Matthew Hansel Mara Held the work constructs a dazzling

the work constructs a dazzling landscape populated with an abundance of unsettling and fantastic elements

Her studio is located on an old dairy farm in the picturesque Hudson Valley that has been in her family since the 1960s

Salonen’s colourful figurative works depict fantastical and imagined worlds of electric vibrancy - settings that exist on a spiritual plane outside of time and space

Kim also holds an MFA in printmaking and a BA in Western Painting from Sungshin Women’s University

whilst her compositions imply they exist as part of a larger story

Matthew Hansel Mara Held the work constructs a dazzlingMatthew Hansel's practice playfully assembles varying artistic traditions and tonal registers to create uncanny, luscious, and immersive experiences. The artist overlays classical imagery with surreal elements mined from popular culture, art history and our collective unconscious. Using a mixture of humour and pathos, Hansel creates post modern images that reflect on the history of art while exploring the flattening of artistic hierarchies in an age