Kukula
Israeli artist, Kukula was born in a relatively isolated village just north of the country’s capital, Tel Aviv. Her few neighbours were mostly all retirees, many of them Holocaust survivors. As a result her childhood imagination was nourished by equal parts Princess fantasies and World War II horror stories. Thus, the attempt to reconcile real life horror with fantasy emerges as an almost constant theme in her work.
Kukula's paintings center on feminine, doll-like figures. Her work registers the influences of both classical European art forms and contemporary pop culture - her figures' poses recalling classical portraiture, yet manifestly modern and pop-influenced in style.
After receiving her degree in illustration in 2003 from Vital-Shenkar in Israel in 2003, Kukula moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she is currently based. To date she has worked with galleries such as CoproNason, Corey Helford, Thinkspace, Shooting Gallery and Roq La Rue.
Exhibition History
PAST SOLO SHOWS
PAST GROUP SHOWS
- Feb. 14 2009: POVevolving Gallery - Los Angeles, "Movers & Shakers"
- Apr. 2009: Copro Nason Gallery - Los Angeles, "Overdose" (Hi-Fructose)
- Nov. 7 2008: Thinkspace Gallery - Los Angeles,
"The Drawing Room"
- July 2008: Copro Nason Gallery - Los Angeles
- June. 2008: Crybaby Art Gallery - New Jersey, "Flight Of Fancy"
- May 2008: Gallery Nucleus - Alhambra,
"La Femme"
- Dec. 2007: Copro Nason Gallery - Los Angeles
- Nov. 2007: Gallery 1988 + Hi Fructose - Los Angeles
- Oct. 2007: Shooting Gallery - San Francisco,
"New Works by Travis Louie, Kris Lewis, & Kukula"
- Aug. 2007: Corey Helford Gallery - Los Angeles, "Literartistry"
- Juy. 2007: Roq La Rue Gallery - Seattle,
"Nicoletta Ceccoli and Kukula"
- July 2007: Copro Nason Gallery - Los Angeles
- June 2007: Shooting Gallery - San Francisco
- June 2007: Roq La Rue Gallery - Seattle,
"Venus"
- May 2007: Thinkspace Gallery - Los Angeles, "Smitten"
- Feb. 2007: Corey Helford Gallery - Los Angeles, "Charity by Numbers"
- Dec. 2006: Thinkspace Gallery - Los Angeles, "Naughty Or Nice"
- Dec. 2006: Copro Nason Gallery - Los Angeles
- Sept. 2006: Thinkspace Gallery - Los Angeles, "POTH: Batch 3"
Artwork
