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Kayla L. Cloonan

Los Angeles, CA

About Kayla L. Cloonan

Los Angeles, CA

Kayla Cloonan was born and raised in South Florida, where she began visual experimentation in film photography. In 2012, she participated in independent course work for a study abroad program in Lacoste, France. Kayla received her B.F.A. in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2013. She has presented solo exhibitions at EN EM Art Space in Sacramento, CA and Indigo Sky Community Gallery in Savannah, GA. And has previous representation at EN EM Art Space. Kayla curently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

My work is an interdisciplinary study on human inconsistencies and explores visual and tactile subtleties. It begins with the immediate mark; through pure automatic drawing, instinctual motion, quick gesture. Experimenting with a variety of tools and materials allow for a sense of play on those initial shapes. Repetitive motions speak to life’s monotony, cultivating raw expressive marks into deliberation. It is a constant discourse between happenstance and refinement. An intimate turmoil manifesting itself in many forms from painting to performance.

“My work undergoes a process best described as excavation. A constant covering and uncovering, an image folded and masked and thus transformed through flat or sculptural means. That exploration of material and layers create a history of mark. It is a constant discourse between happenstance and refinement.”

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Other works by Kayla L. Cloonan


Selected Exhibitions

  • Red Hot Wicked II
    Los Angeles, CA, 2018
  • Trappings
    Los Angeles, CA, 2018
  • MODule: Exporing Modularity Through Art
    Los Angeles, CA, 2016
  • Deceptive Clarity
    Sacramento, CA, 2015
  • non-verbal
    Savannah, GA, 2013

Press and Accolades

  • Studio Visit Magazine
    Volume 28 (January 2015)
  • TUBE Magazine
    October 2015
  • Asymmetric Magazine
    May 2017

Education

  • Savannah College of Art and Design, B.F.A. Painting
    Savannah, GA,2013 
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