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Guy Kinnear

RESUME

Education:

  • 1998 MFA: San Francisco Art Institute
  • 1995 BA: Art General Studio, Minor in Biblical Studies, Azusa Pacific University
  • 1993 General Studies, Cuesta Community College

Solo Exhibits:

  • 2023 Linnea’s, San Luis Obispo, CA
  • 2018  4 Cats Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA The Homunculus Cycle
  • 2012  Steynberg Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
  • 2011  Jamaica You, San Luis Obispo, CA,  Under the Surface
  • 2010  Demossa Gallery, Laguna CA
  • 2008  Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, Ceilings
  • 2007  Bluebird Art House, Whittier CA
  • 1999 – 2003  Kinnear Studio, Pomona, CA
  • 2001  Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
  • 1996  Biola University, La Mirada, CA,  Tabernacle. Installation
  • 1995  Jamaica You, San Luis Obispo, CA
  • 1995  Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA,  Tabernacle. Installation

Group Exhibits: 

  • 2023 John Natsoulas Gallery & Art Center, CA, Unreal: Contemporary Surrealism
  • 2023 Cuesta Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo, CA, Together Alone, Alone Together/ Collaborative event with SLO Movement Arts Collective
  • 2022  Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA, A Kind of Heaven
  • 2021  William Rolland Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA, The Otherworld
  • 2019  Beverly Hills Art Fair, Beverly Hills, CA
  • 2019  Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, The Illusionists
  • 2017   Studios in the Park, Paso Robles, CA, America: The Promise
  • 2017   Fleur De Boom, Pasadena, CA, 1 Year(ish) Anniversary Pop-up Event
  • 2017   Studios in the Park, Paso Robles, CA,The Gun Show
  • 2016   CBU Gallery, Riverside, CA Into the Mystic: The Quest of Six West Coast Artists
  • 2012   Seeds Fine Art Exhibits, Grove Center for the Arts, Hollywood, CA, The Last Word.  
  • 2010-2011Traveling show: Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA. & Biola University, La Mirada, CA,  Dark Inheritance: Purposeful Dislocation
  • 2009  San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA,  Corpora in Extremis
  • 2009  Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA,  More With Less
  • 2008  Jose Drudis Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2007  316 W. 2nd Street, Downtown Los Angeles, CA,  First Annual Art & Music Soiree
  • 2003  Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
  • 2002  Jamaica You, San Luis Obispo, CA
  • 2001  Cuttress Gallery, Pomona, CA,  Portraits
  • 2000 DA Center For the Arts, Pomona, CA,  Vehicles
  • 1999   Art Student Retreat, San Clemente, CA, Sticks and Stones and Sand
  • 1998   Catacombs, San Francisco, CA, Explorations of Seven:
  • 1998   Fort Mason Center, Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
  • 1995   Plotkin Gallery, Lakeview CA
  • 1994   Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, Beast of Burden Video Production.
  • 1994   Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, Lest We Forget
  • 1992   Cuesta Community College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
  • 1990   San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA

Professional Experience:

  • 2014 – present Cuesta Community College, San Luis Obispo, CA
    •  Art Instructor
  • 2014 – present SLO Classical Academy, San Luis Obispo, CA
    •  Art Instructor
  • 2006 – 2017 Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA
    • MFA & BFA Associate Professor Painting & Drawing
  • 1998 – 1999  Bridgemont High School, San Francisco, CA
    •  High School Art Teacher
  • 1998  San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
    • Teacher’s Assistant in Anatomy Drawing
  • 1995 – 1996 Metal Arts Sculpture Center, Paso Robles, CA
    •  Bronze Sculpture Finisher

Professional Service in the Community:

