STATEMENT
The land has always been a reference and source of inspiration for my art. My first paintings were watercolor landscapes. But wanting to work more conceptually, I began to ask questions regarding issues that combined formalism, globalization and those concerning the environment. These queries led to using both abstraction and representation in an attempt to bring an awareness of the earth’s profound beauty, as well as a realization of how truly fragile the land is. This work led to a discovery that all of these paintings describing environmental disasters also had a human parallel.
Wanting to concentrate in a more positive vein, I decided to switch gears and do something proactive. This led to a four-year gardening project; one that fed artist/gardeners and built community within a community, and then there was the garden, itself, becoming the “painting,“ its planting, sowing and harvesting an ever-changing composition.
The projects that followed began my investigation of perception. At this point, I began to use photography in my work, but always viewing it from the eye of a painter. Photographing the garden, I created close up images of the heirloom tomatoes and their insides.
Then began my experimentation with process and perception. The first series realized a life-long dream of combining painting and photography in the same image. Using photographs of walls and natural objects from my travels, the images posed the question, what’s the photograph and what’s the painting? The second series experimented with emulsion, releasing the translucent image of a photo from its paper background. Current work uses this emulsion process to juxtapose the cliff dwellings of the Anasazi Indians with the hi-rise dwellings of Denver, Colorado. Future projects will experiment with the emulsion process and the painting/photograph combination.
Linda Kunik
lindakunik@gmail.com
www.lkunik.com
Solo exhibitions:
2019 | Disconnect, Mangiafolia, Naples, Italy |
2018 | A Fragile Strength, Gallery 825, LA Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2017 | Disconnect, LA Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2017 | Disconnect, Expo Contemporary, Juried Art Fair, The Reef, LA, CA, USA |
2016 | Disconnect, 417 Metro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2014 | You Say Tomato, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2013 | JUICE, Artist’s Corner Gallery, Hollywood, CA, USA |
2011 | RIPE, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2011 | Multiples, McNabb Martin Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, USA |
2008 | Dialogic Connection, Tree People, Beverly Hills, CA, USA |
2008 | A Sense of Place, LACMA Rental & Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2008 | An Evening Under the Harvest Moon, Tree People, Beverly Hills, CA, USA |
Select group exhibitons:
2019 | Edge of History, Italian Exchange Exhibition, Curated by Cynthia Penna, of Art 1307 & Gallery 825, LA, CA & Villa di Donato, Napoli, Italy |
2019 | 19th Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition,National Art Center of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
2019 | STRATA, Two Woman Show, Red Hen Press, Pasadena, CA |
2019 | 34th Annual Juried Art Exibition, Museum of Art and History: Cedar, Lancaster, CA |
2019 | Celebrating the National Lands of CA, Wilding Museum of Art and Nature, Solvang, CA |
2019 | LA Artcore’s 3rd Annual Photography Exhibition, LA Artcore Brewery Annex, LA, CA |
2018 | Ping Pong, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland |
2018 | Beverly Hills Art Show, Juried Exhibition, Beverly Hills, CA |
2018 | Bunker Opens Doors, Juried by Peter Frank, Great Hall, W. Hollywood, CA |
2018 | ART SPEAKS Lend Your Voice, Juried by Jill Moniz, Annual Conference of Women’s Caucus for Art, LA, CA |
2018 | Music for Your Eyes, Juried by Peter Frank, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA |
2017 | Ping Pong Miami 2017, at Art Basel Miami, FL |
2017 | phenomena, SCWCA, Neutra Institute Museum, LA, CA |
2017 | Personal Vacation, Juried by Chris Davies,Gallery 825, LA Art Association, LA, CA |
2017 | Red, Offramp Gallery, Online Exhibition, LA, CA |
2017 | Out There, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, LA, CA |
2016 | Art Lab, Tiny Griffon Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany |
2016 | International Exchange Show, The Art Exhibition, Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Museum, Bangkok, Thailand |
2016 | Prince of Songkla University International Art Workshop and Exhibition 2016, Southern Thai Art Museum, Pattani, Thailand |
