Park Studio 2005

Alex Donis: Mandala
Artist Alex Donis’s workshop presented the visual richness of the Mandala, a circular pictorial design of the world and of a person, often used in meditation. After a discussion about the balance of symbolic content and composition, Donis inspired participants to create self-portrait representations in the Mandala form with pen, pencil, marker, transfer marker, acrylic inks, and collage on a 12-inch diameter circle of paper. Click here for exhibition images.

 

Participants: Joey Bravo, Manny Bravo, Johnny Garcia, Jessica Gerhardt, Jivanto van Hermert, Rafaela Hess, Cydne Hinton, Alex Jacobius, Lily Jacobius, Joey Leyba, Casey Lipka, Nia Lipka, Gregory Masatani, Michael Masatani, Alina Moreno, Sheila Pane, Vanessa Ulloa, Jeremy Valdez, Jiovanni Valdez, Silvana Valeri, Angela Vargas, Bibiana Villegas, Lorena Villegas, Yvonne Villegas, Mia Wilson, Maria Zapien.

 

ALEX DONIS examines and redefines the boundaries set within religion, politics, race, and sexuality. Interested in toppling societies’ relationship to icons, his work is often influenced by a tri-cultural (Pop, Latin, and Queer) experience. He has worked extensively in a variety of media including painting, installation, video, and works on paper. He has exhibited widely in Los Angeles and abroad in such esteemed institutions as the the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA); and Artspace Sydney, Australia, and Santa Monica Museum of Art. www.alexdonis.com

 

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