  • 2020   San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA Online
    • Workshop Instructor: Color Theory and Color Gamuts
  • 2020   Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
    • Guest Speaker Workshop Instructor, Guest Critiquer: Golems, Wretches & Landscapes
  • 2018   San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
    • Guest Speaker Art at High Noon: The Sublime and the Beautiful
  • 2017   Paso Robles Art Association, Paso Robles, CA
    • Guest Speaker: Artist and Model 
  • 2016   San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
    • Guest Speaker Art at High Noon “The Historic Nude”
  • 2014   Inter Varsity Campus by the Sea, Catalina, CA
    • Speaker: When Intellect and Beauty Meet
    • Workshop: VisualJournaling
  • 2014    San Luis Obispo Methodist Church, San Luis Obispo, CA
    • Juror: BEACON ART SHOW: an open medium, open genre, juried exhibition on the Divine gift of art making from multiple faith traditions
  • 2011  Paso Robles Art Association, Paso Robles, CA
    • Juror: CONSTRUCTION ZONE: original works of collage, assemblage and multiples.
  • 2011   San Luis Obispo Museum, San Luis Obispo, CA
    •  Juror: INSIDE OUT: original oil, pastel, acrylic and mixed media paintings united by the shared theme of self portraiture. 
    • Presentation: The Evaluation of Self-portraiture as a Subject in a Multi-Genre Context.
  • 2005, 2006, USC Conference for Seniors
    •  Returning Guest Speaker & Discussion Group Leader: Crisis in the Isenheim Altarpiece & the Brothers Karamazov
  • 2005  CIVA Convention, Azusa Pacific University CA
    • Workshop Presenter: Model and Artist: Dynamics in Life Drawing
  • 2004 – 2005  Metro Gold Line, Azusa CA
    • Aesthetics Committee Member
  • 2001  Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
    • Guest Artist & Lecturer for Art & Theology Festival: Spirituality in the Mundane

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The event was just over a week ago, and I am still The event was just over a week ago, and I am still smiling! 
A grand evening with @805bdshp and chatting with all the folks who came out for Atascadero’s Sip-N-Shop @atascadero_chamber. 
Thank you to everyone who joined me there!

#art #claysculpture #livesculpture #liveart #sculpture #surfing #figurativesculpture #figurativeart
Are you in SLO County this Friday? Come on out to Are you in SLO County this Friday?
Come on out to @centralcoastwines for @slocounty_arts ART AFTER DARK 
October 3rd, 
5:00-8:00pm
712 Higuera St. San Luis Obispo, CA

There will be many venues open displaying local artists… 
And I WIL BE ONE OF THEM!

Some familiar works, and some new, Come celebrate with us and grab a bottle of wine from Central Coast Wines! 

#artafterdarkslo #artafterdark #artexhibit #art #painting #drawing
I got a live sculpting event! This Friday, Septemb I got a live sculpting event! This Friday, September 26th, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. 

It's going to be at the @805bdshp in Atascadero for the Sip and Shop event. @firestonewalker_pasorobles 805 Brews will be on top and a broad selection of local wineries serving up some of their best bottles.

I'll be doing a sculpture of Micky Munoz doing his iconic "The Quasimodo" in just 2 hours. I hope I see you there it's going to be fun!

#liveart #livesculpture #thequasimodo #figurativeart #artevent #atascaderosipandshop #sculpture #surfing #surfsculpture
He's in pieces now. But by design 😉 He'll come He's in pieces now. But by design 😉
He'll come back together after the firing. 

#ceramicsculpture #sculpture #wip #cariatid #atlas #figurativeart #figurativesculpture
Creatively, I am living in earth right now. I pai Creatively, I am living in earth right now.

I paint, construct, draw, tell stories… but clay is a primal language for me. I get recentered, in base elements and open ended play. It is the stuff we were made of no matter which story you go by. Clay takes me back to the basics. 

So this fellow emerged out of the red earth…
part caryatid
part atlas
part swimmer… 

I’m curious what he sees and what he may have to say.

#figurativesculpture #ceramicsculpture #claysculpture #golem #caryatid #atlas #swimming #sculpture #wip #figurativeart #clayfigure #humanfigure #visionaryart #immaginativerealism
I have enjoyed doing live-art, live-paintings, and I have enjoyed doing live-art, live-paintings, and live-sculptures forever. It is a fun way to share with other people what I love most about being an artist and a storyteller and it has always been a crowd-pleaser. 

Well this year I am making it an official part of my creative offerings to the world. 

This lovely couple is over 3 ft tall, 70lbs of clay, wood, & wire. And was completed in less than 4 hours. I've done similar works in 1 hour to 3 hours. 

Enjoy! 

And if you know anybody who would be blessed by having a live-sculptor at their place or event, please pass this along. 

#livesculpture #liveart #performanceart #artevent #storytelling #claysculpture #figurativesculpture #visionaryart #expressiveart #eventperformance
Spent the day sculpting and doing time lapse video Spent the day sculpting and doing time lapse video, 23 ft figures in less than 4 hours. Would have gone faster if I wasn't continuously running back and forth to the camera. 

 Gearing up to do more live/performative art again. I've done plenty of it, but as we all know if it didn't happen on social media then did it ever happen? 

I'll be releasing the video later this week!

#liveart #sculpture #figurativesculpture #figurativeart #clayscupture #livesculpture #artperformance
First mockup with these three, including the light First mockup with these three, including the lighting. 

What do you think? 

