Len Klikunas is known for crafting three-dimensional canvases that alter and enhance perceived reality through visual perception. His work is guided by the Japanese concept of 'shizen' (自然), emphasizing naturalness and an absence of pretense or artificiality. His 'Blocks' series straddles the boundary between art and architecture, residing at the intersection of minimalist painting and sculpture. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1944, Klikunas continues to impact the art world with his innovative creations.
He
explores how to articulate the tension of materials and the limits of
multi-dimensionality in sculptural paintings. Material is stretched over a
supporting three-dimensional framework, like a tent, and coated with paint.
The work is characterized by “mindful artlessness” and simplicity
and is understated and subtle.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Lacy Lines, The District, Boise, Idaho
Horizons, Landscapes, The District, Boise, Idaho
2013 Block in the Void, The District, Boise, Idaho
2012 Back of the Light, The District, Boise, Idaho
1979 Nudes by Klikunas, Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1976 Solar Votives, Clackamas College Gallery, Oregon
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Folded Landscapes, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
"Fifty Shades of Brown" TVAA Gallery Boise, Idaho
2023 "OPUS 2023" Waters Edge Gallery Boise, Idaho
"Fluro
Colour Forever”, Civic Center, Nampa, ID
2022 Lines
In Motion, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Midnight
Blue, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
Reflections
and Shadows, Meridian Library, ID
Behind
the Red Door, Initial Point Gallery, ID
2019 Affordable
Art Fair, New York, NY
Roots,
Nampa Civic Center, Nampa, ID
Binary
Response, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
After Dark: A
Duality, Nampa Civic Center, Nampa, ID
2018 Affordable
Art Fair, New York, NY
Artspace
Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
Art
Palm Springs, CA
2017 Artspace
Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2016 6
by Six, Art Source Gallery, Boise, Idaho (juried)
This American Life, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho
(juried)
Celebrating Private Idaho, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance,
Boise, Idaho (juried)
Inner Workings, Surel's Place, Winston C. Mitchell and Surel L.
Mitchell Family Foundation honorarium, Garden City, Idaho (juried)
2015 Hunting
and Gathering Exhibition, Treasure Valley
Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried)
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California
2nd 2015 Showcase Competition, winner, Artslant
Bellingham National Salon des Refusés, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham,
Washington
2011 Elon
University Gallery, Elon, North Carolina
2010 Idaho
Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
EDUCATION
1966 BA Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1970 MA California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
TV & FILM
The Kardashians, Hulu
911 S5, Fox
Minx, HBO
American Housewife S5
The Laundromat, Netflix
Good Time Charlie, TBS
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Architectural Digest 2023 AD100 Hall of Fame Issue
2010 ArtDaily.org, Feb 5–May 25, 2010
2010 Boise Weekly Vol. 19 Issue 15, Oct 6–12, 2010
2010 Sustain + Expand, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
2010 Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho, Taking the Pulse of Idaho’s Art World, Christopher Schnoor, Oct 6, 2010
2010 Rimas K. Simaitis, Sep18, 2010
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2016 Winston C. Mitchell and Surel L. Mitchell Family Foundation, honorarium award, Boise, ID
2017 Peter S. Reed Foundation, NY
COLLECTIONS
Kelly Wearstler, Interior Designer, Los Angeles
Kim Kardashian
