Whether by paintbrush or etching press, color is what usually speaks to me first. I create using a variety of media including acrylics, canvas, papers, collage, ephemera, and press. What makes me passionate about each piece on which I work are the immediacy of my personal feelings, the colors and the textures. If something moves me, be it a personal experience or something in my environment, I try to incorporate into my work.
My works explore and combine abstraction and representation, sometimes within the same piece. In the process of experimentation and unknown possibilities, one image generates another. I usually begin with life inspirations and a general direction of where I want the piece to go but seldom do I know where the process will lead me.
My artwork is about mixing ideas, images and media to produce the unexpected. My works explore and combine abstraction and representation, sometimes within the same piece. I trust my impulses to create vivid ranges and imagery.
In the process of experimentation and unknown possibilities, one image or idea generates another. I usually begin with a general direction of where I want the piece to go but seldom do I know where the process will lead me.
When I am not making art, I enjoy family, my dog, and travel.
A native Angeleno, I studied fine arts and advertising graphics at UCLA, CSUN, Corcoran Gallery, and Art Center School of Design. Before turning her energies fully to painting and printmaking, she worked inadvertising and graphic design, event planning and courtroom graphics. In recent years, Kichaven has had the honor to study with Franklyn Liegel, Ron Pokrasso, Michael McCabe, and Linda Taylor.
My art is in private collections throughout the United States.
EDUCATION
1977 – 1979: Art Center School of Design, Various evening classes
1977: BA, Graphic Design, California State University, Northridge
1976: George Washington University & The Corcoran Gallery
1973 – 1975: University of California, Los Angeles
EXPERIENCE
1999 – 2005: Celebration Innovations, Co-Owner, Party Planning
1982 – 2005: ESQ Graphics, Owner, Demonstrative Evidence
1979 – 1981: Art Director, Dellofeu – Wilson Advertising, Los Angeles
1979: Assistant Art Director, Grey Advertising, Los Angeles
1977 – 1979: Art Director, Loren Miles Advertising, Los Angeles
EXHIBITIONS
Fall 2016: "Waves," TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica - solo
June 2015: “Transitions,” TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica - solo
September – October 2014: “Window of Dreams,” TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica -solo
May – June 2013: “Textured Terrain,” TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica - solo
September 2007 – January 2008: “Paper & Paint,” Merage Gallery, Los Angeles - solo
2015: Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association
December 2014: “Winter Exhibition,” WPW, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica
December 2014: “8 x 8 Show,” 11:11 Art Collective, Tarzana
December 2014: “Winter Art Faire,” SFVAA, Tarzana
December 2013: “Winter Exhibition,” WPW, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica
Summer 2013: Encino Terrace Center, Encino
March 2013: WPW @ Whole 9 Gallery, Culver City
December 2012: “Into the Blues,” WPW, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica
September 2012: Whole 9 Peace Project, Whole 9 Gallery, USA Touring Exhibit
August 2012: TAG Open, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
July - August 2012: WPW @ Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna
March - April 2012: WPW @ Designer Services Group, Marina del Rey
March - April 2012: “Hadassah Through the Eyes of the Artist,” Albert Jewish Community Center, Long Beach
February - March 2012: “heARTworks,” Collage Artists of America, Modest Fly Studio Gallery, Tujunga
September - October 2011: WPW @ Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
July 2011: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
July - September 2011: WPW @ Burbank Creative Arts Center, Burbank
February - March 2011: WPW @ Designer Services Group, Marina del Rey
January 2011: “Chaos and Order,” WPW, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica
November 2010: “Momento Mori,” WPW, VIVA, Sherman Oaks
April 2010: “Snippets, A Newsworthy Show,” Collage Artists of America, VIVA, Sherman Oaks, Merchandise Award, “Industrial Frenzy”
February 2010: “One Foot,” WPW, Orlando Gallery, Tarzana, Honorable Mention, “32”
November 2009: “RED!” WPW, VIVA Gallery, Studio City
August 2009 - January 2010: Encino Terrace Center, Encino
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