Reception – Saturday, May 25th from 3-6pm Shoebox Projects 660 South Avenue 21 #3 LA Ca 90031 Live Performance @4:30pm Memory. Loss. Trauma. Pain. Love. Anger. Thrill. Anxiety. Obsession. Seeking Connectivity. Constructing Consciousness. I am a compilation of knowledge, experiences and beliefs being constantly broken up and rearranged throughout life’s unexpected turns. Everything that is… Continue reading Artist In Residence | Solo Show “Peripheral Nerve”
Tag: collage
Off the Wall: Small Works Exhibition
Shoebox Projects 660 South Avenue 21 #3 LA Ca 90031 http://www.shoeboxprojects.com Fun time and great art by Los Angeles based artists, myself included showing three collages from the series “Cut Outs”
New Series: Working Title “Heavy Breathing”
Clutter. Chaos. Insanity. Anxiety. Overwhelming. Pure energy. Force. Anger. Rage. Frustration. Intimidation. Pure. Garbage. Holes. Circles. Domination. Determination. Claustrophobic. Crushed. Tight. Suffocation. [shown: 5 of 22, works on paper] This series developed over the course of a tough year for me in which I physically moved around several states, delving deeply into myself to discover… Continue reading New Series: Working Title “Heavy Breathing”
Artist Journal #35
8/27/17 I like that there’s not a lot of paint on the surface itself. It feels scraped. It feels rubbed raw. It looks like skin with its tight folds of fabric. It’s stained. It’s hung to dry. It’s dry-rotted. It feels toasted by the sun. Moisture sucked out by the desert. The fabric swatches on… Continue reading Artist Journal #35
Artist Feature // Asymmetric Magazine
Artist Feature in Asymmetric Magazine 2017 An excerpt from the interview: AM: We love your layering and use of mixed media! Can you tell us a bit about your process for creating a new piece and choosing materials? KC: In my studio, I always foster an environment of playfulness. I make no preliminary sketches or… Continue reading Artist Feature // Asymmetric Magazine
Upcoming Shows in Chattanooga, TN
TONIGHT: First show here in Chattanooga is TONIGHT at Barking Legs Theater! Check out the event page and join if you are in the area: Gallery For A Night: Backyard Edition. It’s a ‘fire-sale’ so all my work is UP TO 50% OFF! Great chance to start a collection with drawings, paintings and collages from… Continue reading Upcoming Shows in Chattanooga, TN
Artist Journal #26
7/2/15 < Sheets > It’s about the fabric, its history, the palette it offers in color. Three larger paintings, stretched unevenly so that the edges of the wood shows. One pink, one green, one blue. < Paper > It’s about the shapes, the isolation of the space, the illusion of atmospheric relations. the final layers… Continue reading Artist Journal #26
Artist Journal #23
3/11/15 I had a break-through moment in the studio with this painting, which for a while I couldn’t quite crack the code for what it needed to be complete. I have succeeded in creating a single, larger shape, floating on a white surface; surface tension. It both sinks into the fabric beneath the history of… Continue reading Artist Journal #23
Curating: Mindow’s Bon Voyage Party and Art Show
My next group show is coming up tomorrow and my fellow artist friend Myriad Slits and I will be curating the work of six artists! This includes our work of course, as well as live music from four Los Angeles based bands ——-> Mindow’s Bon Voyage Party and Art Show, March 21st, 9pm-3am, Studio 1230,… Continue reading Curating: Mindow’s Bon Voyage Party and Art Show
Now Available for Purchase!
Life just got easier for all you art lovers out there <3 <3 <3 My work is now available for purchase through Saatchi Art Online and my new Etsy store! Visit Saatchi Art Online for larger original paintings, and visit Etsy for smaller original drawings and collages. Thanks for supporting the arts!
Kal L. Cloonan 