Art Share LA Spring Benefit + Auction

Andre Miripolsky is an artist of extraordinary creative abilities. As colorful a man as the exuberantly colorific art he creates, his signature style of pop imagery is bright, whimsical, energetic, and downright fun. A true multi-media artist, Andre is much more than a painter, taking his unique pop-style into sculpture, mobiles, graphics, branding, production design, sets and costumes, and now, NFTs. His sense of humor has been embraced by film and music stars, creating several art costumes for Sir Elton John – most notably the often-photographed “Piano Jacket” made for the famous Central Park concert. He has also collaborated on projects for Bette Midler, Quincy Jones, Robin Williams, the Rolling Stones, MTV, and Mattel, where he was commissioned to create a one-of-a-kind “Miripolsky Art Barbie.”

Exhibition: Spring Benefit + Art Auction

Kate Carvellas was born in Baton Rouge, LA. While visual art was a passion her entire life, and after more than one detour, she ultimately attended George Mason University, where she received a BFA in Theater. She moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to work in the entertainment industry. It was not until 2004 that she allowed herself to return her focus toward the visual arts after a 18 year break. At first, she focused on collage, creating thematic compositions from mass media imagery. By 2007, she had transformed her practice to focus on three-dimensional artworks using objects she has collected from thrift stores, yard sales, and flea markets. Her sculptures, however are created using plaster gauze, cardboard and/or repurposed styrofoam She allows her artworks to “talk about” her conflicts, confusions, and insights. Assembling and rearranging objects and creating sculptures allow her to “re-construct” and redeem her personal narrative.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit + Art Auction

Justin N. Kim is a Korean born abstract painter who currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Justin earned his MFA from California State University, Northridge in 2018. Justin paints abstract and color field paintings, imaginary maps and circuit boards visualizing melded order and structure found within man made subject matters. His works are collected worldwide.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit + Art Auction

JJ is a surreal artist. She tells her experiences through her paintings. Every object is a symbol and key to unfolding who she is.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit + Art Auction

Noelle Kraus is an artist working primarily in acrylic paint on canvas. Originally from New York, she currently resides in Los Angeles. Please feel free to contact Noelle for showings, commissions, or to inquire about any of the artwork shown on her site. You can also keep up to date with Noelle’s work by following her on facebook, instagram, and tumblr.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit + Art Auction

Born in San Luis Obispo and raised in Los Angeles, Debbie McAfee has a unique view of California that has influenced her art and life. Debbie attended California College of the Arts in Oakland, CA and received a BFA in film and photography. She is a member of Los Angeles Art Association and has exhibited at Gallery 825 in West Hollywood and at ArtShare LA in the Los Angeles Arts District.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit + Art Auction

Frannie Hemmelgarn is a multidisciplinary artist whose creative output includes oil painting on canvas and wood, cyanotype print making and temporary and spontaneous installations in nature. Her work, which trends towards abstract and figurative, is inspired by the vibrant colors and intricate patterns found in nature and the role that energy and rhythm play in our experiences as humans.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit + Art Auction

