BIO

Savannah Kleiner is a multi-media artist living and working in Chicago, IL. She received her Bachelor of Science from Butler University where she studied Marketing and Art + Design. Savannah is an active member of the Fulton Street Collective and The Art Colony. Often working at a large scale, she infuses bold color and expressive mark making into her abstract paintings. Savannah looks forward to continuing exploring different ideas, mediums and applications through visual displays and artistic initiatives in her community.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Working across mixed media, I aim to distill concepts of childhood nostalgia and the complexities of the current self into expressive abstracted paintings. My whimsical compositions mix lush colors and interesting textures to evoke my personal memories and experiences navigating girlhood to womanhood. While I work, I start with an intention or memory, often exploring complex themes including identity, spirituality, economics, sexuality and mortality. A synergistic narrative takes flight between the layers of paint, offering up a colorful escape to the viewer. 

My work is executed in an interactive and intuitive process, each new mark informing the placement of the next mark. Often beginning with a single color of acrylic paint, additional strokes, lines, shapes, sprays and splatters are layered atop. Peppered with energetic marks of crayon, pencils, markers and pastels, my paintings aim to conjure up feelings of playfulness, power and rebelliousness.