Acrylic Gouache, Felt, Cut Paper, 5″ wide x 7″ height

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: 6th Year Anniversary Show from October 21st to 28th, 2017

Previous Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- Being A Panda from May 6th to 31st, 2017
- Wild Heart from February 4th – March 6th, 2017
- Flower Peppe Box – Large Box
- Flower Pepper Box – Small Box
- Happy Collect: A Cash & Carry Exhibition from July 9th to August 9th, 2016
- Keep It Together curated by Mark Todd from March 26th to April 26th, 2016

Artist Biography:
Po Yan Leung is a Los Angeles based illustrator and designer inspired by animals, nature, and little fun moments in life. She combines drawing and sculpture along with some surprising plot twists in the narrative to reveal the whimsical side of the world we live in.

Exhibition:

2016
Post It Show 12, Giant Robot 2 * Los Angeles, CA

2016
Happy Collect: A Cash & Carry Exhibition, Flower Pepper Gallery * Pasadena, CA

2016
Keep It Together, Flower Pepper Gallery * Pasadena, CA

2016
Cross Section, CM Cubed Art * Walnut, CA

2015
LABerlin Collective Poster, Art Center College of Design * Pasadena, CA

Student Gallery, Art Center College of Design * Pasadena, CA

2014
Student Gallery, Art Center College of Design * Pasadena, CA

2013
Student Gallery, Art Center College of Design * Pasadena, CA

2012
Abelardo Morell, Artist in Residence, Pasadena City College * Pasadena, CA

Tomorrow Today, Pasadena Museum of California Art * Pasadena, CA

Learning Assistance Center permanent installation, Pasadena City College * Pasadena, CA

Student Gallery, Pasadena City College * Pasadena, CA

Award:
2014-2016 Art Center College of Design Student Scholarship

2012 Pasadena City College Student Scholarship

Education:
2016 BFA (in progress) Art Center College of Design * Pasadena, CA 2013-2016

2013 AA Pasadena City College * Pasadena, CA 2009-201

Artist Website:
http://www.poyanleung.com

Felt, Embroidery, Cut Paper, 7″ wide x 5″ height

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: 6th Year Anniversary Show from October 21st to 28th, 2017

Previous Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- Being A Panda from May 6th to 31st, 2017
- Wild Heart from February 4th – March 6th, 2017
- Flower Peppe Box – Large Box
- Flower Pepper Box – Small Box
- Happy Collect: A Cash & Carry Exhibition from July 9th to August 9th, 2016
- Keep It Together curated by Mark Todd from March 26th to April 26th, 2016

Artist Biography:
Po Yan Leung is a Los Angeles based illustrator and designer inspired by animals, nature, and little fun moments in life. She combines drawing and sculpture along with some surprising plot twists in the narrative to reveal the whimsical side of the world we live in.

Exhibition:

2016
Post It Show 12, Giant Robot 2 * Los Angeles, CA

2016
Happy Collect: A Cash & Carry Exhibition, Flower Pepper Gallery * Pasadena, CA

2016
Keep It Together, Flower Pepper Gallery * Pasadena, CA

2016
Cross Section, CM Cubed Art * Walnut, CA

2015
LABerlin Collective Poster, Art Center College of Design * Pasadena, CA

Student Gallery, Art Center College of Design * Pasadena, CA

2014
Student Gallery, Art Center College of Design * Pasadena, CA

2013
Student Gallery, Art Center College of Design * Pasadena, CA

2012
Abelardo Morell, Artist in Residence, Pasadena City College * Pasadena, CA

Tomorrow Today, Pasadena Museum of California Art * Pasadena, CA

Learning Assistance Center permanent installation, Pasadena City College * Pasadena, CA

Student Gallery, Pasadena City College * Pasadena, CA

Award:
2014-2016 Art Center College of Design Student Scholarship

2012 Pasadena City College Student Scholarship

Education:
2016 BFA (in progress) Art Center College of Design * Pasadena, CA 2013-2016

