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Kat von D hosts LA art show 2011

Kat von D attended yesterday night at 16th Annual Los Angeles Art Show Opening Night Premiere Party - Arrivals 

She started the day early, woke up at 4am to start promoting the event, giving interviews... Her gallery Wonderland supported with Kevin Llewelyn mind-blowing art.
The opening night was hosted by her! Here you can see the teaser

LA Art show not only is a great interantional exhibition but also supports The Art of Elysium, a non-benefit co that helps children battleling diseases. The ngo encourage  musicians and actors to be volunteers and work  with them. 
Kat is very close to their cause and gets involved in as many projects as she can, rescheduling her busy agenda for the children.




Again, Kat looked gorgeous matching her blue hair and nails  with a sexy stripped jacket and. I'm almost sure  she has been seen wearing it before. Last year I guess. 

Wonderland crew at the show via Kat's Twitter

Are you interested in visiting this weekend?  Where to buy tickets


Los Angeles Convention Center
West Hall A, 1201 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Quote of the day

"The artist, in my opinion, is a monstrosity, something outside of nature".— Gustave Flaubert.



Brian Viveros art



Thanks Google... more about Wondeland Gallery

People living in L.A or visited don't need to keep reading.

Wonderland Gallery is the new platform for Kat von D and it's gonna be open right next to High Voltage Tattoo Shop, on the corner.

What kind of business the previous local was? Unsurprisingly, an art gallery too.

If you ever visited the shop or live in L.A, there's no "spoiler" for you in this post :)

It was called Carmichael Gallery and opened in August 2007, same year than HVT.
This Gallery of Contemporary Art moved to 5975 Washington Blvd recently.
The previous adress  from La Brea appears in promos for exhibitions from July, this year.
Take a look to past shows  or artists and you'll discover really interesting artworks. 

 I'd like to know if the idea of starting this new project began when the owners moved or earlier.

Nothing has been said about the direction of the project but the Opening Exhibition, by Kevin Llewellyn. He is noticed  for his realistic and obscure works. He has painted NIN, Jeffree Star, Nikki Sixx, Karoline von Drachenberg and Kat von D. So, the circle is completed.

I bet Michael Hussar is probably the next candidate to show there. Because of admiration towards him and beacuse of his book, A Decade, that is going to be released by fall in november. If he's not there, I'm sure it's not because Kat hasn't beg for .

All by now, hope you've enjoyed the reseach.

You have seen this painting on HVT walls

The Grand Opening of Wonderlandia

Today it's Wednesday, so first of all, don't forget tunning TLC and watch new LA ink episode!

Next to High Voltage Tattoo Shop Kat von D opens an art gallery.
Seems that not happy enough having her own Wonderland at her pink -heavy tattoo shop, she manages a shop based on her other passion: painting.

Name of the place: Wonderland Gallery. Guess names' inspiration.

Where to find:
Next to HVT.
Wonderland Gallery
1257 N. La Brea Ave
West Hollywood, CA 90038

When? 2nd Sept

Will Kat expose her works? Don't think so. An art gallery is set for sell and she does tattoos but doesn't sell her sketches. 

Now it's time for introducing and helping new and not so new artist to be known.

From her show and book she has introduced who portrayed her (Shawn Barber, Kevin Llewelyn) and who admires the most (Kevin Llewelyn, Michael Hussar).

Does she plan to exhibit her photography? Don't know but I think it'd be great!

Kat von D has worked hard with her skills on photography, she built her own studio close to her home. The Monastery is the place where many of the pictures that will appear on Tattoo Chronicles where taken
Nikki Sixx encouraged Kat von D to improve her skills in subjects she was good at and that he could teach her how to improve such as photography and music.

Coming back to the topic, the gallery opens next friday with an old friend, Llewelyn, whose website annouces his upcoming exhibition at Kat's new place.

Back in June Kat shared a picture of her in his studio. The painting behind her has been picked up to promo the exhibition. 

Where have I seen his work before?
HVT walls have a paiting from him, a red- eyed Virgin Mary. Kevin also portrayed Kat von D as a noon. This painting belongs to Nikki Sixx and it will be part of the exhibition.

All by now, but... wouldn't be awesome if someone living in L.A. took a picture of the door next to High Voltage and shared it?
Just a suggestion, you know...

Become a Facebook fan. Not Twitter profile for the gallery yet.
Click on the post title to go to official website.

Kat von D becomes a Muse for..

This is a pic uploaded one hour ago by Michael Hussar, a so talented artist. 

"KvD" 2010 charcoal/guilt/pain on paper

If you are a real fan of Kat von D, you have listened her profess her deep admiration for his art. If you don't you him yet, take a look to his profolio.
Don't miss his new book compiling a decade of art this fall: "White".

Kat and Art: Kevin Lewellyn

A comment on Twitter drived me to enjoy Kevin Lewellyn's art. a stunning californian artist.

If you want to know more about this brilliant artist, read the articled published on Inked Mag (Kat's Feb issue). His website provides an interesting biography also.


His arts reminds me Nikko Hurtado. Michael Hussar. Kevin is more realistic but both share this obscure art in the whole painting. 

What shocked me the most is to finally found out who is the author of one of the paitings that got my attention the most, at High Voltage walls. Every time I watched an episode, I wondered who had painted it.

A kind of Virgin Mary meets Jeffee Star.
 This is Kat von D's collection.

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And, the last one, the most intriguing of all. Kat dressed as a noon with praying hands tagled up by many rosaries.

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This portrait belongs to a Nikki Sixx collection.

I hope you liked it!

Kat y el Arte: Kevin Lewellyn

A través de un comentario en Twitter he descubierto el arte de Kevin Lewellyn, un artista californiano impactante.

Si queréis saber más sobre este genial artista, aquí encontraréis el artículo publicado en la revista Inked de Febrero y en la misma web su interesante biografía.
Artísticamente me recuerda un poco a Nikko Hurtado. Michael Hussar. El estilo de Kevin es más realista pero los dos tienen un arte un tanto oscuro.

Lo que más me ha impactado es conocer otras de las obras del autor de uno de los cuadros que cuelgan en High Voltage que más me ha llamado la atención estos años.
Una especie de Virgen María a lo Jefree Star.
Siempre que veía un episodio me preguntaba de quién sería.

Ésta es la colección de Kat von D
Aviso: algunas imagenes pueden herir la sensibilidad de menores.

Y el más intrigante de todos: Una Kat vestida de monja con sus manos en posición de rezo con un montón de rosarios enredados.

El cuadro pertenece a la colección de Nikki Sixx.


¡Espero que os haya gustado!

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