Kevin Scianni is a Los Angeles based painter and art instructor. He received his AA-T in Studio Arts from Mount San Antonio College in 2005, his BFA in Drawing and Painting from California State University, Fullerton in 2008, and his MFA in Studio Arts from Claremont Graduate University in 2010.
Scianni’s studio work considers the nature of painting and pictorial space in the digital age. Scianni’s creative practice is driven by the combination of traditional painting with digital graphics techniques, merging the languages of both. The painting process often begins with photographs that are manipulated and combined digitally to build a composition. Basic digital techniques are employed such as layering, copying, pasting, transforming, cropping, and color fills, etc. The compositions evolve through a back-and-forth between the computer and the painted image. These visual languages are not entirely compatible, resulting in compositions that develop in unforeseen ways. The paintings are intended to highlight an evolving sense of space and place in the twenty-first century as digital technologies increasingly mediate everyday activities. The paintings embody a place where the distinction of the digital is increasingly nebulous.
In addition to his studio practice, Scianni also teaches foundation art classes at Coastline Community College and Orange Coast College in Orange County. Since 2015, he has taught courses in composition and art appreciation. Scianni has contributed to several campus programs that help foster a strong arts education including the Early College Credits program for local high school students, the Hope Scholars program that serves students who are currently incarcerated, and the Giles T. Brown Research and Project Symposium, a multi-disciplinary event at Orange Coast College that showcases student work.
Scianni has shown his art in various solo and group exhibitions at a range of commercial and college galleries including Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, Coastline Art Gallery, Ann 330 Gallery, PØST, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Coachella Valley Art Center, GLAMFA 2010, and the Palos Verdes Art Center.
Biography
Education
2010
Claremont Graduate University, MFA, Claremont, California
2008
California State University Fullerton, BFA, Fullerton, California
2005
Mount San Antonio College, AA, Walnut, California
Group and One Person Exhibitions
2024
Starting at SAC: Alumni Achievements in the Arts, Diana Berger Gallery, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
2022
Duets | With, Coastline Art Gallery, Coastline College, Newport Beach, CA
2021
What Will Remain: Art in the Time of Human Dominion, The Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
2019
Desert | Dessert, Coastline Art Gallery, Coastline College, Newport Beach, CA
RIBBA 5, Coastline Art Gallery, Coastline College, Newport Beach, CA
2018
RIBBA 4, Coastline Art Gallery, Coastline College, Newport Beach, CA
On the Ropes/In the Kisser, Coastline Art Gallery, Coastline College, Newport Beach, CA
2017
RIBBA 3, Coastline Art Gallery, Coastline College, Newport Beach, CA
2014
Disparate Whole, PØST, Los Angeles, California
LA n CV, Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, California
2012
Roy G Biv, Ann 330 Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2011
Ten by Ten, Ann 330 Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2010
GLAMFA, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California
Eight From CGU, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California
GameSpace (Thesis Exhibition), Peggy Phelps Gallery – Claremont
Graduate University, Claremont, California
2009
28, Peggy Phelps Gallery – Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
Surface Strata, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, California
The Evolution of Gaming, Selkouth Gallery, Pomona, California
The Leak of Contemporary Artist, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, California
2008
Laundry List, East Gallery – Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
Sites of an Amalgamated Landscape (Senior Thesis Show), Exit Gallery, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California
2007
Juried All-Media Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
The Dope Show, Mountain Bar, Los Angeles, California
I Want to Paint Like Sargent, Exit Gallery – California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California
Awards
2008
Claremont Graduate University Fellowship
2009
Claremont Graduate University Fellowship