Opening Reception for Kelly Ording: The Shape Of Things

Luna Rienne Gallery is pleased to present The Shape Of Things, a solo exhibition featuring Oakland-based artist Kelly Ording. Opening Reception Saturday, June 18, 6-9PM Showing through July 25, 2016 With The Shape Of Things, Ording will present a collection of works that are started both with obvious intent and with no definitive plan or end. This combination of conscious works and ones that are intuitively formed will capture the elements of her creative process in varying degrees. In every one of her pieces, Ording begins with a surface that she dyes and/or washes to create a natural, uncontrollable background. On top of that, she paints intricate line work and geometry. Her new body of work will unveil experimental techniques in painting solid shapes and creating organic collage. Kelly Ording creates artwork that blends organic and geometric shapes with exact lines, pairing intuitive and mathematical mark-making. In doing so, she attempts to create and find beauty in simple things. Her pieces are as much about their creation process as the resulting imagery. Ording is a graduate of San Francisco Art Institute (2000). In addition to fine art, she creates large-scale public works and murals for locations such as Clarion Alley, Pelaga Park Recreation Center, Genentech, Facebook, and Kala Art Institute. This summer, she will complete a large-scale paving project at Unity Plaza, in conjunction with the San Francisco Department of Public Works and the San Francisco Arts Commission.