Ken Figueredo

EDUCATION

1966-1971 BFA, MFA, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles Ca.

1966 AA, San Bernardino Valley College, San Bernardino, Ca.

CAREER:

1967-08 Artist

2004-07 Adjunct Art Professor, Pima College, Tucson, Az.

2000-08 Listed in “Art in America”

1971-96 Artist, Furniture, Architectural & Interior Designer

1992-93 Listed in “Who’s Who”

1973-79 Furniture Designer, Hudson-Rissman, Los Angeles, Ca.

1972-75 Adjundt Art Professor, Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, Ca.

1971-73 Furniture Designer, Welter Holden & Assoc., Los Angeles Ca.

1967-71 Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, Ca.

1962-67 Kitchen Designer, So. Calif. Edison Co., San Bernardino, Ca.

EXHIBITS:

2007-08 Costello-Childs Contemporary, Phoenix,Az.

2003-05 Art At The Paseo, Palm Desert, Ca.

2003-04 Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Az.

2000-06 Chosen Gallery, Palm Springs, Ca.

2000 Art Live Gallery, Petaluma, Ca.

1999 River Road Gallery, Locke, Ca. (One Man Show)

WORK FEATURED IN MOTION PICTURES:

What’s Up Doc?, Other People's Money, Logan’s Run,

I first realized the magic of painting when I was four years old. This passion has continued to this day. There is something spiritual that takes place when an artist picks up a brush and begins to apply paint to a barren canvas. The idea or concept becomes alive, and transcends from the artist's creative core and magically takes its course until the painting is completed. My paintings begin with one idea which slowly evolves, using biomorphic shapes and color to create movement and depth throughout the composition. I love color and use one against another to catch the viewers’ attention. I feel abstract paintings dominate the space in which they occupy and therefore, I like to work in a large format. my goal is to create a work of art that is not only pleasing to the eye but is able to stand alone, and at the same time causes the viewer to process the magic.