2013 AA Pasadena City College * Pasadena, CA 2009-201

Artist Website:
http://www.poyanleung.com

8″ x 8″, Black and Gold Ink on Wooden Trekell Panel

Commission Piece

Previous Exhibitions at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- 5th Year Anniversary Show from December 10th to 27th, 2016
- Foliage from September 5th to October 6th, 2015
- Xiong Mao from April 11th to May 12th, 2015
- Cash And Carry 1 from March 21st to April 21st, 2015
- The Brave Ones from Oct 10th to Nov 5th, 2014

Biography:
“I’m Denae Wilkowski and I’m currently working as a freelance artist. Next to cats and coffee, art is my number one passion. My areas of interest are mainly Concept Art, Illustration, Character Design, and Visual Development overall, while my goal has always been to continue to improve and always strive to be better. I currently live in my cozy Californian apartment with my two cats and my best friend who’s also an artist! What could get better then that?”

Specialities: Character Design, Illustration, Visual Development, Digital Painting

Artist Website: http://denaesketch.tumblr.com

8″ x 8″, Black and Gold Ink on Wooden Trekell Panel

Commission Piece

Previous Exhibitions at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- 5th Year Anniversary Show from December 10th to 27th, 2016
- Foliage from September 5th to October 6th, 2015
- Xiong Mao from April 11th to May 12th, 2015
- Cash And Carry 1 from March 21st to April 21st, 2015
- The Brave Ones from Oct 10th to Nov 5th, 2014

Biography:
“I’m Denae Wilkowski and I’m currently working as a freelance artist. Next to cats and coffee, art is my number one passion. My areas of interest are mainly Concept Art, Illustration, Character Design, and Visual Development overall, while my goal has always been to continue to improve and always strive to be better. I currently live in my cozy Californian apartment with my two cats and my best friend who’s also an artist! What could get better then that?”

Specialities: Character Design, Illustration, Visual Development, Digital Painting

Artist Website: http://denaesketch.tumblr.com

Acrylic on Wood Panel, 2″ x 2″ x 0.5″

Previous Exhibitions at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- Wild Heart from February 4th to March 6th, 2017
- Flower Pepper Box – Large Box
- Flower Pepper Box – Small Box

Artist Biography:
As a Southern California native, Lena Sayadian is currently a local in Los Angeles working as an illustrative artist. She received her MA degree from Cal State University of Northridge (CSUN) with an emphasis on painting and illustration in 2013. Prior to this, Lena attended CSUN for her undergraduate degree in art and attended an art preparatory school during her high school years. Her work focuses on balance in nature and the innate qualities that animals have in common with humans. Lena’s pieces have been exhibited at several local galleries across the Los Angeles area including Cactus Gallery, La Luz de Jesus, Flower Pepper and more. Currently, she works as a teacher with Imagination Connection, a budding art therapy organization designed to help the developmentally disabled, Alzheimer’s patients, seniors, veterans and at-risk youth. Her mission is to help spread compassion and understanding while educating people about the importance of nature.

Artist Statement:
“In my highly rendered acrylic paintings, animals and other natural symbols create a narrative concerning the fragility of balance in nature. These creatures represent growth, perseverance and instinct. Human overpopulation and civilization has created an unusual disproportion, and our attempts to reimpose a sustainable equilibrium have led to unintended consequences. I ask myself, ‘Do we as humans truly have the ability to balance the wild while maintaining the modern civilizations that we value today, and is there even a true balance at all?’

The use of animals in my work embody the innate characteristics rooted deep within us. The conceit of civilization is to imagine that humans are above or apart from nature, but these instincts are a sharp reminder of our true essence. Our beastly counterparts serve as a mirror through which we might better understand ourselves, and perhaps help us recognize the natural world less as an artifact to be regarded, but instead as the true home in which we live and breathe.

Detachment of modern urban life transforms nature into a mere abstract concept, obscuring the reality beyond our cities. This has led mankind’s vision of it as an enemy to be conquered and subjugated instead of an entity that is a part of us. The immense power of it blinds us to its fragility. My work focuses on the powerful yet beautiful connectedness of animals, the nonhuman world and the harsh realities that are the core of human nature.”

