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Kiki Kaye |
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1.Beyond
Time, mixed media and acrylic on canvas 24x28 in., $1500
2.Dynamic,
mixed media and
oil on canvas 39x35 in., $2400
3.Electronic
Journey, oil on canvas 36x53 in., $3600
4.Golden Era,
acrylic on canvas 39x47 in., $3200
5.Led Light, mixed
media and acrylic on canvas 55x25 in., $1400
6.Shop online, oil
on linen 44x36 in., $2200
7.The Plan, oil on
canvas 72x63 in., $6000
8.Wireless, oil on
linen 39x39 in., $2400
9.Stand Up for your
right, oil on linen 39x39 in., $3800 |
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KiKi Kaye is
German artist who was born in Shanghai China. She spent her
early life in Düsseldorf Germany, where she finished her
(Gymnasium) High school. Since then she has lead a very
international life, living in Monte Carlo/Monaco, Scottsdale /
Arizona and now, in Ajijic, Mexico, while also traveling to many
other places.
As a young woman she worked as a model, starting her career in
New York City. Her career quickly evolved and she soon moved
back to Germany to become the country leading Model. Modeling
created a flood of opportunity to travel all over the world,
which exposed Kiki to many different cultures. Being both
curious and sensitive she took every opportunity to explore the
visual culture of the places she travelled to, and it was these
vastly different experiences and cultural influences that would
evolve into her lifelong passion for art and impact her own
budding artistic career. It helped make her the unique artist
she is today.
Kiki Kaye started drawing as a child; it was one of her favorite
pass-times. Once she started drawing, she really never stopped.
It became part of her daily life and a way she expressed
herself. 1981when she was a little older and still travelling
around the world, she took the opportunity to study with
internationally acclaimed artists whenever possible. She worked
with Jim Strong and Lu Bellamack in the United States; she was
mentored by Theresa Pissani Winkelman in the United Kingdom and
she studied with Ernst Bruzek in Austria to name a few. She
joined workshops wherever she stayed. Aside from using workshops
as a means to expand her artistic knowledge, she also studied
for two intensive years at the Art Instruction School in
Minneapolis, where she was awarded the prestigious Blue Ribbon.
KiKi Kaye artistic explorations have touched on many different
mediums and ideas. She began with drawing as her base,
eventually building on those skills by gaining expertise in
realistic oil painting. During another chapter in KiKi's
artistic life she acquired the skill of cartooning. Kiki
invented her own cartoon called "The Zoomy Family", they are
balloon characters; a family living in the clouds. There enemies
are called the “Polluters" they also lived in the sky. After
publishing 2 books about their high altitude adventures Kiki
felt inspired to change her mode of expression again, and she
returned to painting. She fully embraced her imagination and
jumped into Abstract paintings. She slowly started introducing
different materials to her practice and her paintings became
combines mixture of painting and sculpture in which she would
attach electronic technology components to paintings. She also
started exploring narrative painting about the future. And
finally figurative sculpture was added to her practice making
Kiki Kaye practice a truly dynamic one.
Kiki Kaye is aware of the ubiquitous nature of electronics and
our co-dependent relationship with technology. She can not help
but wonder how radically our lives will change in the near and
distant future as technology makes exponential leaps forward.
KiKi Kaye was recently honored with 4 Ribbons by "American Art
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