Artist - Aunia Kahn

	Aunia Kahn
Location: AMERICA NORTH: USA: Illinois (IL) Members: Aunia Kahn Genre: Gallery Artist Influences: Everyone and anyone living their dreams! Website: http://www.auniakahn.com

Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

Aunia Marie Kahn | 1977

I claim my inspiration from pure emotions; powerful and oftentimes personal, ranging from love, anger, betrayal and the scores in-between. I feel honoring the human soul, spirit and determination wholeheartedly breathes life into my creations and my hope is that the images and expressions fuel the desire for life and walk a path of their own through each of my viewer's interpretations.

I feel that as I continue to evolve and explore the human spirit with flights and pursuits I gain new ground in my motivation to create my own world. I spend a majority of my time continuing my mostly self-taught artistic endeavors and maintaining and growing in skills, not only with my artist brush, but through my need to express my life and feelings though music, performance, design and writing.

BIOGRAPHY

Kahn's mixed media works make use of her own likeness in movie-like stills of elegant decadence, varied taboo and often controversial subject matter to challenge the viewer, their understanding and preconceived notions; yet she connects through honest feeling and emotions present in today's society. She designs, builds, and executes characters, non-existent places, dreams, illusions, fears and fables that become so real they breathe their own life into our visual world.

Aunia Kahn was born and raised in Detroit, MI. A natural creator as a child, she nurtured and held onto her gift into adulthood to become an accomplished 21st Century artist. In 2005 she officially launched her career with her first exhibition, and immediately gained interest in gallery showings across the United States. Her works have been seen in NY, MO, MD, MN, IL, TX, CA, VA, FL, DC, MA, MI, CO, OK, GA, TN, AZ, PA, and OR, as well as internationally in France and Canada. Kahn's
exhibition list has grown to nearly 150 shows, which include renowned locals such as The San Diego Art Institute, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, The Mitchell Museum, The St. Louis Artists' Guild, and ©POP Gallery amongst others.

Aunia's images, likeness and presence have been featured, interviewed and seen on FOX News LA, REFUSED Magazine, Celebrity Artist Michael Bell Radio Show, Juxtapoz On-line, Crawling Tunes Magazine (Germany), SNAP Magazine (UK), and Forbidden Whispers Magazine (UK) which are but a small sampling of her exposure. In 2007 Le Bourgeois Vineyards featured Aunia's "Rousing the Whirlwind" in their limited edition collectors series of bottled wines.

Aunia currently resides in Illinois where she spends her free time with 4 German Sheppard and 2 black cats in her secret closet.