Up or Down, 2024, Archival pigment print on canvas, 72 x 27”
Eye of the Beholder, 2023, Archival pigment print on canvas, 72 x 54”
Follow Me, 2024, Archival pigment print on canvas, 72 x 27”
Abracadabra, 2024, Archival pigment print on canvas, 72 x 57”
Tunnel of Seiano, 2024, Archival pigment print on canvas, 72 x 54”
STATEMENT
OCULAR
OCULAR is an exploration of the imagination, transformation and the unknown, be it literal, abstract or fantastical. Playing with perception and illusion, different processes have been used to create images that invite the viewer to enter the image and discover where it might lead.
The first set of almost life-size photographs in the exhibition invite you to explore, to imagine and enter this world.
The second set of photographs create a 3-D installation that recreates the burned, heavily charred, lifeless tree trunks Kunik found after returning to her ranch in Sequoia National Forest, following the 88,307 acre forest fire in October 2021—an opportunity to explore a transformed place.
As a child Kunik loved to look at scenes of nature, a path into the woods, a spiral into space. She would imagine herself taking that trip down the pathway or spiral and what she would find at the end. This exhibition is a partial realization of her imagination, to be shared with anyone who wants to take that first step.
Solo exhibitions:
| 2024 | Ocular, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2023 | Raw Beauty, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2021 | STRATA, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY A Fragile Strength, ART 2 art District, Los Angeles, CA |
| 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:
| 2024 | 23rd Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, USA Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Taito City, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2023 | 22nd Japan International M Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tai no City, Tokyo, Japan Variados, H Gallery, Ventura, CA |
| 2022 | 21st Japan International M Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Taino City, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2022 | Root and Branch, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, LA., CA |
| 2021 | Lydia Takashita Legacy Exhibit Series: 2, LA Artcore, Los, Angeles, CA |
| 2021 | 20th Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan |
| 2021 | Animal, Mineral or Vegetable? Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary, Dallas, TX |
| 2020 | Life As It Is Now, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2020 | 2020 EAM Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY |
| 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 |
| 2018 | Ping Pong Miami 2017, at Art Basel Basel, Switzerland |
| 2018 | Beverly Hills Art Show, Juried Exhibition, Beverly Hills, 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 | 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 |
| 2014 | #SeeMeTakeOver Times Square, New York, New York |
| 2013 | Beverly Hills Art Show, Juried Exhibition, Beverly Hills, CA |
| 2013 | Photo LA. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, 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 |
| 2010 | C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr 2010, Essen, Germany |
| 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 |
| 2008 | Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA |
| 2008 | Terminal 1, Los Angeles International Airport, 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 |
| 2006 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental & Sales Gallery, LA, CA |
| 2006 | Boroughs of Los Angeles (Juried Show), 1st Annual Five Campus Art Exhibition, William Grant Still Arts Center, LA, CA |
Recent media:
| 2022 | OSALON Where Artistic Minds Meet, Beverly Hills Living, September, 20:22, P.6-7 |
| 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 |
Awards
Honorable Mention, Harmony Within, Lark Gallery, Great Hall, W. Hollywood, CA
3 Gold Awards 2022, 22nd apan International Art Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
5 Awards of Excellence, 2022, 22nd Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan