Xany Rudoff

"I don't want to be a product of my environment...I want my environment to be a product of me" - Jack Nicholson in "The Departed" "Ever since I was a child, I have been captivated by painting and music. I grew up surrounded by the vast, wide-open expanse of the desert landscape that would later prove to greatly influence my artistic vision, having no boundaries or limitations to my imagination. Being an artist was never a conscious decision, I have always been different, seeing the world not as it was, but as how I envisioned it: a magical world filled with enchantment and amazement, vivid mesmerizing colors, and always to a soundtrack of rock and roll.
I always paint listening to music; the two are inseparable to me in the process of creation, the lines blurred as to which influences the other more. My latest series of work combines these passions together by taking the albums I grew up listening to and the rock stars I idolized and transforming them into modern day Icons - lusterized in gold and lacquer echoing the same techniques that have been used by artists for centuries throughout the Byzantine and Renaissance era. These paintings take the familiar and transcend into the iconic, an exultant and exuberant example of modern-...

1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) *Graduated Magna Cum Laude

* Xany Rudoff is currently only exhibiting or selling work on a limited basis due to health issues. Please inquire directly for any information on specific pieces and their availability at this time. Thank You!

July 2015 "Sunset Marquies 50th Birthday and Charity Auction for MusiCares Foundation" Los Angeles, CA

May 2015 "Never Give Up" at Revolution X Gallery In Los Angeles *Curated Show and Owner of Gallery.

April 2015 "John Varvatos 12th Annual Charity Auction for Stuart House" Los Angeles, Ca

April 2014 "John Varvatos 11th Annual Charity Auction for Stuart House" Los Angeles, CA

May 2013 "Solo Show" solo exhibition at Ward-Nasse Gallery in Soho, NYC

October 2012 "Music Cares" Charity Auction at Sunset Marquies Hotel in Los Angeles,CA

September 2010: "Fashion Night Out" Soho Grand Hotel New York City, NY

October 2009: "Never Think Small" Climate Gallery, New York City, NY

October 2008 "Music Share" Hangar 1018, Los Angeles, CA

July 2008 : "David Lynch Foundation Benefit" Key Club, Los Angeles, CA

March 2008: "Silver For Gold: The Odyssey Of Edie Sedgewick" The Met Theater, Los Angeles, CA

January 2008: "Bill Graham Foundation Benefit" The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA