Keira Kotler

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I am drawn to the beauty of colour and the arresting purity it possesses when separated from form and context. Through painting and photography, I focus on light, shadow, and the subtle nuances found in common experiences. By abstracting actual occurrences into subliminal fields, I amplify moments that often go unnoticed and create portals to subconscious unveiling.

My interest lies in experiences that are nonverbal and unexplainable in traditional language. The goal is to encourage psychological introspection and create a space for sensory perception. By allowing the formal to be a spark for the internal, I speak to experiences beyond words – the moments which carry great weight in the body yet are not fully resolved in the mind. Each is an illumination, a meditation, aimed at promoting self-knowledge and discovering oneself through stillness.
 

Lumina cerulean 042107, 2007
light jet print on aluminum
20 x 20 inches

Lumina sage 051007, 2007
light jet print on aluminum
30 x 30 inches

 Lumina mauve 082107, 2007
light jet print on aluminum
24 x 24 inches
Biography

Solo + Two-Person Exhibitions

2007 Keira Kotler + Jenn Shifflet, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA
2006 Luminas: Recent Photoworks, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
         The Language of Color, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2005 New Photography, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2004 Colourworks, ICB Studios, Sausalito, CA
2003 Keira Kotler: New Work, ICB Studios, Sausalito, CA
2001 Colour Studies, Loft Space, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 SITE Unseen 5, SITE Santa Fe + James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Red Dot Miami, Art Gotham New York, Miami, Fl
         Moon Proof Madness, Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
         Chroma, Gensler San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
         Taste, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
         Still, Contemporary Quarterly Project Space, www.contemporaryquarterly.com
         Systems + Transmutations, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
         Purple Rain, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Cream, From the Top, Arts Benicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA
         San Francisco Art Institute MFA Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
         SFMOMA 16th Biennial Art Auction, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
         SITE Unseen 4, SITE Santa Fe + James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
         MOMENTUM, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
         Taste, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2005 EMERGE! 2005, Gen Art, San Francisco, CA
         Root Division Auction + Fundraiser, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
         Gallery Artists, CFA Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
         SoEx’s 30th Annual Fundraiser + Art Auction, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
         San Francisco Biennial Exhibition, Herbst Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, CA
         Considering Orange, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
         Nine Square Grid, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
         36thNational Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
         San Francisco International Art Exposition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
         2004 Gifted, CFA Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
         2nd Annual Marin Artists Exhibition, CFA Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
         Considering Red, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
         8 Takes: Exploring Photography, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
        Art Chicago, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Explorations, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
         Inaugural Exhibition, Lendrum Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Collective, Four Corners Center, Mill Valley, CA
2001 SITE Unseen 2, SITE Santa Fe + James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2000 Monothon 14, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1999 Sight Unseen 1, SITE Santa Fe + James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
         Monothon 13, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

Publications

Keira Kotler + Jenn Shiffle at Chandra Cerrito, Jakki Spicer, Artweek, Feb. 2008
Keira Kotler + Jenn Shifflet, Critic’s Choice, Saira Masood, East Bay Express, Nov. 14, 2007
Keira Kotler + Jenn Shifflet, Critic’s Choice, Jakki Spicer, East Bay Express, Nov. 7, 2007
Moon Proof Madness, Di Rosa Preserve Exhibition Catalog, October 2007
‘Still Standing,’ Gay Dawson, The Bohemian, April 2007
‘Cream’ at Arts Benicia, Cherie Louise Turner, Artweek, October 2006
Simplest Art - Color Solo, Where Magazine, May, 2006
West Coast:MFA Review, Chris Cobb, stretcher.org, May, 2006
San Francisco Art Institute Master of Fine Arts Exhibition Catalog, May 2006
American Art Collector, Volume 2, Book 1, Alcove Books
2005 Art in Review, Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, December 2005
Nice Surprises at ‘Emerge,’ Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, November 2005
Gen Art EMERGE Exhibition Catalog, November 2005
Explorations at Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, THE Magazine, April 2003

Public + Corporate Collections
Westin Hotels + Residences
Weil Gotshal + Manges LLC, Redwood Shores, CA
YOGAStudio, Mill Valley, CA
YOGAStudio, San Francisco, CA
Aston Pereira, Sacramento, CA
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

Awards/Honors
2006-2008 Advisory Board Member, Root Division, San Francisco
2005 San Francisco Art Institute Curatorial Award, San Francisco
1999 SITE Santa Fe Sponsored Artist, Monothon 13, Santa Fe, NM
1994 Maine Photographic Workshops, Artist Residency, Rockport, ME

Education
San Francisco Art Institute, MFA Painting, 2006
UC Berkeley, Interior Architecture + Design, 2003
Barnard College, Columbia University, BA Communications, Cum Laude, 1993