kei gratton
My most recent body of work, all mixed media acrylic paintings on canvas, are meditative reflections of an internal landscape —resting somewhere between the seen and unseen — inviting the viewer to wander and wonder to a place where inner dialogue has no boundaries. As a dedicated student of yoga and nature, I seek the depths of “truth” through the process of painting and quite unconsciously these pieces explore my relation with divine timing…giving in, letting go. The studio is a place to practice deep meditation, the work… befriending the ego and an invitation to just be.
Rarely touching a paintbrush, the process is hands on, Reiki as my anchor.
EXHIBITIONS + INSTILLATIONS
2016 Solo Exhibition "silent golden" Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2016 Exhibition "Bloom" Gallery 360 (with sculptor Kordula Coleman) Edina, Minnesota
2013 Group Exhibition "Above and Beyond" Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2013 Solo Exhibition "Flora Obscura" Gallery 360, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2012 Group Exhibition, Gallery 360, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2012 50th and France Art Crawl, Edina, Minnesota
2012 Solo Exhibition, Beaujos Wine Bar (curated by Gallery 360), Edina, Minnesota
2011 Group Exhibition, Gallery 360, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Solo Exhibition, One Yoga, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007 Juried Exhibition, State Fair fine Arts Exhibition, Saint Paul, Minnesota
2004 Group Exhibition, The Upstairs Gallery (UW Stout), Menomonie, WI
2001 Group Exhibition, di Stilo Gallery, "The Feminine Mystique" Minneapolis, Minnesota
1997 Group Exhibition, "55408" Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Publication: City Pages, Art Review, August 2, 1997
1997 Solo Exhibition, "Frescos" Savories, Stillwater, Minnesota
1996 Group Exhibition, "55408" Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1994 Solo Exhibition, Inspiration, Hamburg Germany
1994 Solo Exhibition/Permanent Installation, Kopfe, Hamburg Germany
1993 Solo Exhibition, Casper Bingemer Gallery, Hamburg Germany Publication: Up to Date/Kunst in Hamburg 1993
1992 Solo Exhibition/Permanent Installation, Tanzart, Hamburg Germany
1992 Permanent Installations, Ozi's Schnittfest, Hamburg Germany
COMMISSIONED WORKS
Kronfeld/Baum (Private Collection), Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mia Bolte Buddhist-Inspired Psychology, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pronto, Minneapolis, MN
Studio Begovic, Hamburg Germany
Kopfe, Hamburg Germany
Tanzart, Hamburg Germany
Ozi's Schmitt Fest, Hamburg Germany
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gallery 360, Minneapolis, Minnesota