Edith Abeyta is a Los Angeles multimedia artist who makes work out of the detritus of consumer culture. By combining trash she's gleaned off the streets of downtown Los Angeles into sculpture, quilts and extensive, community base collaboration, she exposes the ugly side of abundance in the beautiful objects she makes. In her collaborative 'assignment' based projects, she undermines the traditional role of the gallery by reinventing curatorial notions.

Personal
Born in Oaklawn, Illinois on March 11,1966
Resides in Los Angeles, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006
I Miss You, Acorn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Magic of Commonplace Things, Sandpaper Books, Los Angeles, CA

2005
Can’t Get No Satisfaction, Walled City Gallery, San Pedro, CA

2004
Paper Trail, White Box, San Pedro, CA

2003
Beauty of Need, Ojala Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Lim(b)it, Walled City Gallery, San Pedro, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006
Intimate Geographies, Acorn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Crossworks, Highland Grounds, Los Angeles, CA
8th Annual Valentine’s Invitational, Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR
A Short and Sweet Epiphany, Tropico de Nopal, Los Angeles, CA
Sharp Objects, Angel’s Ink, San Pedro, CA

2005
Small Works III: Beyond the Thunderdome, Walled City Gallery, San Pedro, CA
Tree of Life, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
Arroyo Arts Collective 13th Annual Discovery Tour, Acorn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Zest, Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, CA
4th Annual Recycled Arts Show[i], New York Fashion Academy, Seattle, WA
[i]You Are I Am, Foundation Gallery, Chicago, IL
Seems Familiar, Acorn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Recognize: Snapshots of Los Angeles Bike Riders, Bike Summer, Flor Y Canto,Los Angeles, CA
Women Here, Women There, Women Everywhere, Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
Versionfest 05, Buddy Gallery, Chicago, IL
26th Annual Venice Art Walk & Auction, Venice Family Clinic, Venice, CA
Blue Stockings, Flor Y Canto, Los Angeles, CA
The Other Early Americans, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA

2004
Hungry Ghost, Walled City Gallery, San Pedro, CA
October Surprise, Arroyo Arts Collective, Los Angeles, CA
Forget-Me-Not: Portraits, Momentos and Trinkets, Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR
gardenLAb, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
3rd Recycled Art Show, BallardWorks, Seattle, WA
Freedom Frenzy, Nocturna, Portland, OR
Lend a Hand, Flor Y Canto, Los Angeles, CA
The 12 Inches I Never Had, Department of Safety, Anacortes, WA
Lost Women of Juarez, Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA
Liberation Doll Parade, Flor Y Canto, Los Angeles, CA
25th Annual Venice Art Walk & Auction, Venice Family Clinic, Venice, CA
Girls Who Wear Glasses, Crazyspace, Los Angeles, CA
My Secret Valentine, 700 E. 1st Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
5th Annual Valentine Invitational, Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR
Reversing Vandalism, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA

2003
Footprints, Star Shoes, Los Angeles, CA
Big Gifts, Small Works, Walled City Gallery, San Pedro, CA
Shelter, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Our Voices Within, Women’s Building, San Francisco, CA
The Coffee and Donut Show, TNT Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Body Art, Art Coalition, North Hollywood, CA
[sub]URBAN [sub]VERSION, Zone 9 Art, Los Angeles, CA
Ground Founds, Smart Gals Speakeasy, Los Angeles, CA
Harrell Fletcher: Learning to Love You More, Diverseworks, Houston, TX
Rebearth, Creation Station, Lansing, MI
Route 66 Art Auction, Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Art Coalition Art Auction, Art Coalition, North Hollywood, CA

2002
Keep a Breast, Triple Five Soul, New York, NY
Ladyfest, Old Bank Building, Los Angeles, CA
Three, Three Gallery, San Pedro, CA
Girls of Summer, Art Coalition, North Hollywood, CA
Words, Gallery G, San Pedro, CA
Cannibal Flower, Bank Building, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Portraits, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Yei Tochtli, Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA


Edith L. Abeyta
1873 Echo Park Avenue
Los Angles, CA 90026
USA
edithabeyta@gmail.com