Block Gallery is pleased to present our newest exhibition: “I Think I Can Be Seen Now” by Booboo Stewart & Kim Cruz Why do we bend and shape ourselves into what we think others want or need? Maybe falling further from yourself can alleviate the pressures of your own being? "I Think I Can Be Seen Now" encourages us to share the thoughts, questions, and feelings we have when no one's looking. When no-one's listening. Wearing these hidden emotions can give strength to the past "you" who's been bent into everyone else's shapes, closing the distance of being solely yourself one thought at a time. Booboo Stewart, born in Los Angeles, is a prolific artist known for his experimental ballpoint pen drawings and multimedia sculptures. Raised in a creatively charged environment—his father being a prominent figure in the film industry and his mother a dedicated artist—Booboo's artistic journey seemed destined from the start. "Drawing has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. It brings balance and allows me to explore emotions that are otherwise difficult to confront. We all harbor thoughts we might prefer to avoid; drawing is my method of facing them head-on," says Booboo. In addition to his artistic pursuits, Booboo is a familiar face on screen, having appeared in "The Twilight Saga" franchise, "X-Men: Days of Future Past," Disney's "Descendants," "Good Trouble," and numerous independent films. He is also the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band THAT BAND HONEY. Kim Cruz is a visual artist who finds her muse in the female figure and through abstract landscapes. Opting to depict her works and the female figure in dainty, careful strokes in acrylic, pastel, charcoal and oil, Kim veers away from erotic depictions of the nude figure, rendering the soft vulnerability of forms instead. Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, Kim is a 25-year old self-taught artist, art writer and curator. Based in three different continents, Kim spends her time traveling around the world, studying different art styles and art history. Through her travels, Cruz produces her works of art by sketching her muses and painting landscapes. As Kim’s figures revel in their own sense of fleetingness, they leave the viewer with what is but an impression of figurative forms, graceful even as they fade into the soft light of paint. Kim also runs KALMA ART FOUNDATION, a non-profit organization dedicated to education and art. She is a fine arts instructor for art therapy and painting, conducting workshops and courses in universities and for orphanages. She works closely with foundations to provide Art Therapy for children and women who are victims of trafficking. “What emerges on canvas is a dream-like and ethereal abstraction of figures — a gossamer of fleeting bodies embracing it’s own ephemerality instead of holding on to any solid sense of permanence.”