KATHLEEN MELIAN
Kathleen Melian's paintings explore human connection through ritual, the reinvention of myths and the places where the magical exists. Melian draws imagery from photo documentation of her life long travels throughout the Southwestern wilderness.
- The First History Man. George Miller, Mad Max:Fury Road
“Where must we go, we who wander this wasteland in search of our better selves?"
The Chase
42” x 52”, oil and acrylic on Canvas, 2025
Palisades Park Cliffs
53” x 43”, Oil and acrylic on Canvas, 2025
Wilding Ones
48” x 60”, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2025
Bounty of the Huntress
48” x 60 “, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 2024
At the Gulch
24" x 20", oil on canvas, 2019
Hidden Garden
72” x 84”, oil on canvas
2023
"MOAH Cedar Juried Art Exhibition", Lancaster, CA
2024
"Le Sinq Sens Galerie Part 2", Dallas, TX
2021
“Window Art Project”, Elisa Johns Studio, Inglewood, CA
2024
"Le Sinq Sens Galerie Exhibition and Private dinner with Artist", Dallas, TX
“No Man’s Land”, Shockboxx, Hermosa Beach, CA
2022
Exibitions
“Melian’s abstracted paintings focus on the experience and memory of these harsh and magical places their inhabitants.“
Claremont Graduate University MFA, 2012
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, BS Design
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, BS Design
Education
Location
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Awards
September, 2012
Artslant Round #5 Showcase
Painting
1
1
August, 2012
Artslant Round #3 Showcase
Painting
New American Paintings, Issue #103, Dec 2012/Jan 2013
MFAde in La: Boom Los Angeles 2012, Los Angeles, I'm Yours
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Ordinary Life in Unusual Times
Arte Para Informarte, "The Views: Bric-a-Brac to Superflat"
”Kathleen Melian Artist”, CanvasRebel (online pub, LA 2024);
Santa Monica Artists Highlight the Figurative and the Abstract
New American Paintings MFA issue (2012).
Artslant showcase winner, rounds #3 and #5 (2012);
“Within the Cave at Durden and Ray”, Shana Nuys Dambrot (2017);
Showcase Winner, Huffington Post Art and Culture Imageblog;
