Joe Reihsen is a painter and sculptor based in Los Angeles, California, U.S. [1]
Reihsen was born in Blaine, Minnesota, U.S., in 1979. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute, California, and received a BFA for painting and new genres in 2005, and a MFA at the University of California in Santa Barbara, California, in 2008. [1] Reihsen founded JAM in 2003 for an exhibition at San Francisco's New Langton Arts. [2] The program was designed to help average people attain success with art. JAM has traveled nationally, offering free workshops from 2003 until its final seminar at the University of California, Santa Barbara on September 19, 2006. [3]
Reihsen uses a variety in thickness of paint to create textured abstract works which are simultaneously ethereal and dense. [4]
Kenny Scharf is an American painter known for his participation in New York City's interdisciplinary East Village art scene during the 1980s, alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, Scharf's do-it-yourself practice spanned painting, sculpture, fashion, video, performance art, and street art. Growing up in post-World War II Southern California, Scharf was fascinated by television and the futuristic promise of modern design. His works often includes pop culture icons, such as the Flintstones and the Jetsons, or caricatures of middle-class Americans in an apocalyptic science fiction setting.
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