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
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New Series – Out of the Mist
Finished a series of small paintings on paper for a new series in the works entitled “Out of the Mist”. I plan to create a larger set in this series, playing with the same layers of black on white and white on black with a touch of color. Inspired by the famous abstract expressionists Motherwell… Continue reading New Series – Out of the Mist
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
Stitched Stagnation: New Drawing Series
This series was created for my most recent show in downtown Los Angeles at Basic Flowers as part of Wet Silk: Illustrated Edition. Touching back to sewing paper with the new addition of vellum as a layering device. The process began with a small old drawing from my study abroad trip to France back in… Continue reading Stitched Stagnation: New Drawing Series
Publication in TUBE Magazine
“Optical Journeys: Joyce Nojima and Kayla Cloonan at En Em Art Space” by Justina Martino A lovely write-up on the show “Deceptive Clarity” at my representing gallery in Sacramento, CA: EN EM Art Space. M.A. in Art History and Gallery Assistant for EN EM Art Space, Justina Martino. “Deceptive Clarity features Kayla Cloonan’s large multi-media… Continue reading Publication in TUBE Magazine
Progress in the Studio: Work for EN EM Art Space
Finally photographed some of the stuff I’ve been working on in the studio the last few months. This is work for a series to be shown at my first show with my new representing gallery EN EM Art Space! The show is in Sacramento, CA and will be on display from October 1 – November… Continue reading Progress in the Studio: Work for EN EM Art Space
Trading
Hello fellow artists, If you reached this page it’s because you are interested in trading artwork with me! What better way for us to build our collection than trading and sharing each others work? Right now I am open to trading any drawing 11″x14″ or smaller; this makes it inexpensive and easy to ship for… Continue reading Trading
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
Artist Journal #21
2/25/15 Art is an important activity of daily life. A mean for self-expression and confidence, discovery and positive creation. To make art with your hands is a positive, non-violent expression of self. Imagination and creative problem solving are imperative to everyday life experiences. Making art is a way of seeing, feeling and experiencing the world… Continue reading Artist Journal #21
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!
Kalel R. Cloonan 