“Lena Sayadian uses animals to reveal how humans foolishly try to manipulate the delicate balance of nature. Her highly rendered creatures are often portrayed with landscapes on their backs, roots sprouting from within, or with cracks on their skin threatening to destroy them altogether. Her aim is to show how ‘Our beastly counterparts serve as a mirror through which we might better understand ourselves, and perhaps help us recognize the natural world less as an artifact to be regarded, but instead as the true home in which we live and breath.’” – by Emiko Woods for Press Release of Wild Heart at Flower Pepper Gallery

Artist Website:
http://www.lenasayadian.com

Acrylic on Wood Panel, 2″ x 2″ x 0.5″

Previous Exhibitions at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- Wild Heart from February 4th to March 6th, 2017
- Flower Pepper Box – Large Box
- Flower Pepper Box – Small Box

Artist Biography:
As a Southern California native, Lena Sayadian is currently a local in Los Angeles working as an illustrative artist. She received her MA degree from Cal State University of Northridge (CSUN) with an emphasis on painting and illustration in 2013. Prior to this, Lena attended CSUN for her undergraduate degree in art and attended an art preparatory school during her high school years. Her work focuses on balance in nature and the innate qualities that animals have in common with humans. Lena’s pieces have been exhibited at several local galleries across the Los Angeles area including Cactus Gallery, La Luz de Jesus, Flower Pepper and more. Currently, she works as a teacher with Imagination Connection, a budding art therapy organization designed to help the developmentally disabled, Alzheimer’s patients, seniors, veterans and at-risk youth. Her mission is to help spread compassion and understanding while educating people about the importance of nature.

Artist Statement:
“In my highly rendered acrylic paintings, animals and other natural symbols create a narrative concerning the fragility of balance in nature. These creatures represent growth, perseverance and instinct. Human overpopulation and civilization has created an unusual disproportion, and our attempts to reimpose a sustainable equilibrium have led to unintended consequences. I ask myself, ‘Do we as humans truly have the ability to balance the wild while maintaining the modern civilizations that we value today, and is there even a true balance at all?’

The use of animals in my work embody the innate characteristics rooted deep within us. The conceit of civilization is to imagine that humans are above or apart from nature, but these instincts are a sharp reminder of our true essence. Our beastly counterparts serve as a mirror through which we might better understand ourselves, and perhaps help us recognize the natural world less as an artifact to be regarded, but instead as the true home in which we live and breathe.

Detachment of modern urban life transforms nature into a mere abstract concept, obscuring the reality beyond our cities. This has led mankind’s vision of it as an enemy to be conquered and subjugated instead of an entity that is a part of us. The immense power of it blinds us to its fragility. My work focuses on the powerful yet beautiful connectedness of animals, the nonhuman world and the harsh realities that are the core of human nature.”

“Lena Sayadian uses animals to reveal how humans foolishly try to manipulate the delicate balance of nature. Her highly rendered creatures are often portrayed with landscapes on their backs, roots sprouting from within, or with cracks on their skin threatening to destroy them altogether. Her aim is to show how ‘Our beastly counterparts serve as a mirror through which we might better understand ourselves, and perhaps help us recognize the natural world less as an artifact to be regarded, but instead as the true home in which we live and breath.’” – by Emiko Woods for Press Release of Wild Heart at Flower Pepper Gallery

Artist Website:
http://www.lenasayadian.com

Acrylic on Wood Panel, 2″ x 2″ x 0.5″

Previous Exhibitions at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- Wild Heart from February 4th to March 6th, 2017
- Flower Pepper Box – Large Box
- Flower Pepper Box – Small Box

Artist Biography:
As a Southern California native, Lena Sayadian is currently a local in Los Angeles working as an illustrative artist. She received her MA degree from Cal State University of Northridge (CSUN) with an emphasis on painting and illustration in 2013. Prior to this, Lena attended CSUN for her undergraduate degree in art and attended an art preparatory school during her high school years. Her work focuses on balance in nature and the innate qualities that animals have in common with humans. Lena’s pieces have been exhibited at several local galleries across the Los Angeles area including Cactus Gallery, La Luz de Jesus, Flower Pepper and more. Currently, she works as a teacher with Imagination Connection, a budding art therapy organization designed to help the developmentally disabled, Alzheimer’s patients, seniors, veterans and at-risk youth. Her mission is to help spread compassion and understanding while educating people about the importance of nature.