Born and based in Los Angeles and active in the Southern California graffiti scene since the early nineties, multimedia artist Augustine Kofie (b. 1973) works in painting, collage and mural interventions. Kofie’s fine art practice draws together the languages of graffiti’s deconstructive lettering, mechanical drafting, modern architecture, and plunderphonics, creating a unique take on constructivist abstraction, or as the artists refers to as ‘Vintage Futurism.’ Kofie has been featured in Juxtapoz, Graffiti Art Magazine, The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti, Le Petit Voyeur and VNA Magazine 26.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Lois Keller (b. 1968, Greenbay, USA) A reflection of her personal narrative – having been adopted and never knowing her birth parents, Keller’s paintings, drawings, and installations explore themes of identity and belonging with an invitation to embrace the unknown. Keller earned a BA from University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. as well as having a long career painting for Opera, Ballet and Theatre as a scenic artist. Currently she works outside capturing not only time and the environment but the current consciousness of society as well.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Rand White is a Los Angeles based contemporary visual artist. Rand’s style is the bi-product of growing up in the Mid-City section of LA and years of formal art training. Throughout his life, Rand has studied drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and film & video production. Rand describes his style as a mix of abstract, post modernism, graffiti and urban art. He uses abstract shapes and lines to serve as a backdrop for color exploration and design.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Chelsea Boxwell moved to California from Texas to pursue a Masters in Fine Art from Claremont Graduate University. Since graduating in 2017, she has held the position of Executive MFA Chair on the Alumni Board while living and working in Los Angeles. Chelsea combines paintings and fabrics into what she calls “multi-dimensional paintings” that become large-scale, often site-specific, and sometimes interactive painting environments. She also has an ongoing series of small, 12×12 inch, “Candy Paintings.” Chelsea has recently shown works at PØST, Royale Projects, Charlie James Gallery, Fabrik Projects, MASH Gallery and a public art installation in Inglewood, CA.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Twins Nikolai and Simon Haas (b.1984) create irreverent sculptures that explore themes related to nature, fantasy and sexuality. Originally from Austin, Texas the brothers began collaborating in 2010 each bringing their respective passions and distinct specialties together utilizing materials such as marble, bronze, ceramics, beads and more. The Haas Brothers have had numerous solo exhibitions in the United States and abroad and maintain their studio practice in Los Angeles, CA.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Raised in the Midwest, Richard McDowell is a painter, visual artist, writer, art curator and former gallery owner. Preferring to paint in a series, he enjoys all mediums from pencil, to crayola, to oil, in order to capture life on canvas.

His work is an attempt to understand the world in all its chaos and beauty. “If there was no chaos, there would be no need for art in the world, and I would not exist.”

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction (2022), The Troublemakers (2023)

Deeply rooted in and inspired by Los Angeles, Enkrypt Los Angeles’ work not only tells the stories of the streets but of artists too. Head IT technician of one of the biggest entertainment companies in the world turned touring photographer /videographer with the help of her close friend and well-known rapper, Reverie, Enkrypt escaped the corporate world to follow a blooming passion sprouted from picking up a camera. Enkrypt is influenced by gang culture and telling stories about black and brown folks. She grew up in Northeast LA, Highland Park daughter of a single mom who struggled to get her daughters by. The streets raised Enkrypt and was a product of her environment for a long time, knowing that one day she would be able to earn the wisdom to change her reality. Enkrypt tries to bring out the ugly, make it beautiful for everyone else to see and appreciate it a bit more than its stereotypes.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Artist, curator, multi-award winning illustrator, mentor and entrepreneur, Man One believes in the transformational power of art, its power to save lives, and make the world a better place. Growing up, Man One developed his love for art and his skills as a graffiti artist on the streets of LA. His art is comprised of his trademark bold, colorful art strokes.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Emily explores the delicate line work of Chinese brush painting blended with the graphic shapes and vibrant colors inspired by her study of design. Her compositions often contain subject matter common in traditional Chinese paintings, including certain flowers and animals. She often explores ideas of ephemeral pleasures and loss of innocence; objects in her pieces are often in the process of melting away.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Ms.Yellow (Nuria Ortiz) is a self-taught Mexican-American muralist, artist, craftswoman and teaching artist. She has dedicated her time to the creative development and empowerment of communities, working closely with schools, cities, community centers & more to develop workshops, murals & mentorship to the youth. Her artwork and murals have been displayed​ in museums, galleries, and streets throughout the United States and around the world such as Egypt, Haiti, Japan, Spain, France, Australia and Mexico, centering on themes such as culture, folklore, sisterhood, education, unity, love and social justice.

Exhibitions: Spring Benefit and Art Auction, Art Share L.A. CANceptual

Amy Kaps is an international interdisciplinary artist recognizable by her signature palette of Black and White Stripes with Pink accents. Conceived in Columbus, Ohio, born in Brooklyn, NY, raised in suburban New Jersey and Cologne, Germany, she currently resides in Venice, CA and occupies a studio in DTLA.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Diane Cockerill is the fourth generation in her family to live in Los Angeles.
She studied Fine Art at UCLA and has shown work at several local and national galleries as well as in Tokyo, Paris, Hungary, and South Korea. After receiving her first point-and-shoot at the age ten, she later transitioned to a 35mm camera with a more serious interest in photography. New technology introduced the digital world and the immediacy it provided suited her shooting style. Diane is now fully immersed in photographing her native city.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Spookyharris is a painter, muralist, sculptor and writer who uses humor, pathos and nostalgia as tools to reflect and process the idea of the short and beautiful bursts of life that encompass the human experience. Spookyharris is the artist-in-residence at Strand Brewing Co where he continues to work on a 250 ft plus “living mural” that reflect themes on on-going beer releases. He is also the founder of a small gallery within, Cheap & Tacky gallery.

