Ke Ano
2023
Waiohuli, Hawaiʻi
Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.
Abigail Romanchak’s work shows nationally and internationally. Her work belongs to many public and private collections, including The Australia National Museum, The White House, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hawaii State Art Museum, Jon Hara Associates, Inc. Architects and The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii. Abigail received the Ellen Craig Choy Award, as most outstanding artist, in the 2010 Biennial IX at The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu. In 2015, Abigail was awarded the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation fellowship. This fellowship made it possible for Abigail to produce a new body of work for a group exhibition, 'Aloha 'Aina', at The Lower Saxony State Museum, Hanover, Germany; Galerie Rash, Kassel, Germany; and Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany. In 2024, Abigail exhibited a new body of work at Gallery Ether in Tokyo. Abigail Romanchak holds a BFA and MFA in printmaking from the University of Hawaii, Manoa.
Joan Mitchell Fellowship, 2024
My work reveals an essential alignment between multiple systems of marking and is greatly influenced by the conceptual terrain human imprint on the natural environment. Some examples include the tracks conservationists leave in pristine native forest, disappearing silence, and native birdsongs.”