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Kathie Olivas – “Surly”
Kathie Olivas is a multi-media narrative artist who resides in Algodones, NM. She began drawing portraits as a child and fud an extreme love for creating from her imagination a world that did not exist in her own reality, often driven by her connection with the alter ego and reflective of her own visceral experiences with a rare genetic disorder.
For almost three decades, her work has explored society’s insatiable desire to assign ‘cuteness’ and our discomfort with the unknown. Part of a genre she refers to as “Sentimentalism”, her vision is a dark blend of early American portraiture set in post apocalyptic times. Her character driven paintings and sculptures are a satirical look at how fear affects our sense of reality. Her mutated, wide eyed children and anthropomorphic creatures are meant to evoke a familiarity, a nostalgic reaction that reflects isolation and uncertainty, yet they also act as empowered alter egos. While these characters explore their new lonely worlds, they double as our narrators capable of developing their own defense mechanisms. They guide us through their reality as they experience it and yet, even in their company, we are granted no reassurance.
Mizna Wada – “Memories of Drawlloween”
A new series of macabre kawaii in drawings, plush figures, books, and paintings from the Japan based pop horror illustrator Mizna Wada. Memories of Drawlloween is a retrospective drawing series from 2015-2022 based on the annual Halloween drawing tradition.
Aunia Kahn – “Mysterium World”
Aunia Kahn is a multi-faceted entrepreneur and a globally awarded and collected artist/photographer, published author, curator, and inspirational speaker.
Kahn’s artistic journey started as a therapeutic response to a challenging upbringing and her enduring battle with chronic illnesses like Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Dysatonomia, and POTS. Art became a way to express herself and a survival mechanism, rather than an initial career pursuit. Her artwork and photography weave together human and animal subjects, blending symbolism, nature, autonomy, and the profound themes of mortality and rebirth.
Tripper Dungan – “Let’s Start a Band”
Portland Based artist Tripper Dungan makes pictures that lean towards the absurd and utilizes humor to provoke meaningful connection. He finds inspiration in old cartoons from the 1930’s, ’40’s, and ’50’s, as well as Victorian taxidermy. Op Art and pattern, and pretty much anything that personifies or anthropomorphizes with humor. In Tripper’s latest exhibition, “Let’s Start a Band”, he plays with musical instruments and records, along with quirky bandmates.
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