Adrienne Kinsella, Foundation Faculty

Adrienne Kinsella is a representational artist utilizing both drawing and painting to explore the themes of her research. As a California native, specifically from the Los Angeles region, a continual pondering of the issue of place and access…and often access denied is a continual thread. Her work examines relationships between interior and exterior, with and without, as well as the ambiguity of what differentiates insiders from outsiders, whether expressed in the literal spaces we inhabit or the privacy of an ambiguous mental landscape. Strategically omitted elements within the work play upon these themes and allude to the issue of loss.

Kinsella’s paintings are rendered in oil, acknowledging the historical weight of this media yet simultaneously questioning this tradition through disjointed subject matter and occasionally rendering these works on paper. Her drawings are rendered on frosted mylar, a semi-transparent substrate that echoes recurring themes of transience and the dichotomies of public vs. private. Deeply concerned with the potential of narrative in artmaking, Kinsella utilizes representational imagery as a potential means of synergistic connection between artist and viewer.

Kinsella lives and works just outside of Los Angeles.

Awards/Honors:

2023 American Illustration 42, Selected
2022 American Illustration 41, Chosen
2022 Second Place Winner, Your True Colors, Escondido, CA
2021 American Illustration 40, Chosen
2021 Honorable Mention, 3x3 Magazine, Annual, No. 18
2021 Virginia A. Orndorff Prize Scholarship
2021 Graduate Thesis Project Grant, CSUN Graduate Studies
2021 CSUN STAR Funding, Associated Students Research Grant
2020 CSUN Arts Council Scholarship
2020 Les Kanturek Scholarship, New York Society of Illustrators
2019 Associated Students Scholarship
2019 Los Angeles Printmaking Society Scholarship
2019 Mary Bayramian CSUN Art Department Scholarship

Professional Accomplishments/Exhibitions:

2023 - Summer Camp, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2023 - 7th Annual Anniversary Exhibition, Open Mind Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2023 - Open Call, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2023 - Literally, A Figurative Art Show, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2022 - What’s Next, Southern CA Women’s Caucus for Art, Burbank, CA
2022 - 6th Annual Anniversary Exhibition, Open Mind Art Space, West Los Angeles, CA
2022 - Art Matters, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
2022 - Illustration West 60, Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles, CA
2022 - Your True Colors, Escondido Municipal Gallery, Escondido CA
2021 - In, On & Around, CSUN Art Galleries, Northridge, CA
2021 - Within, Without, Group Exhibition, Open Mind Art Space, West Los Angeles, CA
2021 - Not! An Art Show, Group Exhibition, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2021 - Annual Juried Art Student Exhibition, CSUN Art Galleries, Online
2021 - CSUN Spring Illustration Showcase, CSUN Art Galleries, Online
2021 - Alliance for Women in Entertainment, AWE 2021 Winter Showcase, Online
2020 - New York Society of Illustrators 2020 Student Exhibition - Museum of American Illustration, New York, NY
2020 - The Color of Shadows, Solo Exhibition, Shed Gallery, CSUN, Northridge, CA
2020 - Soft Soap, Group Exhibition, CSUN West Gallery, Northridge, CA
2020 - Sidebar - CSUN Annual Painting Guild Exhibition, CSUN West Gallery, Northridge, CA - Co-Curator
2019 - Annual Print Society Exhibition - CSUN West Gallery
2019 - Group Exhibition with Patricia Lauletta and Coby Cerna - CSUN Shed Gallery
2019 - Annual Juried Student Exhibition - CSUN Main Gallery
2019 - Annual Illustration Exhibition - CSUN West Gallery
2019 - Blinky the Friendly Hen, 40th Anniversary Exhibition - CSUN Shed Gallery
2018 - Incoming - Group Exhibition, CSUN Shed Gallery - Co-Curator
2018 - LA Open, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 - Annual Shop Show - CSUN West Gallery
2017 - Moments Captured - Beyond the Lines Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Publications:

2023 Canvas Rebel Los Angeles, Meet Adrienne Kinsella, June 1, 2023
2023 ShoutoutLA, Meet Adrienne Kinsella, Fine Artist & Educator, June 5, 2023
2023 Studio Visit Magazine, Artist Feature
2022 Conversations with Adrienne Kinsella, Voyage LA, September 23, 2022
2021 Art In The Time of Corona, Vol. 2, Online Exhibition and Publication, Dab Art Co., Los Angeles, CA
2021 - The Northridge Review, Spring Edition, Publication, CSUN
2021 - Art In The Time Of Corona, Vol.2, Publication & Online Exhibition, Dab Art Co., Los Angeles, CA
2017 - Illustration for book of short stories - Do You See What I See? Discovering The Obvious: Finding a Better, More Meaningful Life, by Robert Hanley, published 2017
2017 - Illustration for children’s book series, 3 dummy books with color samples

Clients/Employment History:

2023 Professor of Record: Otis College of Art & Design, Figure Drawing I
2023 Professor of Record: Art 222, Illustration Materials & Techniques, Art 124B, Beginning Figure Drawing, Art 307, Core Art Studio, spring semester, CSUN
2023 Professor of Record: Principles of Design, spring semester, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Artist Lecture, Ryman Arts, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles
2022 Artist’s Assistant to Erk Mark Sandberg, Oil painting 2022 Professor of Record, College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA Art 125A Fundamentals of Drawing
2022 Professor of Record, CSUN Art 222, Illustration Materials & Techniques, and Art 307, Core Art Studio; College of the Canyons - Art 125A Principles of Drawing, Otis College of Art & Design, Figure Drawing I
2022 Internship in Foundations Department, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Professor of Record: Art 222, Illustration Materials & Techniques, Art 124B, Beginning Figure Drawing, spring semester, CSUN
2021 Artist Lecture, CSUN Art Galleries, Northridge, California
2021 Artist’s Assistant to Katie Dorame, Mural for Facebook Open Arts, Sunnyvale, CA 2021 Professor of Record: Watercolor, College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA
2021 Professor of Record: Art 222, Illustration Materials & Techniques, Hybrid Art 124A, Drawing I, two sections, fall semester, CSUN.
2021 Professor of Record: Art 222, Illustration Materials &Techniques, Online, California State University Northridge, spring semester
2020 Professor of Record: Art 222, Illustration Materials & Techniques, Online, CSUN, fall semester
2020-2021 Online Drawing Lab Technician, CSUN, fall and spring semester
2020 Artist’s Assistant to Mercedes Dorame, Sculptural Installation at Grand Park, Los Angeles, CA 2020 Teaching Assistant, Art 237, Printmaking I, CSUN spring semester
2020 Teaching Assistant, Art 222, Illustration Materials and Techniques, CSUN, spring semester
2019 Teaching Assistant, Art 237, Printmaking I, fall 2019, CSUN
2019 - 2020 Gallery Assistant, CSUN Art Galleries
2019 - 2020 Lab Technician/Instructional Student Assistant: CSUN Printmaking Lab
2019 - 2021 High School Substitute Teacher - Hart District, Santa Clarita, CA
2019 Artist’s Assistant to Mercedes Dorame, for her installation at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Artist’s Assistant to Mercedes Dorame, for her installation at The Hammer Museum, Made In LA 2018, Los Angeles, CA

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