"Forgotten Language" Original Artwork by Len Klikunas

Description

Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. Klikunas focuses on the larger idea behind his original … more Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. Klikunas focuses on the larger idea behind his original abstract minimalist artworks. The work is characterized by “mindful artlessness” and simplicity. Understated and subtle, the work doesn’t only refer to itself, and it doesn’t explain everything. The natural-like radiation that comes from the structure of the materials and color schemes expresses calmness. The meditative process of the work is achieved through the transformation and subtle layering of geometric and organic shapes.

This 34-inch square post-minimalist artwork is wired and ready to hang. It does not require framing. The artist signs and titles the artwork on the back. Convenient local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable U.S. and worldwide shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the gallery is included.

Born in 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, Len Klikunas is a visionary artist who mesmerizes the art world with his minimalist paintings, blurring the line between art and architecture. His original artworks, often taking on a monochromatic palette with an emphasis on the interplay of black and white, create a three-dimensional structure on canvas, manipulating visual perception to reshape our experience of reality. Inspired by the Japanese concept of shizen, Klikunas achieves a serene aesthetic through protruding forms, textured surfaces, and masterful shadow work, resulting in compositions that are understated, yet profoundly captivating.

Len Klikunas' sculptural works are represented by Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles. They have been exhibited and collected worldwide.

EDUCATION
1966 BA Stanford University
1970 MA California State University Fullerton

REPRESENTATION
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Lacy Lines, The District, Boise, Idaho
Horizons, Landscapes, The District, Boise, Idaho
2013 Block in the Void, The District, Boise, Idaho
2012 Back of the Light, The District, Boise, Idaho
1979 Nudes by Klikunas, Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1976 Solar Votives, Clackamas College Gallery, Oregon City, Oregon

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Lines In Motion”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Midnight Blue, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
Reflections and Shadows, Meridian Library, ID
Behind the Red Door, Initial Point Gallery, ID
2019 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
Roots, Nampa Civic Center, Nampa, ID
Binary Response, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
After Dark: A Duality, Nampa Civic Center, Nampa, ID
2018 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
Art Palm Springs, CA
2017 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2016 6 by Six, Art Source Gallery, Boise, Idaho (juried)
This American Life, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried)
Celebrating Private Idaho, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried)
Inner Workings, Surel's Place, Winston C. Mitchell and Surel L. Mitchell Family Foundation honorarium, Garden City, Idaho (juried)
2015 Hunting and Gathering Exhibition, Treasure Valley
Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried)
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California
2nd 2015 Showcase Competition, winner, Artslant
Bellingham National Salon des Refusés, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington
2011 Elon University Gallery, Elon, North Carolina
2010 Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
1987 La Quinta Juried Art Festival, La Quinta, California
1984 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1983 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1982 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1981 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1980 Salon de Refuses, Portland Center for the Visual Arts (PCVA), Portland, Oregon
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1979 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1978 Artists of Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon (juror: Wayne Thiebaud)
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Gazebo Gallery, Lake Oswego, Oregon
1977-1974
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Gazebo Gallery, Lake Oswego, Oregon

PUBLICATIONS
2010 ArtDaily, Feb 5–May 25, 2010
2010 Boise Weekly Vol. 19 Issue 15, Oct 6–12, 2010
2010 Sustain + Expand, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
2010 Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho, Taking the Pulse of Idaho’s Art World, Christopher Schnoor, Oct 6, 2010
2010 Rimas K. Simaitis, Sep18, 2010

AWARDS AND GRANTS
2016 Winston C. Mitchell and Surel L. Mitchell Family Foundation, honorarium award, Boise, ID
2017 Peter S. Reed Foundation, NY

TV & FILM
The Kardashians, Hulu
911 S5, Fox
Minx, HBO
American Housewife S5
The Laundromat
Good Time Charlie

COLLECTIONS
Kelly Wearstler, Interior Designer, Los Angeles
Kim Kardashian less