NALA KUN
Artist (San Francisco)
NALA KUN (b. Tyumen, Russia, 1985) is an oil painter known for her utilization of vibrant colors and a signature spiral mark-making technique based in San Francisco, CA. Lvova holds a patent for her unique style of painting, aptly named ‘TwiddleART.’ She has shown at the Palace of Fine Arts, SOMArts Cultural Center, and Voss Gallery in San Francisco, CA and the Siberian Center of Contemporary Art, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, and Contemporaries of Canvas in Russia, among others. Her work is included in the permanent collections of Stanford University, CA and G8 Gallery, Russia.
Employing the tenderness of her signature spiral mark-making technique to depict the transcendent mosaic of human intimacy, Lvova reclaims ownership of sexual imagery from the predominantly female gaze. Cropped compositions of sensual scenes, derived from pornographic sources, are subverted, amplified, and transformed into vibrant, iridescent works. Figures are distilled to their elemental forms, becoming textured, luscious fragments of an immersive kaleidoscope. Lvova’s blunt representation of desire from the female viewpoint considers the curiosity of sexual impulse and intrigue. Passion and play spin free from boundaries as identifying features approach a mesmeric universal. Within these couplings and collisions of color swirls a hopeful, hidden question: who gets to define ecstasy?
PATENT
2014 Patent #2559557 on the painting technique Twiddle-Art. RUSSIA
UNIONS
Member of the Union of Professional Artists of Russia #17110017 Moscow, RUSSIA
Member of the Creative Union of Professional Artists #002940 Moscow, RUSSIA
EDUCATION
2002-2007 Diploma in Advertising (Equivalent to BS/MS), State University. Tyumen, RUSSIA
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Stanford Business School. Stanford, CA, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 "Confections" Voss Gallery. San Francisco, CA, USA
2019 Art Attack SF Gallery. San Francisco, CA, USA
2018 Museum of Russian Art. New York, USA
2017 Unauthorized SFMOMA Show by SFMOMA. San Francisco, CA, USA
2016 Palace of Fine Arts. San Francisco, CA, USA
2015 Galla Gallery. Tyumen, RUSSIA
2014 PTstudio Gallery. Moscow, RUSSIA
Expoforum ArtFair. St. Petersburg, RUSSIA
Grange Gallery. Tyumen, RUSSIA
2013 Siberian Center Contemporary Art. Novosibirsk, RUSSIA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Honesty as a Necessity” Galleria Boheme
San Francisco, CA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
2023 “Kaleidoscope” ARC Gallery
San Francisco, CA, USA
2021 Seattle Erotic Art Festival
Seattle, WA, USA
2021 “EROS” ACID Gallery
Lille, France
2020 “BASL” Voss Gallery
San Francisco, CA, USA
2020 "Discolandia" 111 Minna Gallery
San Francisco, CA, USA
2020 "Through the Looking-Glass" Voss Gallery
San Francisco, CA, USA
2019 Voss Gallery
San Francisco, CA, USA
2019 "Self-Portrait Exhibition" Spark Arts Gallery
San Francisco, CA, USA
"Make your Mark" Art Attack SF
San Francisco, CA, USA
World Of Abstraction SF Women Artists Gallery,
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, CA, USA
2018 International Exhibition "Avant-Garde"
Central House of Artists. Moscow, RUSSIA
2017 Aqua Art Miami
Miami Beach, FL, USA
International Exhibition "Art Portrait Club"
International Design Center "ART PLAY", Moscow, RUSSIA
International Exhibition "Russian Art Week"
International Design Center "ART PLAY", Moscow, RUSSIA
The cup of Russia on Artistic Creativity "Assembly Art "
Museum of the Moscow Academic Art Lyceum of the Russian Academy of Arts. Moscow, RUSSIA
International Art Festival
The Highline Loft Gallery in Chelsea, New York, NY, USA
ArtSpan, Art-In-Neighborhoods Exhibitions
Hotel Adagio. San Francisco, CA, USA
ArtSpan, Art-In-Neighborhoods Exhibitions
The Marker Hotel. San Francisco, CA, USA
The Exhibition "What's Not to Love?"
