Eileen Abdul-Rashid

Eileen Abdulrashid is a 20th-century artist.

Biography

Eileen Abdul-Rashid (now Eileen Nelson[1]) was born in California. Eileen Abdul-Rashid is known for crafts person-enamel on copper.[2] Her cousin is artist Senga Nengudi.[1]

Abdul-Rashid has created some exhibitions in the 20 century. For example, one is "Los Angeles (CA). Gallery 32.Sapphire (You've Come A Long Way, Baby).1971.Group exhibition. Curated by Suzanne Jackson. Possibly the first African American women's art exhibition in California. Included: Gloria Bohanon, Senga Nengudi (as Sue Irons), Eileen Abdulrashid, Suzanne Jackson, Betye Saar".

The other one is "OAKLAND (CA). Mills College Art Gallery. In California Black Craftsmen.February 15 – March 8, 1970.24 pp. exhib. cat., 19 b&w illus. plus thumbnail photos of all of the 17 artists. Curated by E. J. Montgomery. Plagued with typos in artists' names (corrected here). Includes: Eileen Abdulrashid (Los Angeles), Gloria R. Bohanon (Los Angeles), Sheryle Butler (Oakland), Hubert Collins (Oakland), Dale B. Davis (LA), Ibibio Fundi (Berkeley), Manuel Gomez (Oakland), Vernita Henderson (El Sobrante), Ernest Leroy Herbert (Altadena), Ben James (Alameda), Bob Jefferson (Berkeley), Doyle Lane (Los Angeles), William Maxwell (LA), Evangeline Montgomery (San Francisco), John Wilfred Outterbridge (Altadena), Donald R. Stinson (LA), Carole Ward (San Jose). 8vo (22 cm.), black paper covers, lettered in white."[3]

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