KYLEWALLACK
American
Neworiginalpaintingsfrompopularcontemporaryartist
KyleWallackakaKWwillbeondisplayatQuidley& CompanyFineArt.TheGrandOpeningforthisexhibit willbeonSaturday,October15thfrom6-9pmat12 WiltonRoadinWestport,CT.
KWgrewupinMadison,CT.Firstheattendedthepublic schoolsinMadison,thenchoseFairfieldPrepforhigh school,andlatergraduated fromEndicottCollege.KW beganhiscareerasfounder andArtisticDirectorof WashedLA,aclothing company.Hisapparelreleases havebeenquicklysellingout sincehestartedthecompany in2016.Washedwashisonly focusupuntilhewas diagnosedwithcanceronthe leftsideofhisface,inthe parotidgland.Aftertwo extensiveandgrueling surgeries,thecancerwas removed.KWspentthenext 18monthsrecoveringinhis
NewYorkapartment.Formany,thiswouldhavesignaled theend,forKWitwasjustthebeginning.Hespentthe greaterpartofthenextyearandahalfawayfromthe world.KWspenteverydaypaintingandcreatingthestyle youseetoday.Hisworkcanbeseeninhomesalloverthe country.Hehasdoneworkforsomeofthebiggestnames inthemusicindustry,includinggrammyawardwinning artistsCardiBandMissyElliott.KWhasalsobeenthe focalpointofmanygalleriesall overtheEastCoast.
HisgalleryopeningatQuidleyis called“PigmentsofSound.”The showwillfeature30original, newpaintings.Someofthe piecesincludelegendslikeJohn Lennon,JerryGarcia,Amy Winehouse,DavidBowie,Eddie VanHalen,JimiHendrix,Frank Sinatra,Elvisandmore.