Rhoda Yvette Weissman was born in New York in 1929, she died in California in 2016.
Rhoda Weissman and her husband Albert provided a generous legacy gift to the Jewish Community Foundation Orange County to fund arts related programs.
Rhoda Weissman studied at Goddard College in Plainfield, VT, California State University in Northridge, CA, and at the Art Students League in New York, NY.
She maintained an art studio in West Los Angeles and was a prolific artist, creating over one-hundred original paintings. She was a member of The National League of American Pen Women.
From 1988 through 1990, she served as exhibition chairperson for the Southern California Women’s Caucus for the Arts. From 1994 through 2001, she served as a docent for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 2017, two of Rhoda Weissman’s paintings were acquired for permanent display at the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, CA. Also, in 2017, the Laguna Art Museum exhibited her work.
The art of Rhoda Weissman is or has been exhibited and/or sold in museums, galleries, universities and government facilities including but not necessarily limited to the following:
Alpert Jewish Community Center, Long Beach, CA
Amel Gallery, New York City, NY
Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
Beverly Hills Art League, Beverly Hills, CA
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Bridge Gallery, City Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Burbank Central Library Art Gallery, Burbank, CA
Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
Downey Museum, Downey, CA
Environment Gallery, New York City, NY
Finegood Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fullerton College Gallery, Fullerton, CA
Galerie Galerie, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery 57, Fullerton, CA
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Hippodrome Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Installations Gallery, Encino, CA
Joslyn Fine Arts Gallery, Torrance, CA
Kwok Wau Lau Studio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Laguna Woods Art Association, Laguna Woods, CA
Lancaster Museum, Lancaster, CA
Long Beach Art Association, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Minus Zero Gallery, Torrance, CA
Mount St. Mary’s College, Brentwood, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
North Shore Community Arts Center, New York City, NY
Open Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Art Guild, Pacific Palisades, CA
Pacific Palisades Library Art Gallery, Pacific Palisades, CA
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Palo Alto Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
Pauline & Zena Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Roberts Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Santa Monica College Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Santa Monica Library, Santa Monica, CA
Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT
Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, CA
Thousand Oaks Art Association, Thousand Oaks, CA
Torrance Cultural Art Center, Torrance, CA
Unity Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA
Vista del Mar Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
West Valley Jewish Center, Woodland Hills, CA
Westchester Art Society, White Plains, NY
Westwood Art Association Gallery, Westwood, CA
William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
Zora’s Art Gallery, Brentwood, CA
