Beneath the Surface Painting

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. More info can be found on her website: arifouse.myportfolio.com