Deedee Cheriel — Cosmic Connections Exhibition Dates: October 6th — October 27th, 2018 Opening Reception: Saturday Oct 6, 7-10pm // *** RSVP to rsvp@kpprojects.net*** Gallery Hours: Tuesday — Saturday 12 — 6pm KP Projects is proud to present the latest body of work by artist Deedee Cheriel, “Cosmic Connections.” Deedee Cheriel’s spiritual compositions reference East Indian ritual art: attempting to invoke deities, exorcise negative forces, celebrate rites of passage, and mark turning points in growth, rebirth and renewal. Drawing upon nature and her trademark hybrid animal-people as subjects, the artist creates enlightened and meditative narratives. This new body of work “Cosmic Connections” explores themes of: illusions of separations, ego, humility, forgiveness, truth, passages, connectedness, enlightenment, and new beginnings. Although whimsical at times, Cheriel examines profound dichotomies between adversity and catharsis and similarly, love and acceptance. These complexities are inherent to humans’ ability to connect and also accept each other and ourselves. Her iconic imagery is reminiscent of tarot cards, 1920’s political art, Alchemist manuals and dreamscapes that evolve into a reflection of self and collective experience.  Incorporating elements of her earlier work, Cheriel’s new series has blossomed into an increasingly strong narrative of emotion and color that evokes commentary on personal relationships, and man’s interaction with nature and environment.   
 
 Adia Millett — Transition to Freedom Exhibition Dates: October 6th — October 27th, 2018 Opening Reception: Saturday Oct 6, 7-10pm // RSVP to rsvp@kpprojects.net Gallery Hours: Tuesday — Saturday 12 — 6pm Adia Millett's exhibition entitled "Transition to Freedom" explores themes of movement, transformation, and the constant redefining of what an images represents. Like the sun rising and setting, the work attempts to reveal a transition to freedom, to something not confined to one definition. In both the quilted wall-hanging pieces and the cross-stitch pieces, Millett uses images and patterns to examine how craft and hand stitching can reinvent itself as humans do. Geometric shapes (triangles, circles, and squares) are pieced together to illustrate traces of a home, of crystals, or a sunset, coming apart, flattening out, layering, and reconnecting.