museum of Art on Oct. 1st.  Join curators and juror Joe Baker (Mashantucket Pequot Museum), Miki Garcia (ASU Art Museum) and Erin Joyce (Heard Museum) in conversation with TMA's chief curator, Dr. Julie Sasse, to discuss current trends in The Critical Eye:  What Curators of Contemporary Art Look For on Sunday, Oct. 4th at 2 p.m.  This prestigious exhibition of Arizona's outstanding artists will be on view through January 10th, 2021, at TMA.

Image Detail:  Georgia O'Keeffe (Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1977) (C) 2020