
Orientalism I, Oil, flashe and acrylic ink on canvas, 40×60, 2015
Happy New Year! I wish that the new year will bring you peace, happiness, health and prosperity. As the New Year begins, I am going to have a busy few months with exhibitions and lectures. I hope that you will be able to attend some of the events since I would love to see you and catch up.
RECURRENCE
January 2 – April 10, 2016
Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 20, 5-6:30
Mandeville Gallery at the Nott Memorial
Union College, Schenectady, NY
Artists: Kira Nam Greene, Juan Hinojosa, Simone Meltesen, Karen Schiff, Sam Vernon, Rachael Wren
To view the Catalog for this exhibition, click here.
Food Nostalgia
February 5- March 13, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday, February 5, 6-8
Radiator Arts
10-61 Jackson Ave, LIC, NY
Artists: Cey Adams, Emilie Baltz, Disorientalism, Gonzalo Fuenmajor, Kira Nam Greene, Jonathan Stein
For Press Release, please click here.
I also have a few upcoming shows in March and April, including a solo exhibition at Brown University. I will update you with more details for these exhibitions at a later date. All the dates are subject to change. I will also be on a panel, discussing 21st century feminism and art at Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD on February 11, 2016. Thank you and I hope that you are having a great start of the new year!
Tight Ass: Labor Intensive Drawings and Realism
February 27 – April 9, 2016
Opening Reception: February 27, 6-8pm
CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Kira Nam Greene: America Eats
March 1 – April 8, 2016
Opening Reception: March 3, 5-7pm
Sarah Doyle Gallery
Brown University, Providence, RI
By the Patterns: Art Installation Series
April 1 – August 30, 2016
Artist Talk and Reception: April 1, 12:45pm
Schaffer Library
Union College, Schenectady, NY
Kira Nam Greene’s work explores female sexuality, desire and control through figure and food still-life paintings, surrounded by complex patterns. Imbuing the feminist legacies of Pattern and Decoration Movement with transnational, multicultural motifs, Greene creates colorful paintings that are unique combinations of realism and abstraction, employing diverse media such as oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor and colored pencil. Combining Pop Art tropes and transnationalism, she also examines the politics of food through the depiction of brand name food products, or junk food. Recently, Greene started a figurative painting series spurred by the 2016 Presidential Election, Women’s March, #metoo movement and ensuing crisis of conscience, this new body of work aspires to present the power of collective action by women.