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Michael Kohn Gallery

40th Anniversary Exhibition
February 19 - April 19, 2025

Mark has two pieces on display at the Michael Kohn Gallery 40th Anniversary Exhibition.

Michael Kohn Gallery is proud to announce its 40th Anniversary Exhibition, opening February 19 through April 19, 2025. The group exhibition will showcase works across disciplines by prominent artists, including Keith Haring, Chiffon Thomas, Alicia Adamerovich, Matha Alf, and more. In addition, a portion of the gallery will be transformed into a theater to premiere the restoration of Bruce Conner’s THE WHITE ROSE, 1967.

In 1985, Michael Kohn Gallery, MKG, opened its doors on Robertson Boulevard in West Hollywood with a show titled “New York’s Finest.” Having recently moved back to his native Los Angeles after nearly five years in New York as an art critic and graduate student at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, Kohn chose a group of artists from New York for the gallery’s inaugural exhibition, including Kenny Scharf and Futura 2000.

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Michael Kohn Gallery
1227 North Highland Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90038
323-461-3311
Tue - Fri 10am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
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is it still life?

Mark will be participating in Brassworks Gallery’s exhibition “is it still life?” curated by KRK Ryden.

Online Preview: March 7, 2025 at 6 am PST
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Gallery Opening: March 8, 2025 from 5 – 9 pm PST
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Brassworks Gallery
3022 NE Glisan St
Portland OR 97232
503.593.9311
Sun, Mon, Tue • Closed
Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat • 3p-8p
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Corey Helford Gallery

Toys As Art, Art Inspired By Toys
Mattel's 80th Anniversary Group Exhibition

Downtown Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery (CHG) is excited to announce its next major partnership, Toys As Art, Art Inspired By Toys: Mattel's 80th Anniversary Group Exhibition, in alliance with Mattel Creations, Mattel, Inc.’s collaboration platform that invites artists and creators to reimagine the company’s rich intellectual properties. Set to debut on Saturday, March 15th in the Main Gallery, marking the kick-off of the legendary toy company’s year-long 80th anniversary celebration, this special event will feature new and original, one-of-a-kind artwork, inspired by Mattel’s iconic brands, from over 80 visionary artists around the globe.

From the “Godfather of Pop Surrealism” Mark Ryden and art icon Paul Frank to the award-winning interdisciplinary artist Gary Baseman and world-renowned London-based multimedia artist D*Face, these artists will explore how Mattel's iconic brands (including Barbie®, Hot Wheels®, Fisher-Price®, American Girl®, Thomas & Friends™, UNO®, Masters of the Universe®, Matchbox®, Monster High®, MEGA®, Polly Pocket®, and more) have shaped imaginations and inspired creative journeys across generations.

Opening Reception: March 15, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
On View: March 15 – April 19, 2025

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Corey Helford Gallery
571 S Anderson St (Enter on Willow St)
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(310) 287-2340

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Yakalina Secrets

Mark Ryden’s Yakalina Secrets is the wondrous second installment in the artist’s incredible gallery of creatures.

In his Pacific Northwest studio during the isolation of COVID-19, Mark Ryden began a series of his iconic half-animal, half-plush creatures that further explored his reverence for these beings, who are guides through a landscape of the unknown. The figures in these paintings are neither human nor animal, they are spiritual entities that create a bridge between the human and animal worlds in which so much disharmony exists.

This book features all of the original portraits of Ryden’s mysterious and mythical creatures. The resulting gallery of enchanted characters embodies the artist’s meticulously realized signature blend of archetype, kitsch, and narrative mysticism.

Mark Ryden’s Yakalina Secrets features works from two of the artist’s exhibitions, organized in collaboration with Emmanuel Perrotin and Kasmin Gallery: Animal Secrets in Paris and Yakalina 9 in Tokyo.

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