Ari Fouse

Ari Fouse is an oil painter based out of Los Angeles, CA. Her work plays with ambiguity and organic abstraction. She predominantly uses imagery from the sky and the sea to explore our connection to nature.​​​​​​​

Fouse is a '21 BFA Painting graduate, with a minor in Cultural Studies, from Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, NY. She is also an alumna of the 2019 Pratt in Venice program, where she served as a teaching assistant for the Art History course. Her work has been exhibited in the Pratt in Venice "35th Anniversary Exhibition," in October 2019; Serving the People's "Virtual BFA Show," in May 2020; Sebastopol Center for the Art's "Ecstasy: The Breathtaking Beauty of Nature," in January 2021; and The Sohotel's "NYC Pop Up Show," in May 2021. In August 2021, Fouse was an Artist Residency at the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony in Temecula, CA.

Though Fouse travels the world, her native Texas is considered home.

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2021 BFA — Pratt Institute; Brooklyn, NY
2019 Summer Study Abroad— Pratt in Venice; Venice, Italy

August 2021 — Artist in Residence; Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, CA
August 2021 — "BLUE"; Coppell Arts Center, Coppell, TX
August 2021 — Honorable Mention, "Water Theme Competition"; The Art Show International, Virtual Exhibition
May 2021 — "Art of Water V"; James May Gallery, Virtual Exhibition on Artsy
May 2021 — "NYC Pop Up Show"; Sohotel, New York City, NY
March 2021 — "Water-bound" BFA Thesis Exhibition; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
March 2021 — Special Recognition, "12th Annual Abstracts Competition"; Light, Space, Time Gallery, Virtual Exhibition
February 2021 — Honorable Mention, "Nature Art Contest"; Grey Cube Gallery, Virtual Exhibition
January 2021 — "Ecstasy: The Breathtaking Beauty of Nature"; Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Virtual Exhibition
May 2020 — "BFA Show 2020"; Serving the People, Virtual Exhibition
October 2019 — "Pratt in Venice 35th Anniversary Exhibition"; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY