Barbara Kolo
1830 - Original Black and White Minimalist Artwork (framed)
2016

About the Item

The quiet stillness of Barbara Kolo’s minimalist artworks evokes a time of reflection. Inspired by natural forms and influenced by Impressionist, Aboriginal, and Asian art, she has developed a meditative visual language using the simplicity of dots, lines, and circles. Her paintings grow organically, with any resulting symmetry and order happening in the moment. Kolo created this 34 inch high by 26 inch wide monochrome painting on archival paper to capture a unique shape with balanced subtlety. In her “Obsession Series,” she repeatedly hand-stamps ink or acrylic paint circles with different degrees of pressure, creating imperfections and variations that expose the artist’s hand. Each dot or circle is then counted with tally marks that become an integral part of the image. It is signed and dated by the artist on the front, lower right corner. It is framed in a white wood frame. Size and price include the frame. It is wired and ready to hang. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping is available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Barbara Kolo was born and educated in New York. Having developed an appreciation for art from an early age, her interest in drawing and painting led her to attend the High School of Art and Design, followed by the School of Visual Arts. During the 1980’s Barbara built a career as an award-winning art director in creative advertising for film and television. Her career brought her to Los Angeles in 1989. As an independent freelance art director, she worked directly with major film studios and design studios specializing in film advertising. In 1991, she became the Director of Print Advertising at Universal Studios. Kolo moved to Paris with her husband in 2000. She rented an art studio by La Bastille and participated in “Genie de la Bastille” an event similar to the Venice Art Walk in California. In 2003, the couple returned to Santa Monica. Since then, Barbara has re-established herself in the local art community by participating in various solo and group exhibitions. Kolo’s work is held in public and private collections in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Taiwan, Australia, and the U.A.E. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, USA EDUCATION 1981 B.F.A., School of Visual Arts, New York, New York SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012 Hale Arts Space, Santa Monica, California 2009 Topanga Canyon Gallery. Topanga, California 2007 Kanvas, New York, New York 2006 Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, California 2003 Off Rose Gallery, Venice, California 2002 Pluralism, Paris, France 2001 WICE, Paris, France 2000 Moorpark College, Moorpark, California 1999 Knickerbocker Gallery, New York Santa Monica Film Studio, Santa Monica, California Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, California 1998 University of California, Irvine, Treble Zone Gallery, Irvine, CA 1996 Antioch University Los Angeles, Marina Del Rey, California Music Center Annex, Los Angeles, California 1993 School of Visual Arts, New York GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 LA Art Show, Los Angeles, California 2015 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, represented by Artspace Warehouse, Palm Springs, CA 2014 Art Wynwood, represented by JanKossen Contemporary (Basel), Miami, Florida Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, Germany Houston Fine Art Fair, represented by Artspace Warehouse, Houston, Texas Love Art, represented by Artspace Warehouse, Toronto, Canada Affordable Art Fair New York, represented by Artspace Warehouse, New York MLY Gallery, Malibu, California Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California Westweek 2014 at A. Rudin, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California 2013 Context Art Miami, represented by JanKossen Contemporary, Miami, Florida Art.Fair,represented by JanKossen Contemporary, Staatenhaus Am Reinpark, Cologne, Germany LAAA Gallery 825, “Radical Stimulus”, Los Angeles, California Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, California Belicher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, California MLY Gallery, Malibu, California Gallery Y, Los Angeles, California Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California 2012 San Diego Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Artspace Warehouse, San Diego, CA Belicher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, California Affordable Art Fair, represented by Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California AIA Los Angeles –The American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles, California TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California 2011 Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA) Gallery 825, CA Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California Venice Art Walk Auction, Venice, California Art at The Water Garden, Santa Monica, California Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, California 2010 Primo Piano LivinGallery, Leece, Italy Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California Off Rose Gallery, Venice, California Downtown Art Center (DAC) Gallery, Los Angeles, California The Annenberg Beach House, Santa Monica, California Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California LAAA Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California 2009 The Annenberg Beach House, Santa Monica, California Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California José Drudis Biada Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California TCG at the Brewery, Los Angeles, California Off Rose Gallery, Venice, California TCG at the Brewery, Los Angeles, California Topanga Canyon Gallery 2008 Los Angeles Cultural Affairs, LAX, Los Angeles, California Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, California Artists Space, New York, New York Angels’ Ink Gallery, San Pedro, California TCG at the Brewery, Los Angeles, California Topanga Canyon Gallery Angels’ Ink Gallery, San Pedro, California 2007 Angels’ Ink Gallery, San Pedro, California Off Rose Gallery, Venice, California TCG at the Brewery, Los Angeles, California Topanga Canyon Gallery 2006 Off Rose Gallery, Venice, California TCG at the Brewery, Los Angeles, California TAG, Juried by Laddie John Dill, Santa Monica, California Bank of America, Pacific Palisades, California L.A. Art Exchange Auction, Santa Monica, California Off Rose Gallery, Venice, California Topanga Canyon Gallery 2005 Artists’ Space, New York, New York Los Angeles Cultural Affairs, LAX & ONT Airports, California 2004 Topanga Canyon Gallery, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California Venice Art Walk Auction, Venice, California 2002 Gallery 50, Inc. Bridgeton, New Jersey Centre Culturel de Descartes, Descartes, France 2001 Maison des Métallos, Paris France American Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France 2000 Palais des Art, Marseilles, France 1999 Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California L.A. County Century Gallery, Sylmar, California W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California 1998 Armand Hammer Museum Art Rental & Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Museum of Art Rental & Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, California Venice Art Walk Auction, Venice, California 1997 José Drudis Biada Gallery, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, California Arts Inc., Los Angeles, California Curator: Diana Lyn The Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture 1996 SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California Sacramento Fine Arts Center H.K. Holbien Award, Carmichael, California 1995 Hispanic Arts Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico Armand Hammer Museum Art Rental & Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1994 Mythos Gallery, Burbank, California Bowles-Sorokko Gallery, Beverly Hills, California Sun Cities Art Museum, Sun City, Arizona 1993 The Art Store Gallery, Los Angeles, California PUBLICATIONS Pacific Palisades Patch, Christine Logan, “Palisades Artist Featured in Topanga Gallery Opening” August 17, 2011 Messenger, “Visions Six at Topanga Canyon Gallery Opens August 3”, Arts, July 28, 2011 C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr in Paper, “Art Cars in LA”, photos, #1 Limited Edition. Connect Magazine, “Gaia: Celestial Fragments in Mostra alla Primo Piano LivinGallery di Leece, September 16, 2010 Venice Patch, Arts, Samantha Page, “Barbara Kolo at Rose Café”, November 3, 2010 Messenger, Ken Fermoyle, “Local Gallery Artist Shows Neo-Pointillism Work in Latest Exhibit”, Mar. 3 – 15, 2009 Art Daily, “Artist Barbara Kolo Shows Paintings of Color and Light”, March 7, 2007 Messenger, “Kolo goes Solo at Topanga Canyon Gallery”, Arts, Nov.2 – Nov. 15, 2006 Messenger, Laura Mauney, Arts, “Tour de Force”, June 29 – July12, 2006 Paris Voice, April Calendar, Art, photo, April 2001 Artweek, Charlene Roth, Reviews “Terry Lenihan & Barbara Kolo at the Brand Library Galleries”, June 1999. Glendale News Press, Ryan Carter, Around Town, “Best Bet”, photo, March 24, 1999. Glendale News Press, Randy Tanaka, “Women’s Work” March 20-21, 1999. Los Angeles Times, Josef Woodward, “Face Value”, January 29, 1999. Los Angeles Times, Nancy Kaptanoff, “Renderings From Within” July 22, 1994.

Creator:

Barbara Kolo (American)

Creation Year:

2016

Dimensions:

Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)

Medium:

Acrylic,Graphite,Paper

Movement & Style:

Abstract

Period:

21st Century