Local artist accused of plagiarism in Balboa Park exhibit

An art exhibit in Balboa Park has been shut down amid allegations of plagiarism by a local painter, Jody Abssy. The exhibit, called Gather Ye Goddesses, at Gallery 21 in the Spanish Village Art Center included 33 paintings of ancient goddesses.

Abssy spoke on camera and gave a tour of her exhibit to News 8 in March, just days before the plagiarism accusations came to light.

“Some of them [paintings] came together very quickly and some of them gave me a lot of trouble. And I had to keep going back to satisfy them – the goddess – and to satisfy me as an artist,” Abssy said during her initial interview with News 8.

The plagiarism allegations started to come in after the San Diego Union-Tribune published photos of some of Abssy’s goddess paintings.

Soon after, Gallery 21 shut down the exhibit in mid March.

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