These images include examples of my professional paintings, installations, sculpture, and prints. I have worked as a professional artist and art educator for over 20 years in New York and California.
Rhia Hurt
Professional Artwork
As a painter, installation artist, and sculptor, I have had the opportunity to install and exhibit my work in various settings. In selecting the images below, I have included several examples of artworks to provide samples of projects I have been involved in.
Balancing Act Series: Deconstructed paint to create abstract landscapes, acrylic paint and pigments on synthetic watercolor paper, 2022
Commission With Tiffany & Co to Create Artwork for Stores Worldwide, including Spain, Italy, Taiwan, South Korea, Qatar, and more
Seeing Through: Solo Show, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2019
Site-Specific Installation, Painted duralar, and photo films adhered to a wall. Private Collection, Hamptons, NY, 2021
The Painting Center, Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love, Site-Specific Installation, Sculpture and photo films adhered to a 15' wall. Chelsea NY, 2021
Big Heart Constellation: Site-Specific Installation, Painted duralar, sculpture and photo films adhered to a 20' wall. Private Collection, Hamptons, NY, 2021
Seeing Through: Solo Show, Site-Specific Installation, Sculpture and photo films adhered to a 12' wall, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2019
Wall Flowers, Round Frames, Various Sizes, 2024
Wall Flower Series: Three Dimensional, Layered Paintings, 2023
Installation of Wall Flowers, Commissioned for Kaiser, Downtown, Santa Cruz, CA, 2022
Commission for UCSF Medical Center, Mission Bay: A collection of Wall Flowers, Framed, 2024
Blurring Boundaries: The Women Of American Abstract Artists, 1936–present Curated by Rebecca DiGiovanna
Composition in Orange, Watercolor and acrylic collage on paper. Commission for Kaiser, Downtown Santa Cruz, 11x14, 2022
Composition in Blue, Watercolor and acrylic collage on paper. Commission for Kaiser, Downtown Santa Cruz, 11x14, 2022
Composition in Yellow, Watercolor and acrylic collage on paper. 11x14, 2022
Wire Sculpture with Draped Painted Silk. Seeing Through: Solo Show, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2019
Drawn Line in Space: Wire Sculpture. Seeing Through: Solo Show, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2019
Red Earth, acrylic, canvas over wire, approximately 36 x 40 x 8 in. Installation on view at The Yard: Williamsburg through March 23rd, 2018
Wire and painted fabric forms installation. Andre Zarre Gallery, Solo Show, Rhia Hurt: New Paintings, Chelsea, NY, 2016
Wire and painted fabric forms installation. Andre Zarre Gallery, Solo Show, Rhia Hurt: New Paintings, Chelsea, NY, 2016
CV Resume
I am an artist and visual arts educator with over 20 years of experience in art application, art education, and professional art representation.
Please refer to my CV for the full scope of my professional experience.