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24" X 48" Mixed on wood panel
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48" X 36" Mixed on wood pane
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36" X 48" Mixed on wood panel
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Statement:
I am interested in examining the miracle of everyday existence. I have lead a very unique life. Born in Los Angeles and educated from an early age at English boarding schools, I have been exposed to two different cultures. This gives my work an American energy with English sensibilities. I am intrigued by the interplay born of this duality: order and chaos, old and new, the conscious and unconscious, structure and freedom. Not to mention expectation and accident.
I am currently working with a new form of mixed media which allows, to an even greater extent, the chances of an interplay between process and providence.Exhibitions:
2007- Don O'Melveny Gallery, Three Man Show: "3"
2007- L.A. Artcore Brewery, Two Man Show: "Incantations"
2006- Don O'Melveny Gallery, Group Show: "Double Overhead III"
2006- Don O'Melveny Gallery, Solo Show: "Drowning Pool at Buddha Lounge"
2005- Don O'Melveny Gallery. Solo Show: "Road to Folly"
2005- Salon VI. Solo Show: "Leave Taking". Atlanta, GA.
2004- Don O'Melveny Gallery. Group Show. "Essentials"
2004_ Joanna Burke Gallery. Group Show: "The Off-Off Venice Art Show".
2003- Don O'Melveny Gallery. Solo Show: "Drowning Pool: Live!"
2003- Salon V. Solo Show: "The So Long Salon"
2003- Don O'Melveny Gallery. "Launch Pad". Group Show.
2003- Salon IV. Solo Show. "Glimpses: Prints and Studies"
2003- The Market Gallery. Group Show: "The Get Down Town Show"
2003- Salon III. Solo Show: "riffs"
2002- Don O'Melveny Gallery. Group Show: "A Week in December"
2002- Don O'Melveny Gallery. Group Show: "Marilyn's Bedroom"
2002- Don O'Melveny Gallery. Solo Show: "home and away"
2001- Don O'Melveny Gallery. Group Show: "Group Show"
2001- Salon II. Solo Show: "The Now Paintings"
2000- Salon I. Solo Show: "New Paintings"
1998- The Meadows Gallery. Group Show: "Dues"
1997- Kantor Gallery. Group Show: "The Real Thing" with Keith Haring.
Reviews and press:
The Surfer's Journal. "Versus". Volume 13 <3: Summer 2004
A Beautiful 8 page spread in this Coffee Table Magazine.
http://www.surfersjournal.comVersus
Paintings by Edem Elesh"It's all predicated on a basic truism: surfers make
bitchin' stuff. We've been running surf art portfolios for well over
a decade, displaying a wide array of styles, schools and
media. From the representational to the abstract; from the
figurative to the conceptual; from sculpture to glass... they've all had a chance
to hang in our little 2-D gallery space. As a result, we receive about 85 art
submissions each year. Of those, we choose perhaps three to augment
the two we assign. Edem Elesh came in out of the blue, in person, and
blew us away with his evocative, narrative and powerfully
expressionistic work. The craft is crazy, the concepts are unique, and the
overall package utterly imaginative- no cliche or shtick to
be found.""Eye On LA" Channel 7: "The Amazing Art of Edem Elesh"
http://edem-art.com/eye_on_la/eyeonla.htm"A True Hollywood Story", Kevin Butler
West Hollywood Independent.
Wed. July 17, 2002Highland Park Artist Feature. Channel 7. Friday, May 19 2006
Collections:
Harley and Karen Rinzler, Topanga, CA USA
Walter and Suzanne Ali, Tujunga, CA
Larry Baldoff, Santa Monica, CA USA
Mitchell and Marla Greene, Castaic, CA USA
Kincaid Jones, Los Angeles, CA USA
Salme Siltanen, Pasadena, CA USA
Mazin and Heather Sami, Los Angeles, CA USA
Greg and Dana Ellis, Los Angeles, CA USA
Ann Koeffler, Los Angeles, CA USA
Nico Alba, Los Angeles, CA USA
Jon Bailiff/ Susie Bright, Santa Cruz, CA USA
Neil and Jill Markey, Los Angeles, CA USA
Mark Young, Los Angeles, CA USA
Tony Hall, Los Angeles, CA USA
Tess and Graham Hill, Brighton, UK
Karen Bravery, Brighton, UK
Mark Burcarr/ Christina Affholder, Louisville, KY USA
Peter Kluge and Bob Smith, Los Angeles, CA USA
Kris McMillen-Dodd, Idaho USA
Don O'Melveny, Los Angeles, CA USA
Ron Russell, Topanga, CA USA
Jijo Reed, Malibu, CA USA
Gill and Alan Kydd, Brighton, England
Dianne Pennie, Los Angeles, CA USA
Ralf and Margaret Tomandl, Los Angeles, CA USA
Matt and Rene Selman, Los Angeles, CA USA
Dr. Elena Benjamin, Los Angeles, CA USA
Tracy Baker, Redondo Beach, CA USA
Michelle Nooney, Gainesville, GA USA
Michael Lovecchio, New York, NY USA
Amy and Ivan Reyes, Atlanta, GA USA
Ron Jay, Santa Monica, CA USA
Donna Von Hoesslin, Santa Cruz, CA USA
Sarah Beckley and Dan Courtemanche, Atlanta, GA USA
Paige Tyler and Dave Foster, Chicago, IL. USA
Roxana Shershin and Patrick Vance, Atlanta, GA. USA
Kim Landers, Atlanta, GA. USA
Roy Stevens and Troy King, Atlanta, GA USA
Jennifer Schoonmaker, Barrington Hills, IL USA
Craig Rice, Surrey, U.K.
Steve Mahr, Topanga, CA USA
Lauric and Vanessa Ivester, El Segundo, CA USA
