TWO by Two

Jesús Chaidez was born in Culiacan Sinaloa and immigrated to the United States when he was five years old. He attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, and received his B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2005. His work explores the importance of under painting (the layering of paint). The work is inspired by the burial mound traditions and through meditative mark - making the layers of color form mounds of dramatic grass. They tell the story of “Illegal immigration,” and the drug trade which shares the same infrastructure and destination. Chaidez is also an expert in the art of tea and will be hosting a few workshops throughout the exhibition.

Amelia Amell was born on Hispaniola and is currently a resident of Manhattan Beach. She has always been haunted by a sense of separation, a feeling of not belonging to a family, a society, or even a body. Eventually understanding that this feeling is common to the human experience, she is searching for security in a constantly changing world, forever longing for belonging. Her art emerges from this universal desire to make things whole again, especially to bridge the mundane and the divine.