Abigail Romanchak is a Maui-based Native Hawaiian printmaker, whose work is collected internationally. Romanchak earned a bachelor’s and master’s of fine arts in printmaking from

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. She has held teaching positions at The Contemporary Museum, the

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and Punahou School on

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, as well as at Maui Arts & Cultural Center and Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center on Maui. Romanchak's work has been exhibited in the

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, the

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, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Hawaii, the

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, the

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, the

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, Hawaii State Art Museum, and the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii.

Honors and awards

* Romanchak was one of 12 Native Hawaiian artists featured in a $35 million dollar renovation of the Waikiki Beachcomber resort * 2012 she was recognized as a rising artist in

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* Romanchak's work has been recognized multiple times by the

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* 2001 Most Outstanding Printmaker, University of Hawaii Manoa, HI * 2002 John Young Award for the Arts, Honolulu, HI * 2003 Kamehameha Schools Scholarships for the Arts, Honolulu, HI * 2010 Ellen Choy Craig Award, Biennial IX, the Contemporary Museum, HI * 2011, 2009, 2006 State Foundation on Culture & the Arts, Recognition Award, HI * 2015 Native Hawaiian Artist Fellowship

References

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