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Kalan Strauss

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  1. Soft Targets - Solo

  2. Looks Can Be Deceiving

  3. Only In My Dreams - Solo

  4. Small Neon

  5. FFTT

  6. Barely Fair 2022

  7. DECENTER

  8. Neon and Light Museum

  9. Bright-Line

  10. You Thought To Think?


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Kalan Strauss

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Kalan Strauss (b. 1996, Los Angeles, USA) holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Growing up in Los Angeles and experiencing his father's professional involvement as an actor, Strauss became aware of the construction of representational imagery, and the extreme amount of editing, post-processing and visual effects that goes into these falsified scenarios that are presented to us as entertainment. Many of the formal qualities of Strauss’s work revolve around questioning, revealing, mimicing and critiquing this construction of representational imagery, specifically the visual experience.

His work centers around the theme of nostalgia, perceptual experiences and bringing together people in an emotional and intellectual journey. Strauss’s goal is to create thought-provoking pieces that explore the complexities of the human experience, specifically the memories and emotions that shape our lives, and to highlight the sensory experiences we often overlook in our mundane daily lives. The themes of identity, memory, and the human condition are recurrent in the artist’s work and they strive to create a sense of intimacy and vulnerability in their pieces. Strauss aims to connect with viewers on a deeper level, provoke a sense of self-reflection and empathy, as well as to bring people together to share a collective nostalgic experience.

Education

2020
BFA, Painting, New Media, and Art & Technology, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2017
AB, Marketing and Advertising, College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA

Exhibitions / Screenings / Performances / Murals / Commissions

2025
• Soft Targets *Solo*, Anthony Gallery at Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Limousine Service, Guerrero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2024
• Time of Our Lives, Anthony Gallery at The Mass, Tokyo
• Amor Tuyo, Tlaloc Studios, Los Angeles, CA
• Feed The Streets, Curated by Sayre Gomez, Los Angeles, CA
• Looks Can Be Deceiving, Curated by Kalan Strauss, Anthony Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Local Neon, Ken Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Angelitos De Plata, Curated by Ozzie Juarez, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2023
• Incognito, ICA LA at Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, CA
• Love Neon, Ken Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Love Neon II, Ken Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL

2022
• Only In My Dreams, Solo Exhibition, Monaco, St. Louis, MO
• Forest for the Trees, Seattle, WA
• Small Neon, Ken Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Barely Fair 2022, The Latent Space, Chicago, IL
• Decenter, The Latent Space, Chicago, IL

2021
• You Thought To Think?, The Latent Space, Chicago, IL
• Bright-Line, The Latent Space, Chicago, IL
• Neon and Light Museum, Chicago, IL

2020
• Mural, Porte/B-Line Chicago, 14 S Green Street, Chicago, IL
• Experimental 3D Showcase, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL

2019
• Now That’s What I Call REAL-TIME, Elastic Arts, Chicago, IL
• BFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
• SHC Collective, Soho House Chicago, IL
• Next to the Sun, YCA Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Back to School!, FDC Studios, Chicago, IL
• The Grass Wall, Solo Exhibition, FDC Studios, Chicago, IL
• Man of the Match, Heineken, SeatGeek Stadium, Chicago, IL
• Department of the Unimaginable, NIKE Pop-up, Chicago, IL
• Mural, Live Out Your Dreams (LOUD), LOUD Factory, Chicago, IL

2018
• Winter Lumen, Flex Space Gallery, SAIC, Chicago, IL
• Chicago Fashion Week, FashionBar, Chicago, IL
• Mural, Weissbluth Pediatrics South Loop, Chicago, IL
• Mural, Uber/Lollapalooza/Soho House, Chicago, IL
• Mural, Bacardi/B-Line Chicago, IL
• Art Bash, SITE Galleries, SAIC, Chicago, IL

2017
• Worst Crowd, Pop-Up, Los Angeles, CA

Curatorial


2024
• Looks Can Be Deceiving, Anthony Gallery, Chicago, IL

2022
• Warm Walls, The Latent Space @ Monaco, St. Louis
• Barely Fair 2022, The Latent Space Booth, Chicago, IL

2021
• Bright-Line, The Latent Space, Chicago, IL

Professional Activities


2020
• Founder and Director, The Latent Space, Chicago, IL

Awards


2017–2020
• Distinguished Scholar Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago



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Only In My Dreams

Solo Exhibition @ Monaco, St Louis, MO
11.11.22 - 12.10.22






“The Foe”, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
18x18 inches





“The Golden Knight”, 2022
Acrylic on panel
16x20 inches





“The Chase”, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
18x18 inches





Untitled, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
18x18 inches





“Manifest Destiny”, 2022
Colored pencil on paper
6x8 inches



“Kaiju on the Beach”, 2022
Colored pencil on paper
6x8 inches



“Only In My Dreams”, 2022
Colored pencil on paper
6x8 inches

Small Neon

Group Exhibition at Ken Saunders Gallery in Chicago, IL. 
9.9.22 - 11.15.22



“Traffic at Sunset, on Sunset”
Neon, argon, mercury, transformer, GTO wires
~ 20x8 inches
2022
Forest For The Trees (FFTT) was a group exhibition in Seattle, WA that featured 16 artists all showing 7x7 foot paintings on canvas.






“Tiger Hunting”, acrylic on canvas, 84x84 inches, 2022


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