Elana Kundell
Elana Kundell creates imaginary environments in the abstract that are based on emotional rather than physical spaces. Based on memory – where experience is recycled and distorted – the paintings occupy an ambiguous zone between what is seen and what is felt. The process at its best reveals clues about the deep, usually hidden nature of meaning/feeling/being in the world, bringing to light possibilities for transformation.
Working in oil on panel or canvas, Kundell's surfaces are developed intuitively using knives, brushes, fingers, and cloth to form dense, intersecting layers.
Selected Exhibitions
- Internal Environments 2008 - Project Forefront and Ongoing - beginning in May 2008 (press release)
- Dissolution (press release) - 2 person exhibition - February 2007
- Small is Large #1 (press release) - Salon Artist - April 2006
E. Kundell has also been exhibiting consistently in our salon since February 2006.
2008 Reception Dates
- May 10th
- June 28th
- August 9th
- September 27th
Résumé
Exhibitions
2007
- Dissolution” 2 person show with Jessica Robbins, Gallery Revisited, Los Angeles, CA
2006
- Putting on AIRs, Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART), Camarillo, CA
- H2Eau, Red House Gallery, Venice, CA
- June Gloom II, Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA
- Small is Large, Gallery Revisited, Los Angeles, CA
- Pure and Nimble, Juror: Kristi Engle, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
- ArtSpan Benefit Auction, California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Gallery Ann, Seoul, Korea (catalogue)
- Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
- Project Angel Food Benefit Auction, Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles, CA
2005
- Open Show, 2005, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
Juror: Wesley Jessup, Director of the Pasadena Museum of California Art
- Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
- Petite Works III, Gallery 825 (Bergamot Annex), Santa Monica, CA
- Local Patron Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Workspace Limited Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
- 6th Annual Juried Member’s Exhibition, Jurors: Anne Graumlich, Matthew Furmanski
Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART), Camarillo, CA
- June Gloom, Juror: Gerd Koch, Artists Union Gallery, Ventura, CA
- ArtSpan Benefit Auction, California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Buenaventura Gallery, Ventura, CA
- California Street Gallery, Ventura, CA
- DeSoto Salon & Spa (One-Person Show), Ventura, CA
2004
- New Visions: Introductions, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Jurors: Rene di Rosa & Jack Rasmussen, di Rosa Preserve
- Local Patron Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Workspace Limited Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
- Art Explosion Open Studios (Spring), San Francisco, CA
2003
- Local Patron Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Art Explosion Open Studios (Spring & Fall), San Francisco, CA
2002
- 418 Project (One-Person Show), Santa Cruz, CA
2001
- Many Hands Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2000
- Love, Porter Bridge Gallery, UCSC
1999
- Alien Invasion, Baskin Senior Gallery, UCSC
1998
- Novas, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, UCSC
Education
2000
- University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
B.A. in Art - Painting and Printmaking with studies in Italian
1998-99
- Universita’ di Bologna and Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna, Italy
Grants & Residencies
2006
- Artist In Residence, Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART); Ongoing
- Ventura Music Festival Commission
2005
- Vermont Studio Center Residency and Artist Grant
2000
- William Hyde and Susan Benteen Irwin Grant
1998
- Stevenson College Provost Grant
- Stevenson College Student Council Grant
Related Professional Experience
2005
- Guest Lecturer, Abstract Painting Course, UCSC
- Instructor, Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART), Camarillo, CA
One-Day Workshop: “Expressive Figure Drawing in Mixed Media”
2004
- Organizer, Workspace Limited’s First Annual Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
2001
- Teacher’s Assistant for Frank Galuszka, UCSC
Introduction to Oil Painting; Winter
1999
- Curator, Alien Invasion, UCSC
1998
- Curator, Women’s artWork, UCSC
1996-97
- Art Teacher, Young at Art, Thousand Oaks, CA; Summers
Collections
- University of California Study Center: Bologna, Italy
- Private Collections
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