Artist Statement:
“In my highly rendered acrylic paintings, animals and other natural symbols create a narrative concerning the fragility of balance in nature. These creatures represent growth, perseverance and instinct. Human overpopulation and civilization has created an unusual disproportion, and our attempts to reimpose a sustainable equilibrium have led to unintended consequences. I ask myself, ‘Do we as humans truly have the ability to balance the wild while maintaining the modern civilizations that we value today, and is there even a true balance at all?’

The use of animals in my work embody the innate characteristics rooted deep within us. The conceit of civilization is to imagine that humans are above or apart from nature, but these instincts are a sharp reminder of our true essence. Our beastly counterparts serve as a mirror through which we might better understand ourselves, and perhaps help us recognize the natural world less as an artifact to be regarded, but instead as the true home in which we live and breathe.

Detachment of modern urban life transforms nature into a mere abstract concept, obscuring the reality beyond our cities. This has led mankind’s vision of it as an enemy to be conquered and subjugated instead of an entity that is a part of us. The immense power of it blinds us to its fragility. My work focuses on the powerful yet beautiful connectedness of animals, the nonhuman world and the harsh realities that are the core of human nature.”

“Lena Sayadian uses animals to reveal how humans foolishly try to manipulate the delicate balance of nature. Her highly rendered creatures are often portrayed with landscapes on their backs, roots sprouting from within, or with cracks on their skin threatening to destroy them altogether. Her aim is to show how ‘Our beastly counterparts serve as a mirror through which we might better understand ourselves, and perhaps help us recognize the natural world less as an artifact to be regarded, but instead as the true home in which we live and breath.’” – by Emiko Woods for Press Release of Wild Heart at Flower Pepper Gallery

Artist Website:
http://www.lenasayadian.com

Acrylic on Wood Panel, 2″ x 2″ x 0.5″

Previous Exhibitions at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- Wild Heart from February 4th to March 6th, 2017
- Flower Pepper Box – Large Box
- Flower Pepper Box – Small Box

Artist Biography:
As a Southern California native, Lena Sayadian is currently a local in Los Angeles working as an illustrative artist. She received her MA degree from Cal State University of Northridge (CSUN) with an emphasis on painting and illustration in 2013. Prior to this, Lena attended CSUN for her undergraduate degree in art and attended an art preparatory school during her high school years. Her work focuses on balance in nature and the innate qualities that animals have in common with humans. Lena’s pieces have been exhibited at several local galleries across the Los Angeles area including Cactus Gallery, La Luz de Jesus, Flower Pepper and more. Currently, she works as a teacher with Imagination Connection, a budding art therapy organization designed to help the developmentally disabled, Alzheimer’s patients, seniors, veterans and at-risk youth. Her mission is to help spread compassion and understanding while educating people about the importance of nature.

Artist Statement:
“In my highly rendered acrylic paintings, animals and other natural symbols create a narrative concerning the fragility of balance in nature. These creatures represent growth, perseverance and instinct. Human overpopulation and civilization has created an unusual disproportion, and our attempts to reimpose a sustainable equilibrium have led to unintended consequences. I ask myself, ‘Do we as humans truly have the ability to balance the wild while maintaining the modern civilizations that we value today, and is there even a true balance at all?’

The use of animals in my work embody the innate characteristics rooted deep within us. The conceit of civilization is to imagine that humans are above or apart from nature, but these instincts are a sharp reminder of our true essence. Our beastly counterparts serve as a mirror through which we might better understand ourselves, and perhaps help us recognize the natural world less as an artifact to be regarded, but instead as the true home in which we live and breathe.

Detachment of modern urban life transforms nature into a mere abstract concept, obscuring the reality beyond our cities. This has led mankind’s vision of it as an enemy to be conquered and subjugated instead of an entity that is a part of us. The immense power of it blinds us to its fragility. My work focuses on the powerful yet beautiful connectedness of animals, the nonhuman world and the harsh realities that are the core of human nature.”