#wip #mockup #papertoy #papersculpture #kite #golem #humanfigure #figurativesculture #sculpture #figurativeart #visionaryart #surrealism #artmodel
A big part of the fun of this stage of a paper scu A big part of the fun of this stage of a paper sculpture is trying to PREDICT how I will be folding the paper three-dimensionally. 

Sketching, folding, tracing, resetching, transforming three-dimensional forms into two-dimensional forms back into three-dimensional forms. 

It's quite the dance, thank goodness good music helps. 

#wip #papersculpture #papertoy #sculpture #figurativeart #artistmannequin #artistmodel #maquette
Keeping on with the gouache. This one went a littl Keeping on with the gouache. This one went a little more classic. 

#gouache #figurativeart #figuresketching #gesturesketch #dynamicpose #newskills
Finding some poetry with gouache! This fire dancer Finding some poetry with gouache! This fire dancer emerged! 

#figurativeart #figuresketching #gesturesketch #firedancer #gouache #artmodel
Gouache figure study, with a full figured model. S Gouache figure study, with a full figured model. Still figuring this gouache thing out and trying different techniques.

The figure I know, the brush I know, Gouache is a new vocabulary to me.

#gouache #figuredrawing #figuresketching #gesturesketch #figurativeart #justfiguringitout
I'm bravely attempting to understand gouache... I'm bravely attempting to understand gouache... 

The queen of all mediums (Oil Paint) and I have long understood each other. Now I am trying to get to know the Knight. Hopefully I won't get too bruised in the process. 

#gouache #figuredrawing #figuresketching #gesturesketch #figurativeart #justfiguringitout
Just a yoga head stand... That's all. #figured Just a yoga head stand... 

That's all. 

#figuredrawing #figuresketching #gesturesketch #yogaheadstand #contécrayon
Initial draft of a paper golem sculpture. Still wo Initial draft of a paper golem sculpture. Still working out the kinks in the composition. .. eventually he will model for painting. I think it will be called: 

THE KING'S CELL

#golem #papertoy #papersculpture #artmodel #artistmannequin #figurativeart #humanfigure #echochamber #contemporaryart #expressiveart #surrealism #visionaryart
So here it is. Four years later. I have worked on So here it is. Four years later.

I have worked on this painting on and off for the last four years. 

Originally, I intended this to be a completely unashamedly joyful piece, created as we were coming out of the lockdown. 

But the world kept burning, and the piece at the time felt shallow.  

I put it away, pulled it out, put it away again.

It changed. Changed again. 

And again.

I am finishing it here. 

Still joyful, but more of a ‘NONETHELESS’. 

The world burns. But nonetheless there is love, and joy, and wonder.

The single greatest act of rebellion I know.

Title: YET, IN THE FURNACE OF BABYLON, THE CHILDREN, TOGETHER, DANCED

Oil on Panel

36”x64”

#love #dance #celebration #furnace #treeoflife #agape #visionaryart #mystic #christianmysticism #surrealart #babel #golem #papertoy #resilliance #loveanyway #oilpainting #art
@joshuat.manion is always an inspiring Model. One @joshuat.manion is always an inspiring Model. One of the few I know with the nerve control to cause isolated back muscles to "pop" when I am giving anatomy demonstrations.

But his poses are pure lyrical poetry as well!

#lifedrawing #gesturesketch #figuredrawing #figurativeart #figuresketching #lifemodeling #humanfigure
Tying up the end of the figure drawing semester, a Tying up the end of the figure drawing semester, and going back through the portfolio and finding some of my favorite modeling sessions.

Ashley provided some powerful poses working with long drapery. Thank you Ashley!

#artistmodel #humanfigure #figuredrawing #figuresketching #gesturesketching #lifedrawing #figureandcloth
It's been way too long since I've sculpted with cl It's been way too long since I've sculpted with clay. Don't know if this is just a one-time experiment, or the beginning of a new body of work. Still want to keep a close relationship between sculpture and painting no matter how I move forward. 

I think this one is just begun, there's some love coming to this hardworking fellow. 

#clayscupture #figurativeart #figurativesculture #humanfigure #claysketch #expressiveart
I have been working on this painting on and off, t I have been working on this painting on and off, then on again, then off again… revised… put it away… pulled it back out… revised again…

for over 3 years now. 

So much so I think I am going aesthetically blind to it.
 
Trying a new view, bring it to a different location with different light, flip it upside down, look at a mirror… anything! I want to land this son-of-lovin’-God-painting in the next week if I can!

#wip #paintinginprogress #oilpainting #artistlife #creativeprocess #justfinishitalready
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