2016 | International Art and Design Workshop 2016 Exhibition, King Mongkut University Technology North Bangkok, Rayong, Thailand |
2015 | Incontro tra Cultue, Academia Luciana, Civitella d’Aglliano, Italy |
2015 | Solar Spectrum, MD Gallery, Hollywood, CA |
2015 | Snap to Grid, LACDA, LA, CA |
2015 | Vulnerable, For The Social Good, West Hollywood, CA |
2014 | #SeeMeTakeOver Times Square, New York, New York |
2014 | Find Your Roots, Lark Gallery, West Hollywood, CA |
2013 | Photo LA. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA |
2013 | Oenophilia, The Loft at Liz’s, LA, CA |
2013 | Bound, (exhibition catalog) Phoenix Gallery, Women’s Caucus for Art Juried Exhibition, NewYork, NY |
2013 | Beverly Hills Art Show, Juried Exhibition, Beverly Hills, CA |
2012 | C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr 2012, Essen, Germany |
2012 | Photo LA, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA |
2012 | Featured Artist, Le Petit Jardin, Terminal 1, LA International Airport, LA, CA |
2012 | Collections, McNabb Martin Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA |
2012 | Art About Agriculture, Santa Paula Museum, Santa Paula, CA |
2011 | California Open Juried Exhibition, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Art Station, Santa Monica, CA |
2010 | C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr 2010, Essen, Germany |
2010 | Downtown Art Center Gallery, Juried Exhibition, LA, CA |
2010 | Home Grown Culver City, Culver City, CA |
2010 | Color & Design Exhibition, LH Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA |
2010 | Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Juried Exhibition, LA, CA |
2010 | Blue Planet, Elements: An Eco-Art Conference, Women’s Caucus for Art, San Francisco, CA |
2010 | Night Dive, Aquarium of the Pacific, Juried Show, Long Beach, CA |
2009 | Honorable Mention, Open Call 2009, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, LA, CA |
2009 | California Open Exhibition, Long Beach Arts (Juried by Sinead Finnerty-Pyne), Long Beach, CA |
2009 | Lecture-The Creative Process, Women Painters West, Encino, CA |
2009 | Chaos Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA |
2009 | gem, Gallery 825, LA, CA |
2009 | Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Performance-The Feminist Art Project, LA, CA |
2008 | Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA |
2008 | Terminal 1, Los Angeles International Airport, LA, CA |
2008 | French Cultural Services in LA, French Consulate Offices, LA, CA |
2008 | Politrix Political Art Show, Bassworks, LA, CA |
2008 | Otis@ 825, Gallery 825, LA, CA |
2008 | Penumbra, Gallery 825, LA, CA |
2008 | New Members Exhibit, Barnsdall, LA Municipal Art Gallery, LA, CA |
2007 | The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe, Apex Art, NY, NY |
2007 | Spirit Vision, Universidad Particular de Iquitos, Avenida del Ejercito, San Juan S/N, Iquitos, Peru |
2007 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental & Sales Gallery, LA, CA |
2007 | Aurora, Gallery 825, LA, CA |
2007 | Celebrity Vault Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA |
2007 | UCLA/Santa Monica Medical Center Art & Wine Auction, LA, CA |
2006 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental & Sales Gallery, LA, CA |
2006 | LA Art Exchange Auctions, Group Show and Auction, Santa Monica, CA |
2006 | Artist’s Lecture at The Forum, Otis College of Art and Design, LA, CA |
2006 | Boroughs of Los Angeles (Juried Show), 1st Annual Five Campus Art Exhibition, William Grant Still Arts Center, LA, CA |
Recent media:
2019 | LINDA KUNIK ICONS OF BEVERLY HILLS, “Modern Luxury Beverly Hills,” July, 2019 |
2019 | “Meet Trailblazer Linda Kunik,” “Voyage LA.com. July 15, 2019 |
2018 | “Meet Linda Kunik,” “Voyage LA.com. August 14, 2018 |
2014 | Juice,” Neworld Review,” Vol 7, No. 51, Online magazine |
2012 | Featured Artist, Studios Magazine, Fall Issue, 2012 |
2009 | Garden Provides Food, Inspiration For Artists, by Steve Simmons, Beverly Hills Courier Nov 28 |
Professional organizations:
L A Artcore | |
Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA | |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Docent Council, | |
McNabb Martin Contemporary Art Gallery, San Diego, CA | |
National Arts Club-Exhibiting Artist | |
National Museum of Women in the Arts | |
Red Hen Press – Board Member | |
Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art | |
WEAD – Women Environmental Artists Directory—Website: www.weadartists.org |