Adrienne Kinsella

Adjunct Associate Professor, Lecturer | Foundation

Education:

2021 Master of Fine Arts, with distinction, California State University Northridge, CA
2016 Bachelor of Art in Art, magna cum laude, California State University Northridge, CA
2014 Associates of Art in Art, magna cum laude, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA

Bio and Affiliation

Adrienne Kinsella is a representational artist utilizing both drawing and painting to explore the themes of her research. As a California native, specifically from the Los Angeles region, a continual pondering of the issue of place and access…and often access denied is a continual thread. Her work examines relationships between interior and exterior, with and without, as well as the ambiguity of what differentiates insiders from outsiders, whether expressed in the literal spaces we inhabit or the privacy of an ambiguous mental landscape. Strategically omitted elements within the work play upon these themes and allude to the issue of loss.

Kinsella’s paintings are rendered in oil, acknowledging the historical weight of this media yet simultaneously questioning this tradition through disjointed subject matter and occasionally rendering these works on paper. Her drawings are rendered on frosted mylar, a semi-transparent substrate that echoes recurring themes of transience and the dichotomies of public vs. private. Deeply concerned with the potential of narrative in artmaking, Kinsella utilizes representational imagery as a potential means of synergistic connection between artist and viewer.

Kinsella lives and works just outside of Los Angeles.

Awards and Honors

2024
- Residency - Full Fellowship Award - Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
- American Illustration 43, Selected Winner
2023
- American Illustration 42, Selected Winner
2022
- American Illustration 41, Chosen Digital Archive Winner
- Second Place, Your True Colors, Escondido CA
2021
- American Illustration 40, Chosen Digital Archive Winner
- 3 x 3 Magazine, Annual No. 18, Honorable Mention
2021
- Virginia A. Orndorff Prize Scholarship
- Finalist, Student Success Champion, CSUN

2020
- CSUN Arts Council Scholarship
- Les Kanturek Scholarship, New York Society of Illustrators

Professional Accomplishments and Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

2024
- I Will Always Love You, La Mama Galleria, New York, NY
- A Woman’s Place, The Ebell Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- International Women’s Month Exhibit, CRE8 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- California Dreaming, Dorado 806 Projects, Santa Monica, CA
- Medusa, The Power of Women in Art, Van Zaig Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2023
- Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Part I, CSUN Main Gallery, Northridge, CA
- Black & White, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Kitsch & Kaboodle, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
- Unframed, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
- H2O, Shifting Currents, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM
- Small Works, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI
- The Iridescence of Knowing, OXYARTS, Los Angeles, CA
- Works On Paper, Firefly Artists Gallery, Northport, NY
- Summer Camp, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
- 7th Annual Anniversary Exhibition, Open Mind Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
- Open Call, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- Illustration West 61, Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles, CA
- Literally, A Figurative Art Show, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA

Artistic Accomplishments

2024
- Illustration for children’s book, The Town That Lost Its Color
2023
- Commissioned Artwork for LAist fall member drive
- Artist Lecture, Occidental College
2022
- Artist Lecture, Ryman Arts, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles

Publications

2024
- American Illustration, 43
- Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 52, Artist Feature
- Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 51, Artist Feature
2023
- American Illustration, 42
- Hyperallergic, In So Cal, All Freeways Lead to Tovangaar, Ax Mina, Nov 2, 2023
- Artsinquare Magazine, Issue 4
- Bold Journey, Artist Feature and interview, August 3rd, 2023
- Canvas Rebel Los Angeles, Meet Adrienne Kinsella, June 1, 2023
- ShoutoutLA, Meet Adrienne Kinsella, Fine Artist & Educator, June 5, 2023

Clients and Employment History

2022-Present
- Professor: Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
2020-Present
- Professor: California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA
2024
- Artists Assistant to Erik Mark Sandberg, Oil painting
2023
- Commissioned Artwork for LAist fall member drive
- Artist Lecture, Occidental College
2022
- Artist Lecture, Ryman Arts, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles
- Artist’s Assistant to Erik Mark Sandberg, Oil painting
- Internship in Foundations Department, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
2021-2022
- Professor: College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA
2021
- Artist Lecture, CSUN Art Galleries, Northridge, California
- Artist’s Assistant to Katie Dorame, Mural for Facebook Open Arts, Sunnyvale, CA
2020
- Artist’s Assistant to Mercedes Dorame, Sculptural Installation at Grand Park, Los Angeles, CA