Pacific Art League. Palo Alto, CA, USA
The Exhibition "Public Alchemy II"
Cubberley Community Center. Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstracted
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
2016 Annual Artists Exhibition
Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA, USA
2013 Annual Artists Exhibition
Novosibirsk State Art Museum. Novosibirsk, RUSSIA
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2019 906 World Cultural Center. San Francisco, CA, USA
2018-2019 Journal Building Artist Residency. San Francisco, CA, USA
POP-UP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Voss Gallery. San Francisco, CA, USA
2018 111 Minna Gallery. San Francisco, CA, USA
2017 "The Color Beyond Archetypes" exhibition. San Francisco, CA, USA
Art Showcase - June. San Jose, CA, USA
Art Showcase - April. San Jose, CA, USA
Gallery 518. Valencia St. San Francisco, CA, USA
ArtSlooth, The Public Works. San Francisco, CA, USA
2016 Art Showcase - December. Menlo Park, CA, USA
Art Showcase - November. Menlo Park, CA, USA
ArtsUp. San Francisco, CA, USA
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, CA, USA
ArtsUp. Stanford, CA, USA
ArtsUp. Atherton, CA, USA
ArtsUp. Palo Alto, CA, USA
ArtsUp. Stanford, CA, USA
ArtsUp. San Francisco, CA, USA
ArtsUp. Palo Alto, CA, USA
ArtsUp. Stanford d.school, Stanford, CA, USA
OPEN STUDIOS
2019 ArtSpan. San Francisco, CA, USA
2018 ArtSpan. San Francisco, CA, USA
2017 ArtSpan. San Francisco, CA, USA
2016 ArtSpan. San Francisco, CA, USA
SVOS. ART ARK GALLERY, SAN JOSE, CA, USA
SVOS. Saratoga, CA, USA
SVOS. Palo Alto, CA, USA
SVOS. Los Altos, CA, USA
PUBLIC ART
2020 Public Art "The New Religion". 'Not' Burning Man 2020. Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
2019 Public Art "The New Religion". San Francisco, CA, USA
2018 Mural "Urban cave painting". Tyumen, RUSSIA
2014 Sculpture “Equilibrium". Tyumen, RUSSIA
AWARDS
2017 AWARD Mastery & Artistry. International Art Festival.
The Highline Loft Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
AWARD 1st place February Exhibition.
Pacific Art League. Palo Alto, CA, USA
AWARD 1st place International Exhibition of Contemporary Arts "Russian Art Week".
International Design Center "Artplay" Moscow, RUSSIA
AWARD 1st place International Exhibition of Arts.
State Museum of Vernadsky. Moscow, RUSSIA
AWARD 1st place International Exhibition of Art Portraits.
International Design Center "Artplay" Moscow, RUSSIA
2015 DIPLOMA Laureate of the International Contest “Best Works of 2015” 3rd place in nomination “Street Art”.
The International Association of Designers Vatikam. Paris, FRANCE
JUDGING
2017 National Festival Cup of Russia "Assembly Art". Moscow, RUSSIA
National Festival "Young Talent of Russia". Moscow, RUSSIA
WORKSHOPS/LECTURES
2018 Workshop. Escondido Center, Stanford, CA, USA
Lecture "How to Sell Your Art". House of the Union Russian Artists, Tyumen, Russia
Lecture "Community" International project "Creative Mornings". Printing House, Tyumen, Russia
2017 Workshop. Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Workshop. Escondido Center, Stanford, CA, USA
2016 Workshop. Escondido Center, Stanford, CA, USA
Workshop. Escondido Center, Stanford, CA, USA
Workshop. Escondido Center, Stanford, CA, USA
2015 Workshop. Art Attack SF, San Francisco, CA, USA
Workshop. Retro House, Tyumen, RUSSIA
Workshop. Workplace, Tyumen, RUSSIA
2014 Workshop. Rehabilitation Center "Bridging", Moscow, RUSSIA
Workshop. TIS, Tyumen, RUSSIA
2013 Workshop. Kalinka, Tyumen, RUSSIA
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