Ronald Kurniawan graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Inspired by ideograms, syllables, letterforms, beasts and heroic landscapes, he slowly but surely continues to create a visual language where the wilderness and civilization could merge happily together. With the belief that the sublime and nuclear age could coexist, he paints romantic environments and breaks the quiet scene with juxtaposed imagery taking the shape of icons and letterforms. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles where he paints meticulously and happily accompanied by his pug Ruffles, an avid artist himself. Exhibitions : Everything but the Kitchen Sync 2 Group Show, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA March 2006 What's Left to Ponder, Thinkspace Gallery, February 2006 Picks of the Harvest: Batch two group show, Thinkspace Gallery, January 2006 Paranormal, two-man show, The Drawing Club Gallery, December 2005 Picks of the Harvest: Batch One group show, Thinkspace Gallery, November 2005 LA WEEKLY BIENNIAL, Track 16 Gallery, October 2005 The Monster Show, Nucleus Gallery, October 2005 Bittersweet, Nucleus Gallery, July 2005 Everything but the Kitchen Sync Group Show, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA March 2005 The Kinky Show, UNO Gallery, February 2005 The Main Event Group Show, Nucleus Gallery, October 2004 Hunter and Gatherer, Drawing Club Gallery, September 2004 "5000 Drawings" Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA , July 2004 Society of Illustrators, New York, NY , April 2004 Group Show, Angel City, February 2004 Drawing Club Group Show "Heroes, Babes, and Guns" AndLab Gallery, September 2003 Society of Illustrators East and West, September 2003 Clients include Sony Pictures Entertainment, Mattel Inc., Toyota, Turner Broadcasting System, Disney Consumer Products,Tetra, Playmates Toys, General Mills, Design Studio Press, Vertex Productions,Brand New School,Centropolis Entertainment, AIGA Santa Fe, New Mexico, Inc., La Weekly, Plansponspor, Global Custodian and more. Recognitions in several publications include Communication Arts Illustration Annuals, American Illustration, and Society of Illustrators. |