LOS ANGELES, CA (March 6, 2023) – SoLA Contemporary is pleased to announce the first exhibition of our 2023 season, Kintsugi: Healing Through Our Broken Pieces, the debut solo of California painter, Christen Austin. Kintsugi presents thirteen new paintings. Exploring the other side of trauma and tragedy, Austin’s vivid figurative paintings encourage the healing of wounds and the mending of broken pieces in a symbolic, yet strikingly visual way. Austin’s depictions of self-care, mutuality, spirituality, intimacy, and connection to art and nature reveal healing to be more than a simple or contained act. Rather, the healing journey is depicted as a capacious and ongoing process – a way of being in everyday life and in relation to others.

Visit three Los Angeles local artists exhibiting original works at Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen this spring as part of #ArtfortheClimb powered by SoLA Contemporary. The current exhibition, At the Intersection will be on view through January 5, 2023.

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