• About the artist

    abel berumen

    In 2018, I became Lgally Blind. Angry, confused, and simply mad, my world was now upside down. I began living on the edges of each day. I avoided people, places, friends, and the sun.
    Up till then, I made my living as a commercial fashion photographer. Now, what I worked so hard to be, was no longer possible.

    That was then, and now is now.

    Today, I'm at peace. Working mostly from memory, my art practice questions the resonance of memories. It's as if memories are a receipt of our very existence. Proof that we are here. We exist . With my memories, sense of touch, smell, and hearing, I would be blind.
    Today, with the help of my love ones, and my art practice, I see further than ever before.

  • CV

    The Schoo Of The Art Institute Of Chicago/SAIC, MFA

    Columbia College ,Chicago. BFA

    Commercial/Advertising Fashion Photographer 1990-2014

    Multidisciplinary Artist 2014- Present

    Legally Blind 2018

    Group shows -

    • The Oak Park Film Festival - 2025

    Dominated for "Best Director"
    Film-My Name Is Gia
    Short Documentary
    Writer,Producer,Director


    • The school of The Art Institute of Chicago - Grad 2016 show


    The Oak Park Art League group shows 2024)

    •Little x Little
    •New year new work
    •Poetry of place
    •Wee see you -Diversity and inclusion
    •Inner orbits
    •The 103rd anniversary Oak Park art league show

    (The Oak Park Art League group shows 2025)

    •The Cabinet of Secrets
    •EXPO OPAL Member Show
    •Sculpture
    •Under Construction
    •More Than Meets The Eye


    Second Sense
    •Beyond Vision Loss Group Show 2025
    Work made b artist who are Legally Blind or Bkind


    Film Work

    •Hatsumi
    Art house short
    2008
    Producer, DP

    •Hell City
    full length doc
    2013
    Co-producer, DP

    •Helping Innocent Vessels
    Short doc
    2010
    Producer,DP

    •Speed Dating
    Short
    2014
    Photographer

    •ABEL
    Short doc
    A film by Brian Zahnm
    2025
    The story of Abel loosing his eyesight

    • My best friend Louie and his best friend Sinky Butt
    Short -2012
    Writer,Producer,Cinematographer

    • My Name Is Gia
    Short Documentary -2016
    Writer, Producer, Cinematographer

    • Mr/Sines
    Short Documentary- 2015
    Writer, Producer, Cinematographer

    • Blindness
    Short- 202020
    Writer,Producer