{{short description|American artist}} {{Infobox artist | name = Rhonda Zwillinger | image = Photo of Rhonda Zwillinger.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | other_names = | birth_date = {{Birth year|1950}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York | death_date = {{Death year and age|2019|1950}} | death_place = Arizona | nationality = | education = | field = | training = | movement = Kitsch | works = | patrons = | awards = | spouse = | partner = | website = | alma_mater = }} '''Rhonda Zwillinger''' (1950–2019) was an American artist who created paintings, photographs, sculptures, jewelry.
Zwillinger was born in 1950 in Brooklyn, New York.<ref name="ArtNet">{{cite web |title=Artists: Rhonda Zwillinger |url=https://www.artnet.com/artists/rhonda-zwillinger/biography |access-date=29 March 2025 |website=ArtNet}}</ref> She spent the majority of her career in New York.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Glueck |first=Grace |author-link=Grace Glueck |date=26 June 1983 |title=A Gallery Scene that Pioneers in New Territories |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/26/arts/gallery-view-a-gallery-scene-that-pioneers-in-new-territories.html?searchResultPosition=2 |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251022033401/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/26/arts/gallery-view-a-gallery-scene-that-pioneers-in-new-territories.html?searchResultPosition=2 |archive-date=22 October 2025 |access-date=21 October 2025 |work=The New York Times |pages=A.27 |id={{ProQuest|424653166}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sabbath |first=Lawrence |date=7 March 1985 |title=East Village art seethes with energy |work=The Gazette |pages=C.10 |id={{ProQuest|431204980}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Louie |first=Elaine |date=9 January 1992 |title=Snow at Your Fingertips, No Mittens Required |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/09/garden/currents-snow-at-your-fingertips-no-mittens-required.html?searchResultPosition=1 |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251022032538/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/09/garden/currents-snow-at-your-fingertips-no-mittens-required.html?searchResultPosition=1 |archive-date=22 October 2025 |access-date=21 October 2025 |work=The New York Times |pages=C.3 |id={{ProQuest|428371209}}}}</ref> She moved to Arizona in 1991 seeking relief from multiple chemical sensitivity.<ref name="Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen">{{cite web |date=26 September 2019 |title=Farewell to Rhonda Zwillinger (1950-2019) |url=https://www.boijmans.nl/index.php/en/news/farewell-to-rhonda-zwillinger-1950-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251022-024108/https://www.boijmans.nl/index.php/en/news/farewell-to-rhonda-zwillinger-1950-2019 |archive-date=22 October 2025 |access-date=29 March 2025 |website=Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Motavalli |first=Jim |last2=Bogo |first2=Jennifer |date=January–February 2000 |title=Wild Ideas: 12 Trends for the New Millennium |work=E–The Environmental Magazine |pages=33 |volume=11 |issue=1 |id={{ProQuest|229017352}}}}</ref> She died on September 19, 2019.<ref name="Hedendaagse sieraden">{{cite web |last1=Doornbusch |first1=Esther |date=23 December 2020 |title=Rhonda Zwillinger |url=https://hedendaagsesieraden.nl/2020/12/23/rhonda-zwillinger/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120035050/https://hedendaagsesieraden.nl/2020/12/23/rhonda-zwillinger/ |archive-date=20 January 2025 |access-date=29 March 2025 |website=Hedendaagse sieraden |language=nl-NL}}</ref>
She was included in several group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art including the 1984 show ''The New Portrait''.<ref name="MoMA">{{cite web |title=Artists: Rhonda Zwillinger |url=https://www.moma.org/artists/73927-rhonda-zwillinger |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250711153019/https://www.moma.org/artists/73927-rhonda-zwillinger |archive-date=11 July 2025 |access-date=29 March 2025 |website=Museum of Modern Art |language=en}}</ref> Her work is in thecollection of the Brooklyn Museum,<ref name="Brooklyn Museum">{{cite web |title=Collection/Decorative Arts and Design - <em>Necklace</em> - Rhonda Zwillinger |url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/es-US/objects/182036 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251022030325/https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/es-US/objects/182036 |archive-date=22 October 2025 |access-date=29 March 2025 |website=Brooklyn Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> the Delaware Art Museum,<ref name="Delaware Art Museum">{{cite web |title=Rhonda Zwillinger |url=https://emuseum.delart.org/people/2095/rhonda-zwillinger?ctx=efe6caec0c4436efdddd40c64707c288c46942b0&idx=15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251022030810/https://emuseum.delart.org/people/2095/rhonda-zwillinger?ctx=efe6caec0c4436efdddd40c64707c288c46942b0&idx=15 |archive-date=22 October 2025 |access-date=29 March 2025 |website=Delaware Art Museum |language=en}}</ref> and the Design Museum Den Bosch.<ref name="Hedendaagse sieraden"/>
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== External links == *[https://www.cultureelerfgoeddebijenkorf.nl/beauty-world/van-verkoopmeubel-tot-kunst/ ''Van verkoopmeubel tot kunst'' (From sales furniture to art)] Cultureel Erfgoed de Bijenkorf (in German)
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