Eileen Abdulrashid (also known as Elieen Nelson) is an American artist and craftsperson who is known for her work in enamel on copper.
[3][6] Abdulrashid is known for being a part of the first exhibition of contemporary African-American women artists in the United States, Sapphire: You've Come a Long Way, Baby held at Suzanne Jackson's Gallery 32 in Los Angeles in 1970.
Other participating artists included Betye Saar, Gloria Bohanon, Suzanne Jackson, Yvonne Cole Meo, and Senga Nengudi (listed as "S.
Abdulrashid was one of nineteen artists featured in the Mills College Art Gallery-organized, traveling exhibition 1970 California Black Craftsmen (1970), alongside Gloria Bohanon, Sheryle Butler, Hubert Collins, Dale Brockman Davis, Ibibio Fundi, Manuel Gomez, Vernita Henderson, Ernest Leroy Herbert, Ben James, Bob Jefferson, Doyle Lane, William Maxwell, Evangeline Montgomery, John Outterbridge, Donald R. Stinson, Carole Ward, Curtis Tann, and Harry S. Richardson.
[3] At an exhibition at the Foyer Gallery in the Marin County Civic Center in 1975, her works included paintings, drawings, sculpture, and enamel-work, and they incorporated a wide variety of materials.