Kamran Assadi migrated to U.S from Iran in 1984. He attended CSULB from 1985-1990 studying painting and drawing. From 1990-1999, he produced several bodies of work in mixed media, painting, sculpture and photography. In 1999, co-founded Utopia good food & fine art as a hybrid restaurant and gallery, exhibited over 100 solo and group shows featuring emerging […]
Jeremy Davidson is an educator and artist whose work is a reflection of his deep connection to the natural world. Inspired by the ever-changing beauty of the environment, Jeremy’s paintings capture the ethereal qualities of the atmosphere, the vibrant colors of the sky, and the intricate shapes of plants. His art seeks to evoke a […]
Eric Strauss began making art and music in the mid-sixties. He was a founding member of the band Zazu Pitts and a collaborator/performer in such memorable groups as A Walk in the Closet, Enema Dog, Half Moon,The Polish Eagle Orchestra, The Motor Totemist Guild, Personal Best, The Wigbillies, Phog masheeen, SMUD, and Skunk Puppet. After […]
Southern California-based Performance/Installation artist Takeshi Kanemura was born in Okinawa, Japan, and lives and works in Los Angeles. Kanemura has exhibited internationally in Japan, Taiwan, and the U.S. He received a BA from University of California, Riverside, an MA from California State University, San Bernardino, and an MFA from Claremont Graduate University. Kanemura has transcended traditional Japanese […]
Over three decades, Devin Sarno has cultivated an esteemed position in the Los Angeles underground. Beginning with his dalliances in the fertile experimentation of mid-80’s SST Records bands (including providing lyrics for Saccharine Trust) and onto his ruminative ventures into high-frequency noise and low- end facing drone under the CRIB alias and his own name, […]
Sam Anthem is a sound and performance artist who approaches art and life as a fool and a guest: a fool because they are critical of status quo knowing; a guest because they walk on land and move through space that is never their own. Accordingly, as an artist who unclaims and resists “craft” and “mastery,” […]
Ilias Liosatos started by studying materials’ science and his passion for the sound led him to work with a stringed instruments’ maker. Since then he immersed himself to that abstract feeling of controlling each step of a sound objectmanufacturing. Indeed the control of such a process is limited to “abstract” which ever since has its unique […]
comar muwaren grew up inside an animal hospital. After long days, in Catholic school, comar returned home to bark in cages and to assist his father in birthing, operating on, and in euthanizing beloved pets. Now, a sick puppy themself, comar takes on the ancient-ish role of auto-moirologist (a funereal actor compensated to lament, eulogize and […]
Ajani Brannum (they/them) is an artist working between performance, writing, digital media, facilitation, and divination. Guided by a commitment to psycho-spiritual inquiry, Ajani examines the stories that structure our being-in-the-world. Ajani has presented work at REDCAT, Human Resources Los Angeles, Los Angeles Performance Practice, Pieter Performance Space, Highways Performance Space, on tabletops and screens, in classrooms, […]
The experimental time-based arts collective //sense showcases experimental community theater performances, exhibitions, and screenings. Counteracting the marginalization of time-based arts, //sense fosters a collaborative common ground for sound/video/performance/media artists to create gesamtkunstwerk through synergy. //sense encourages two maxims: “making good communities better” and “finding arts in all things.” //sense creates brave spaces for participants to […]