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Small WORKS
Kirsten Tradowsky
Grade 4 February 27, 1956, 2012, oil on canvas, 12” x 18”
Waiting for the Bus, 1953, 2012, oil on canvas, 12” x 18”
COURTESY OF HANG ART
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The past is my playground. I find historical remnants and give them a new life in our contemporary world. I go to estate sales and move through rooms that one family occupied for decades, searching through piles of photographs of people I have never met. Walking the San Francisco city streets I see old theaters and buildings that glow under the residue of ever changing ads and construction. I am interested in how one place possesses many moods and the unseen gritty elements of the familiar imagery of life. Time manipulates a place and in turn makes it richer, painting these places and figures are my way of time travel.
EDUCATION
2006
M.F.A CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, Painting
2003
B.F.A THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART, Painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
MATINEE Revolver Gallery, San Francisco CA
2009
GRAVITY INDEX Tinlark Gallery, Hollywood CA
2007
HOKEY POKEY Tinlark Gallery, Hollywood CA
DIVAFEST The Exit Theater, San Francisco CA
EXHIBITIONS
2010
OODLES OF DOODLES Tinlark Gallery, Hollywood CA
FRESH START Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica CA
2009
SHIFTING PARADIGMS Gallery 560, San Francisco CA
FRESH START Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica CA
2008
ELEVEN 11 Reaves Gallery, San Francisco CA
FIRST ANNIVERSARY GROUP SHOW, Tinlark Gallery, Hollywood CA
RED DOT Tinlark Gallery, New York NY
2006
SUMMER GROUP SHOW Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco CA
CALIFONIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS MFA THESIS EXHIBITION San Francisco CA
2005
MURPHY & CADOGAN FELLOWSHIPS AWARD EXHIBITION San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco CA
THE PRECIOUSONIAN ECONOMY Play Space Gallery, San Francisco CA
THE YARD SHOW Hotel Brion, San Francisco CA
2004
HAWKEN GROUP SHOW, Hawkin Gallery, Chardon, OH
2003
THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART TOP TWENTY BFA SHOW Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland OH
THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART BFA SHOW Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland OH
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
2010
WATERCOLOR DAY CD Design songs by Seth Swirsky
2009
WALLPAPER MAGAZINE November issue page #031
DESIGN* SPONGE BLOG “Sneak Peek” by Caitlin Williams & James Freeman
2008
THE FAMILY ROOM, www.susanetlinger.typepad.com (online)
2007
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS MAGAZINE 15 years, page #216
OXFORD AMERICAN MAGAZINE Issue 59 page #65
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS MAGAZINE MFA Annual Winner, Volume 12, Issue 3
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2009
ART IN THE EVERY DAY Teachers: Claire Gavronsky and Rose Shakinovsky, Oakland CA LA
2006
CIPRESSAIA WORKSHOP Teachers: Claire Gavronsky and Rose Shakinovsky, Italy
1999
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART Italy & Germany workshop
GRANTS and AWARDS
2005
THE MURPHY & CADOGAN FELLOWSHIP AWARD in the Fine Arts
2002
THE PAUL TRAVIS MEMORIAL AWARD IN PAINTING
1998-2003
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART PORTFOLIO GRANT
COLLECTIONS (Selected)
Seth Swirsky Los Angeles CA
Sonja Hoel Perkins San Francisco CA
David Mac Farland San Francisco CA
Darren Fancher Los Angeles CA
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