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Loren King

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Loren King
Loren King

Loren King was born in 1944 in Stockton, California. He has been working at Creativity Explored since 1988. King is a versatile artist, often switching from drawing and painting media, to ceramics, to digital art.

A thin loose line and whimsical figures composed of geometric shapes characterize King’s art. A conscientious artist, King spends much time on each piece. He has a knack for capturing the essence of a subject in his expressive portraits. Recently, he has introduced aspects of volume to his images. For many years, King produced large-scale portraits on plywood cutouts using acrylic paints. These were exhibited at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and in a solo show at Dalva in San Francisco’s Mission District.

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2008

    • Tasty, Creativity Explored
    • Issues, Issues, Oakland
    • Quarter Century, Creativity Explored
    • Finders Keepers, Creativity Explored

  • 2007

    • AccessAbility, Bay Area Discovery Museum
    • Naked, Creativity Explored
    • SF Notables Portrait Auction, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco

  • 2006

    • Mischief, Studio Gallery, San Francisco
    • Nature Rules, Creativity Explored
    • SF Notables Auction, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco

  • 2005

    • Revenge of Monster, Creativity Explored
    • Wear to Go, Creativity Explored
    • The Pink Show, Creativity Explored
    • Aliens: The Green Ones, Creativity Explored

  • 2004

    • Don’t Call Me Retard, SF Public Library
    • Outside Insight, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA

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