Stevie Love

I am addicted to acrylic paint for its luscious surface and ability to act as a three-dimensional object. My work is made of acrylic paint squeezed out of pastry tubes and squeeze bottles. No brushes are used in its creation because I am looking for the physical presence of the paint to suggest another world and create a three-dimensional painting/sculpture hybrid that exists in space with the viewer. I apply the paint to a flexible matrix, and when dry, I attach faux fur or jewels to add an aura of other worldliness. Esteemed critic, Peter Frank, characterizes my work as "the crass and the cosmic"! Hanging the work is made simple by my use of acrylic keyhole hangers.

BA, California State University at San Bernardino, Department Award.

MFA, Claremont Graduate University, Merit Award.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 New Paintings. Norco College Gallery, Q. Bemiller, curator, Norco, CA.
2019 Paint Objects. Metro Gallery, Pomona, California.
2017 Unreal. Metro Gallery, Pomona, California.
Off Axis. Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California.
2016 Metaphysics. Andlab Gallery, Los Angeles.
2015 A Thing for Paint. Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, California.
Metaphysical Humors, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy.
2014 Cell Theory. Bunny Gunner Gallery, Claremont, California.
2013 Delusional. Groundspace Project, Los Angeles.
2012 Paint Skins. Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California.
2006 Sequence. Andlab Gallery, Los Angeles.
2003 Fluid Jam. Robert V. Fullerton Museum, California State University, San Bernardino, Calif.
2002 Previous Incarnations. Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
2020 Bouquet. Roswell Space, Los Angeles, California.
StARTup Art Fair. The Venice Kinney, Venice, California.
Collaborate and Create, Loft at Liz’s, A. Campognone curator, Los Angeles, CA.
Curious Compendium, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA.
2019 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Art and Histor...