Yvette Gellis
Yvette Gellis, (detail, in progress) Sylmar Revisted, Mixed media on canvas, 9' x 14', 2009 (courtesy of artist)
Yvette Gellis has studied abroad at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Aix-en-Provence; at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts; and has recently received her MFA from Claremont Graduate University’s School of Art. The artist lives and works in Los Angeles.
Gellis’s first solo exhibition at Kim Light/LightBox Gallery focused on works in mixed media on canvas, which depict painterly exchanges between massive gestural marks and subtly-rendered architectural spaces. Frothy, overcast glazes are sliced through with the characteristic sun-bleached tonalities of Southern California light. Broad swatches of pastels and stark neon colors frame light, airy grounds. The force of these works lies in the rendering of this dynamic between dense forms and vast open space.
