Kristine Schomaker

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    • PLUS, Crown Plaza, Ventura Oct 7, 2017
    • PLUS, Hard Rock Hotel, Palm Springs Feb
    • PLUS, Private Residence, LA, Nov 2, 2017
    • Weight
    • Mapping Identity
    • I Thought I was Fat
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    • Fragments and Remnants
    • My Imaginary Wall
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    • Call and Response
    • An Uncomfortable Skin
    • Mechanism of Change
    • Let Me Eat Cake
    • Binge and Purge
    • Losing Weight
    • Ode to a Lost Love
    • The Language of Things
    • Vanity
    • And One Man in His Time Plays Many Parts
    • My Life as an Avatar
    • Avatar Simulacrum
    • A Comfortable Skin
    • Mirror Mirror
    • Paintings
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  • Second Life

    • The Bald and the Beautiful
    • Bloom - A Virtual Installation
    • Ce n'est pas une peinture
    • Virtual Avatars
    • 1000 Avatars Project
    • Second Life: Binge and Purge
    • The Gracie Kendal Project
    • VB15
  • Curator

    • Compass Rose, 643 Project Space Oct 2021
    • Sculpture Garden at High Beams July 2021
    • Art Under Cover Shoebox Prjcts Sept 2019
    • Let Me Eat Cake Too, Blue Roof Studios
    • Steve Seleska, Taj Art, August 2018
    • Let Me Eat Cake at PØST July 2018
    • Shoebox at Blue Roof Studios, June 2018
    • Reality of Nature at Launch LA Sept 2017
    • No Restraint at Ark Gallery Sept 2017
    • State of the Union, Brainworks, Feb 2017
    • Powers of Nine, Highland 913 Feb 2017
    • Feminist Perspective, Muzeumm 2016
    • Feminist Perspective, Montalban, 2015
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    Perceive Me - Opening Reception Photo Essay

    Perceive Me - Opening Reception Photo Essay

    January 25, 2020 Ronald H Silverman Fine Arts Gallery, Cal State University LA 5151 State University Drive Los Angeles CA 90032 Gallery...
    Perceive Me Installation 1-12-2020 at Cal State LA

    Perceive Me Installation 1-12-2020 at Cal State LA

    Documentary Photo Essay by Ellen Friedlander Kristine Schomaker "Perceive Me" Opening Reception: Sat January 25, 5-8pm Artist Talk with...
    Perceive Me Opens January 25, 2020 at Cal State LA

    Perceive Me Opens January 25, 2020 at Cal State LA

    Image by L. Aviva Diamond PLUS-SIZE ARTIST KRISTINE SCHOMAKER CHALLENGES SOCIETAL NORMS OF BEAUTY AND ‘FAT PHOBIA’ BY PRESENTING HER BODY...
    Perceive Me - Soft Cover Catalogs NOW Available

    Perceive Me - Soft Cover Catalogs NOW Available

    I am so excited to share, the Perceive Me, soft cover edition is now available for purchase. Order it now for $50 and pick it up at the...
    The Power of Perception

    The Power of Perception

    Thank you to all of the amazing artists who are participating in "Perceive Me." I am in awe of the artists I have collaborated with for...
    Featured on Born to Talk Radio today!!

    Featured on Born to Talk Radio today!!

    Thank you so much to Marsha Bergher Wietecha for the opportunity to talk about my world of art including the Brewery Artwalk, Shoebox PR,...
    Perceive Me?

    Perceive Me?

    "Perceive Me" is about my own self esteem, my own body identity, my own self worth, my own hate for my body, for myself. It started out...
    Ode to a lost love... Learning to love my body

    Ode to a lost love... Learning to love my body

    WARNING: THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS HAVE NUDITY. NSFW Having an eating disorder is not just about food. It is about who you are as a person. It...
    Art Notebook- work in process

    Art Notebook- work in process

    Thoughts on my work. I recently felt compelled to cut up my abstract paintings into 12x12 inch squares. I put them in a stack and they...
    New website, new blog, new exhibitions…

    New website, new blog, new exhibitions…

    WOW, so much going on lately!!! First, I updated my website. This blog is now back to graciekendal.wordpress.com while my website...
    Running interference- new paintings

    Running interference- new paintings

    This is the title of my new series of work. The title has a couple different meanings. First, it is based on the specific type of paint I...
    Reflections… socially constructed ideas of ‘beauty’

    Reflections… socially constructed ideas of ‘beauty’

    I am reposting my reply from comments in my last blog post  because I think it is important and  continues this conversation… My work on...
    The Paper Doll Project

    The Paper Doll Project

    Me, about 10 minutes  ago My hair has been short for about a year and a half now. I had it shaved for an art performance in which I was...
    There is nothing like working in the studio!!

    There is nothing like working in the studio!!

    I consider myself very lucky. I have most everything I could have ever dreamed of. I get to wake up ever morning walk a few feet and...
    New paintings

    New paintings

    Just finished my first four paintings of a new  series. I am in my element again!! #feminism #conceptual #art #community #painting #paint...
    Painting, patterns, progress and  admiring Gerhard Richter

    Painting, patterns, progress and admiring Gerhard Richter

    I have been painting!!! I mean really painting. It feels great. I haven’t painted like this in about 3 years. I have done small stuff...
    Wherefore ‘Art’ thou?

    Wherefore ‘Art’ thou?

    Art? What art? Anything new you ask? Nada. Zip, zilch, nada. I have tons of ideas in my head, written down on various pieces of paper...

    Binge and Purge… the video!

    The lovely Nina Camplin/Fuschia Nightfire filmed the whole 5+ hours of my first “Binge and Purge” performance/installation  in Second...
    Support your local artists!! Buy art for the Holidays!!

    Support your local artists!! Buy art for the Holidays!!

    Support In October I opened my studio for the 3rd time for the Brewery Artwalk. As always it was such an amazing experience. I met so...
    The Avatars on display… @Create:Fixate a one night art event in DTLA

    The Avatars on display… @Create:Fixate a one night art event in DTLA

    I was honored to be invited to display the avatars at Create:Fixate a one night art event in Downtown LA last night. It was a fun night...
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