Heidi Herrera
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Lot 42
KILEY AMES(B. 1976)We Dream in the Dark, 2019
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Sharon Squires
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KILEY AMES (B. 1976)
We Dream in the Dark, 2019
signed and inscribed 'Kiley Ames' (on the reverse); signed again 'Kiley Ames' (on the overlap)
oil on burlap on panel
12 x 12 in.
30.5 x 30.5 cm.
signed and inscribed 'Kiley Ames' (on the reverse); signed again 'Kiley Ames' (on the overlap)
oil on burlap on panel
12 x 12 in.
30.5 x 30.5 cm.
Footnotes
Provenance
Courtesy of the artist
Exhibited
Portland, Verum Ultimatum Art Gallery, 10th Annual Living Mark, October 2023
"I have coached the West Hollywood Aquatics Swim Team on and off for 20 years and I have been the Head Coach for almost 5 years. This is my community. All the challenges that continue to persist are always met with support and love. It is an essential part of who I am and I'm forever grateful for it." -Kiley Ames
Artist Statement: Kiley Ames lives and works in Los Angeles and Oakland, CA. She received her BA in History from UCLA, a BFA from Art Center College of Design, and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. Ames has been awarded residencies in Beijing and Shanghai as well as Leipzig, Germany. She is the recipient of multiple grants including the Barbara Deming Memorial Grant, Leslie T. and Frances U. Posey Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, Inglewood Artist Grant, Not Real Artist Grant, Take Action Grant, and Los Angeles Metro Recipient. In addition to her own studio practice, she was a freelancer at Annie Leibovitz Studio for almost ten years.
Recent exhibitions include her first museum exhibition, Figures, at the American University Museum, Washington, D.C.; In the Labyrinth, New York University Kimmel Galleries, New York, NY; The Story of Us, Visionary Projects, New York, NY; One Year of Resistance, The Untitled Space, New York, NY; It Figures: The Body in Art, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL; Glasgow 2023, Sogo Arts Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland; Women in Art, Las Laguna Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; States of Reality, Gallery 66, Cold Springs, NY; Pictures of People, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; Hologram: The Whole Story, The Wall Art Gallery, Miami, FL; Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins Gallery, New York, NY; Facing Contemporary Issues, The Tides Galleries, San Francisco, CA; Purely Abstract, Kavanagh Art Gallery, De Moines, IA; and Gesture and Motion at Site, Brooklyn, New York. Ames was also selected to create More People Than You Know, a public work for the Los Angeles Metro. She recently published her first monograph, "Fighting the Good Fight: A Breast Cancer Journey." She will have her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles at Garel Fine Art Gallery in November 2025.