Kalee Bly Choiniere
Born 1993, Providence, RI
Bachelor of Science in Culinary Nutrition at Johnson & Wales, Providence, RI (2016)
Currently based in Southern California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Seeing Double, February–May, Coffee & Tea Collective (San Diego, CA)
2022
Seeing Double, June–September, Mojave Flea Trading Post (Yucca Valley, CA)
2020
I’m Barely Awake!, March–May, Victrola (Pike St., Seattle, WA)
I’m Barely Awake!, March–April, Populuxe Brewing (Seattle, WA)
I’m Barely Awake!, January–March, Victrola (15th St., Seattle, WA)
2019
I’m Barely Awake!, August, Steve Gilbert Photo Studio (Seattle, WA)
Is Madness Freedom?, May–July, Other Coast Cafe (Queen Anne, Seattle, WA)
Is Madness Freedom?, March–May, Other Coast Cafe (Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Top 100, December–January, Shift Gallery (San Diego, CA)
2020
Pioneer Square Art Walk, February–April, Axis Gallery (Seattle, WA)
2019
Paintings & Nightscapes, November, The 101 (Seattle, WA)
2018
In Collaboration, April, Vermillion (Seattle, WA)
The New Seattle, April, Party Hat Party (Seattle, WA)
MURAL COMMISSIONS
2024
Are You Awake?, December, full bathroom, The Template (San Diego, CA)
Mind Control, May, 7’x8’. Wonderfront Music Festival (San Diego, CA)
Seeing Double: the Mural, February, Coffee & Tea Collective (San Diego, CA)
2023
Amplify Your Love, May, 7’x8’, Joshua Tree Music Festival (Joshua Tree, CA)
2022
Keep a Smile Inside Your Mind, October, 7’x8’, Joshua Tree Music Festival (Joshua Tree, CA)
Love You for a Long Time, June, 7’x8’, PVD Fest (Providence, RI)
Whole Vibe, May, 7’x8’. Lightning in a Bottle (Kern County, CA)
2021
Mount Rainier, July, 20’x9’, private garage (Seattle, WA)
2020
Love for Music, October, 15’x15’, private trailer (Norwood, CO)
Together’s Always Better, August, 8’x10’, Annex Theatre (Seattle, WA)
Bloom by Black Party, July, 8’x17.5’, Nam Duong (Seattle, WA)
Can You See It Differently?, June, 12’x30’ , The Baltic Room (Seattle, WA)●
Dreaming is a Part of the Process, May, 8’x23’, Urban Outfitters (Seattle, WA)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024
Sacred Silly Creativity, May, Workshop, Same Same But Different Festival (Lake Perris, CA)
Sacred Silly Creativity, May, Workshop, Lightning In a Bottle, (Kern County, CA)
2023
ArtSmarts, November - May, Art T eacher, multiple locations
Sacred Silly Creativity, Workshop, Lightning In a Bottle (Kern County, CA)
LIVE PAINTING AT FESTIVALS & CONCERTS (HIGHLIGHTS)
2024
Gem & Jam, North Park Music Festival, Lightning in a Bottle, Same Same But Different, Desert Hearts, Wonderfront Music Festival, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Northern Nights Music Festival, Same Same But Different, Yoon Fest, Duck Duck Roar, Shanin Blake (December, San Diego)
2023
Lightning in a Bottle, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Lucidity, Shabang, Karnival of the Arts, StillDream, Northern Nights Music Festival, Cascade Equinox, Love Machine, Same Same But Different
2022
Desert Hearts, Lightning in a Bottle, Same Same But Different, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Northern Nights Music Festival, Pixiedust
FEATURES
2022
Shoutout LA — Meet Kalee Choiniere | Painter —interview
2020
Chatwin Books: Viral Murals, September – a publication on mural art during COVID-19
Seattle Design Festival, August – panelist on mural creation during COVID-19 and BLM movement
SeattleMet.com: Murals for Days… Weeks… Months, May – mural highlights in Seattle
TravelWeekly.com.au: Wish You Were Here: American artists’ creativity during COVID-19, May
The Stranger: Currently Hanging: Kalee Choiniere, May – solo feature in Seattle’s local newspaper
The Guardian: Seattle Artists Create Murals on Shuttered Stores, April – art highlights during COVID-19