“Lena Sayadian uses animals to reveal how humans foolishly try to manipulate the delicate balance of nature. Her highly rendered creatures are often portrayed with landscapes on their backs, roots sprouting from within, or with cracks on their skin threatening to destroy them altogether. Her aim is to show how ‘Our beastly counterparts serve as a mirror through which we might better understand ourselves, and perhaps help us recognize the natural world less as an artifact to be regarded, but instead as the true home in which we live and breath.’” – by Emiko Woods for Press Release of Wild Heart at Flower Pepper Gallery

Artist Website:
http://www.lenasayadian.com

Acrylic on Wood Panel, 6″ x 6″

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Wild Heart from February 4th – March 6th, 2017

Previous Exhibitions at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- Flower Pepper Box – Large Box
- Flower Pepper Box – Small Box

Artist Biography:
As a Southern California native, Lena Sayadian is currently a local in Los Angeles working as an illustrative artist. She received her MA degree from Cal State University of Northridge (CSUN) with an emphasis on painting and illustration in 2013. Prior to this, Lena attended CSUN for her undergraduate degree in art and attended an art preparatory school during her high school years. Her work focuses on balance in nature and the innate qualities that animals have in common with humans. Lena’s pieces have been exhibited at several local galleries across the Los Angeles area including Cactus Gallery, La Luz de Jesus, Flower Pepper and more. Currently, she works as a teacher with Imagination Connection, a budding art therapy organization designed to help the developmentally disabled, Alzheimer’s patients, seniors, veterans and at-risk youth. Her mission is to help spread compassion and understanding while educating people about the importance of nature.

Artist Statement:
“In my highly rendered acrylic paintings, animals and other natural symbols create a narrative concerning the fragility of balance in nature. These creatures represent growth, perseverance and instinct. Human overpopulation and civilization has created an unusual disproportion, and our attempts to reimpose a sustainable equilibrium have led to unintended consequences. I ask myself, ‘Do we as humans truly have the ability to balance the wild while maintaining the modern civilizations that we value today, and is there even a true balance at all?’

The use of animals in my work embody the innate characteristics rooted deep within us. The conceit of civilization is to imagine that humans are above or apart from nature, but these instincts are a sharp reminder of our true essence. Our beastly counterparts serve as a mirror through which we might better understand ourselves, and perhaps help us recognize the natural world less as an artifact to be regarded, but instead as the true home in which we live and breathe.

Detachment of modern urban life transforms nature into a mere abstract concept, obscuring the reality beyond our cities. This has led mankind’s vision of it as an enemy to be conquered and subjugated instead of an entity that is a part of us. The immense power of it blinds us to its fragility. My work focuses on the powerful yet beautiful connectedness of animals, the nonhuman world and the harsh realities that are the core of human nature.”

“Lena Sayadian uses animals to reveal how humans foolishly try to manipulate the delicate balance of nature. Her highly rendered creatures are often portrayed with landscapes on their backs, roots sprouting from within, or with cracks on their skin threatening to destroy them altogether. Her aim is to show how ‘Our beastly counterparts serve as a mirror through which we might better understand ourselves, and perhaps help us recognize the natural world less as an artifact to be regarded, but instead as the true home in which we live and breath.’” – by Emiko Woods for Press Release of Wild Heart at Flower Pepper Gallery

Artist Website:
http://www.lenasayadian.com

Acrylic on Thick Slice of Maple, 8.5″ x 7″ x 1.75″

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Wild Heart from February 4th – March 6th, 2017

Previous Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- For The Love Of Music from November 8th to December 3rd, 2014
- Pandamonium from June 7th to 27th, 2014

Artist Biography:
64 Colors’ art is like a treasure map to a confectionary wonderland. Fresh, sweet-toothed friends sprout along the path and act as guides into a fairy-tale forest. It is a world where pineapples dance, acorns go on adventures, and kittens eat ice cream. At the center of this magical place, is Marshall, 64 Colors’ signature marshmallow character. Marshall’s mutiny of cuteness began with a letterpress print in 2008, and he quickly bounced into the third dimension as a successful vinyl toy series. In the years that followed, Marshall appeared soft as plush and hard as wood, dark and heavy for Halloween, or light and airy as a paper lantern.

64 Colors has worked with companies including Sanrio, Blue Q, Disney, Scholastic, Pearson Eduction, Harcourt, and Kidrobot. They are regularly commissioned to create custom toys, and their fine art paintings have been displayed in exhibitions worldwide from Los Angeles to New York, London and Tokyo.

Artist Website: http://www.64colors.com/