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May 9, 2024 at 5:30-7pm
University Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM
Making as Knowing · When I was Here, Thinking of There
Making as Knowing · When I was Here, Thinking of There is an exhibition featuring an installation by MFA candidates: Karly Jean Kainz and Blanca Martinez. This exhibition is set to open on May 9th and will run through July 20th, 2024 at the University Art Museum in Las Cruces, NM.
In this two-person show, both artists explore ideas of home and personal ritual through repetitive actions tied together through layered connections to place. Viewers will be immersed in a full sensory experience as each artist transforms the space into their perceptions of domesticity.
June 29, 2023 6-9pm
La Mecha Contemporary, El Paso, TX
Together: Conversations and Collaborations
This is a collaboration between Ashley Diane Saldana and Karly Jean Kainz as an investigation of their individual practices, finding ways to merge them together through technique, material, color, and object.
This collaboration Brough “Electric Collections 01 + 02,” as two investigations of play and experimentation for the two artists.
December 2022 - February 2023
Yours Truly Ceramic Artist
“Yours truly is a contemporary art space in the Riverwest neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We are a cooperatively-run ceramics studio, and we also host shows, events, workshops, sales, and more. Yours Truly was founded in 2017 by Basha Harris, Ethan Kastner, and Meg Zimont.”
During my time at Yours Truly, I worked on the production of “Tethered Places and Sacred Spaces,” inspired by my time back in Wisconsin. These several months were filled with great conversation and support from my peers at Yours Truly.
August 5th, 2022 4-10pm
CAV Window Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Conditions of Control: A Collaboration with Ashley Diane Saldana
This project is a collaboration between Ashley Diane Saldana and Karly Jean Kainz as an investigation between human interaction and technology in relation to the sustainability of plant life. Searching to understand the complexities of how the role of technology plays in life, “Conditions of Control” tethers between the controlled and uncontrolled, as evidence to the ways awareness and human connection are crucial components in the care of biology.
April 16, 2022 - May 14th, 2022
Casa Otro Residency Project, Las Cruces, NM
Sweet Rituals and Strange Memories
The processes of growth and change inevitably instigates opportunities for collaboration, whether we recognize them or not. This exhibition is the result of seven artists working collaboratively at a critical juncture in their academic and professional careers. They challenge one another’s formative processes, exploring the shifting influences of time, place, ritual, and memory.