Len Klikunas paints minimalist artworks to modify experienced reality through visual perception. The Blocks series is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between painting and sculpture. It employs shizen (自然): the Japanese concept of naturalness; absence of pretense or artificiality. Material is stretched over a supporting three-dimensional framework, like a tent, and coated with paint.
The work is characterized by “mindful artlessness” and simplicity. Understated and subtle, the work doesn’t only refer to itself, and it doesn’t explain everything.
This 10 inch square post-minimalist artwork is wired and ready to hang. The sides are painted white. The artist signs the artwork on the back. Convenient local Los Angeles shipping. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included with this unique painting.
Len Klikunas' sculptural works are represented by Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles as well as Kelly Wearstler Interior Design. They have been exhibited and collected throughout the USA.
REPRESENTATION
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Lacy Lines, The District, Boise, Idaho
Horizons, Landscapes, The District, Boise, Idaho
2013 Block in the Void, The District, Boise, Idaho
2012 Back of the Light, The District, Boise, Idaho
1979 Nudes by Klikunas, Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1976 Solar Votives, Clackamas College Gallery, Oregon City, Oregon
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Fluro Colour Forever”, Civic Center, Nampa, ID
2022 Lines In Motion”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Midnight Blue, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
Reflections and Shadows, Meridian Library, ID
Behind the Red Door, Initial Point Gallery, ID
2019 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
Roots, Nampa Civic Center, Nampa, ID
Binary Response, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
After Dark: A Duality, Nampa Civic Center, Nampa, ID
2018 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
Art Palm Springs, CA
2017 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2016 6 by Six, Art Source Gallery, Boise, Idaho (juried)
This American Life, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried)
Celebrating Private Idaho, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried)
Inner Workings, Surel's Place, Winston C. Mitchell and Surel L. Mitchell Family Foundation honorarium, Garden City, Idaho (juried)
2015 Hunting and Gathering Exhibition, Treasure Valley
Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried)
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California
2nd 2015 Showcase Competition, winner, Artslant
Bellingham National Salon des Refusés, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington
2011 Elon University Gallery, Elon, North Carolina
2010 Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
EDUCATION
1966 BA Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1970 MA California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
TV & FILM
The Kardashians, Hulu
911 S5, Fox
Minx, HBO
American Housewife S5
The Laundromat, Netflix
Good Time Charlie, TBS
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Architectural Digest 2023 AD100 Hall of Fame Issue
2010 ArtDaily, Feb 5–May 25, 2010
2010 Boise Weekly Vol. 19 Issue 15, Oct 6–12, 2010
2010 Sustain + Expand, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
2010 Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho, Taking the Pulse of Idaho’s Art World, Christopher Schnoor, Oct 6, 2010
2010 Rimas K. Simaitis, Sep 18, 2010
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2016 Winston C. Mitchell and Surel L. Mitchell Family Foundation, honorarium award, Boise, ID
2017 Peter S. Reed Foundation, NY
COLLECTIONS
Kelly Wearstler, Interior Designer, Los Angeles
Kim Kardashian