ADONNA KHARE
The drawings are a language to me each animal represents a person or personal story. — Adonna Khare, 2013
Lora Schlesinger is pleased to announce Adonna Khare’s fourth solo-exhibition with the gallery. In the Clouds features new drawings by the artist. The exhibition opens with the artist’s reception on Saturday, June 8 from 5 to 7 pm and is on view through July 20, 2013. Adonna Khare’s new drawings are whimsical, meticulous, solemn, playful, and humorous. Filled with an array of complex narratives, Khare’s drawings make it easy to abandon the world around you and delve into her mystifying world of Bears, Antelopes, Chimp, Bunnies and Butterflies. Backgrounds filled with tornadoes, whirlpools, waterfalls and storm clouds represent life’s unpredictability, ever-evolving change, and the unknown. All of Khare’s animals caught in the foreground of a storm brewing behind them, a storm of change and uncertainty; once it arrives you don’t know whether there will be severe damage or you’ll come out unscathed and better off. This past fall Khare won the Public Award at ArtPrize 2012, the largest art competition in the world, with 1,619 works of art by artists from 56 countries. With over 400,000 attendees Adonna Khare took home the first prize. In the Clouds is Khare’s response to the changes in her life that have past and the changes that are yet to come since winning the award. Adonna Khare received her MFA from California State University, Long Beach. Her drawings were selected for the Surrealism Today exhibition at the Nassau County Museum in Roslyn NY. She was included in the Long Beach Museum of Art’s “Sweet Subversives, Contemporary California Drawing 2009-2010” and was given a one-person show in 2010 titled “The World of Adonna Khare: Beasts, Backpacks and Curious Creatures”, at the William D. Cannon Art Gallery in Carslbad, California.
Grizzly Bears, carbon pencil on paper, 96 x 72� unframed
Polar Bears, carbon pencil on paper, 96 x 72� unframed
The Chimp and the Whirlpool, 2013, carbon pencil on paper, 57 x 36�, 67-1/8 x 44-1/4� fr.
Kudu with Two Chimps, 2013, carbon pencil on paper, 57 x 36”, 67-1/8 x 44-1/4” fr.
Bunny with Tornadoes, 2013, carbon pencil on paper, 14 x 11�, (17 x 14� fr.)
Hummingbird Windmill, 2011, carbon pencil on paper, 12 x 9�, (15 x 12� fr.)
Crying Warthog, 2011, carbon pencil on paper, 15 x 14�, (18 x 17� fr.)
Pear Snails, 2013, carbon pencil on paper, 11 x 14”, (12 x 17” fr.)
Polar Bear with Butterflies, 2013, carbon pencil on paper, 9 x 14”, (12 x 17” fr.)
Hyena, 2011, carbon pencil on paper, 14 x 11�, (17 x 14� fr.)
Marigold and Elephant, 2011, carbon pencil on paper, 17 x 14�, (20 x 17� fr.)
Swan, 2011, carbon pencil on paper, 13-3/8 x 11, (16-1/2 x 14� fr.)
Bunny with Bees, 2013, carbon pencil on paper, 11 x 14�, (14 x 17� fr.)
Parrot and Sailboat, 2013, carbon pencil on paper, 8-7/8 x 8�, (16-5/8 x 15-1/4� fr.)
Flamingo with Legs, 2013, carbon pencil on paper, 11 x 10�, (14 x 13� fr.)
Tarantula, 2011, carbon pencil on paper, 12 x 9�, (15 x 12� fr.)
Rhino with Fork, 2013, carbon pencil on paper, 11 x 14”, (14 x 17” fr.)
Play with Scissors, 2013, carbon pencil on paper, 6 x 9”, (12-3/4 x 15-1/4” fr.)
Two Mallards, 2011, carbon pencil on paper, 12 x 9�, (15 x 12� fr.)
Goldfish and Balloons, 2013, carbon pencil on paper, 14 x 9”, (17 x 12” fr.)
ADONNA KHARE 1980
Born: Glendale, CA
Education 2007
M.F.A. California State University, Long Beach
2003
B.A., California State University, Long Beach
Selected Solo Exhibitions 2013
In the Clouds, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011 Menagerie, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2010
Animal Talk, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
2008
By A Thread, Lora Schlesinger Gallery (Formerly Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art), Santa Monica, CA
2006
Chimerical, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2006
The Beast, MFA Thesis Show, Gatov Gallery, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions 2012
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
2012
Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2010
Small Works, Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009
The Toy Show II, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Sweet Subversives: Contemporary California Drawings, Long Beach Museum of Art
2009
Draw The Line, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008
WHIM-WHAM, curated by Mark Steven Greenfield, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, CA
2007
Surrealism Today, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
2007
Insights, CSLUB University Long Beach Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2007
SILA 45, Society of Illustrators Los Angeles (SILA), Culver City, CA
2007 Through the Looking Glass, El Camino College, Torrance, CA 2006
Los Angeles Journal Exhibition, Los Angeles CA
2006
Insights, Juried Exhibition, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2004
Drawings – Group Exhibition, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2004
Juried University Exhibition, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach
2004
Illustration Show, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach
Awards 2012
Selected Winner of 2012 ArtPrize Grand Rapids, MI*
Scholarships 2006
Werby Scholarship, California State University Long Beach
2004
California State University Summer Arts Award
1998
South Pasadena Woman’s Club Art Contest Scholarship
1998
South Pasadena Alumni Art Scholarship
* ArtPrize is the largest art competition in the world. In 2012 there were 1,619 works of art by artists from 56 countries and over 400,000 attendees.