May 13, 2024 – August 20, 2024
Modern Day Saints is a collection of works made by kwonny between 2023-2024 and is an introspection of the relationship we carry with the idea of ourselves.
Just as we encounter others, we encounter our own selves constantly through our inner narration of the world. Pieces like The Sun Still Watches with its two winged subjects caught between flight and fight offer no clear victor but a struggle in chrysalis. Her mixed media works live increasingly in an abstract figurative world, a reflection of a nomadic upbringing where she grew up in-between identities and communities, simultaneously seeking grounding and belonging and yet still inhabiting the out-of-place.
Join us for an Artist Reception June 13th from 5:30 – 7:00pm.
This FREE event is a part of West Seattle ArtWalk. Enjoy refreshments and meet Gallery Artist, kwonny.
Bio:
kwonny (she/her b.1988, New York) is a Korean-American artist living and working in West Seattle. Modern Day Saints is a collection of works made between 2023-2024 and is an introspection of the relationship we carry with the idea of ourselves. Her mixed media works live increasingly in an abstract figurative world, a reflection of a nomadic upbringing where she grew up in-between identities and communities, simultaneously seeking grounding and belonging and yet still inhabiting the out-of-place. This state of flux and lifelong liminality is explored through animal and mythic subjects, and within a practice that involves collage and a technique manipulating acrylic paint to evoke watercolor properties, suspending the paints in their movement across the canvas. She began making digital art in 2020 while living in Australia with her partner and started painting in 2022. Recent work includes a group exhibition at Ludlow Gallery, Los Angeles, a publication at Cultural Studies, Colorado and a commission for Zadig & Voltaire, Paris.
Learn more at kwonny.com
ArtsWest’s Gallery is free and open to the public Thursday – Saturday from 2:00pm – 7:00pm and Sundays 11:00am – 3:00pm.
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