Exhibition: There From Here, Spring Benefit and Art Auction

John Cuevas lives and works in Palm Desert, Los Angeles and Oceano, California. In 2005 he attended the School of Architecture, California Polytechnic, Pomona. In 2007 he received a BFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Creative Careers: Angel City Brewery Avocado Festival, 4th St Bridge Stairs

Leah Smithson is a Los Angeles based artist with a surrealistic nature to her work, mixing both traditional and new media (i.e. Virtual and Augmented Reality). She’s worked and exhibited throughout the US and abroad, including most recently a mural at the Apple Tower Theater in Downtown LA. Having moved around as a kid, her style comes from a patchwork of influences from classical painting to cyberpunk. She uses nature & portraiture to express the complexities of being human. As a muralist, her goal is to create little rabbit holes of experiences in the cityscape, providing moments of inspiration to remind us that our lives are about more than just surviving.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Creative Career: Angel City Brewery Festival

Amy Smith is a self-taught contemporary artist always evolving. Her artwork includes murals, stencils, collage work, illustrations, digital graphic design, paint, and spray paint, all to create one-of-a-kind pieces that reflect both her passions and fury, juxtaposed through the lens of imagination. While some of my work is driven by political, social, and environmental injustice, most reflect my deeply-rooted optimism and belief in the power of the feminist spirit, unity and love. 

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction, Rainbow Shift

Creative Careers: Let’s Paint the Town

For me, the process of creativity involves both planning and accident, to be guided by a spirit of the opening of perception — an eyes open meditation where looking for a new way of seeing, an awareness of a disclosure of meaning. Art consists, as Marcel Duchamp said, of the “gap” between what is intended and what is presented, that is, between what one intended and what is perceived. Art therefore uplifts us to the between –that which to Martin Buber indicates an event, where we are both defining and defined through our relationships with ourselves, others, and the world.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit + Art Auction, Locals Only

I am a Southern Californian, born and bred. I received my training as a painter at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine; Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California; and Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Atelier de M. Nallard, Paris, France. I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Philosophy from U.C. Santa Cruz; and a Masters Degree in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, California.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Auction

Website:debravodhanel.com

Francisco Palomares is a native Angeleno of East LA. He discovered the magic of oil painting from skimming through books featuring the works of classic artists such as Rembrandt, Francisco de Goya, and Diego De Velasquez. He was mesmerized by the way strokes of paint from a brush can bring to life people, places and things; it was magical in the young eyes of Palomares. His passion for art would lead him to begin his art training at Ryman Arts, receive a BFA at CSULB, and study art across the Pacific Ocean . He is a current resident artist at Art Share LA were he continues to innovate and inspire the community.

Exhibition: Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Curation: Voices of Los Angeles

S.C. Mero is a magical realist who lives and works in Downtown Los Angeles / Skid Row where she’s been invading the neighborhood with guerrilla art installations since 2015. Her work focuses on transforming mundane, ordinary objects and environments into something unexpected or endearing with the goal of revealing the marvelous nature of the objective reality we all share. She embraces the process of Alchemy through several different art forms including sculpture, mosaics and installation art. Ideas she explores in her work with the U.S. Penny include: the divine order underlying chaos, the individual’s relationship to community and the Hero’s journey through inner transmutation.

Exhibition: Fields, Factories, Fame, and Fallacy, Spring Benefit and Art Auction

Morgan M. Barajas is a Los Angeles based visual art alchemist strongly influenced by Romanticism, Surrealism, and Expressionism. He is fascinated by the interplay of the spiritual and the physical, and aims to render this often invisible relationship in his work. Originally trained in Cinematic arts, Morgan was inspired by filmmaker Akira Kurosawa to paint his own storyboards. What followed was an all consuming love affair with visual art marking, that enlightened his approach to creating. Utilizing oil paint, pastels, charcoal, ink, graphite, and sometimes organic matter in his work, every piece is a unique alchemical experiment all its own.

Exhibition: Products of Empire, Spring Benefit and Art Auction, Locals Only