Adrienne Kinsella is a fine artist, working in a variety of media, focusing on drawing and painting. As a descendant of the Tongva of Los Angeles, issues of access and belonging, or lack thereof, is a theme that spans her work. Her representational works examine interiors, exteriors and collapse timelines in an ongoing search for “home.” Native plants function as both symbols and direct references to longevity within the landscape, and like time travelers bridging past and present, they quietly declare, “we are still here.” The life cycle of plants holds deep meaning for the artist, suggesting that hope springs from seemingly dead things, a promise of regeneration from even the tiniest seeds.
Kinsella lives and works in Los Angeles.
Education
2021 Master of Fine Arts , California State University, Northridge
CV
SOLO Exhibitions
2024.- Out of Many, One, CSUN Art Galleries, Northridge, CA
2024 - When I Think of You, Tryst Art Fair /Open Mind Art Space, Torrance, CA
2020 - The Color of Shadows, Shed Gallery, CSUN, Northridge, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 - Matriarchs, Launch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2025 - LA Futurism, Art Bug Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2025 - When Worlds Collide, Lucky Cat Labs and Canibal Flower, Los Angeles, CA
2025 - California Dreaming, Dorado 806 Projects, Santa Monica, CA
2024 - La Gente de Santa Monica, Dorado 806 Projects, Santa Monica, CA
2024 - Perceive Me, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2024 - I Will Always Love You, La Mama Galleria, New York, NY
2024 - Mixtape, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2024 - A Woman’s Place, The Ebell Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2024 - California Dreaming, Dorado 806 Projects, Santa Monica, CA
2023 - The Iridescence of Knowing, OXYARTS, Los Angeles, CA
2023 - Black & White, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 - Kitsch & Kaboodle, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2023 - H2O, Shifting Currents, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM
2023 - Unframed, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2023 - Works on Paper, Firefly Artists Gallery, Northport, NY
2023 - Open Call, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2023 - Summer Camp, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2023 - 7th Annual Anniversary Exhibition, Open Mind Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2023 - Literally, A Figurative Art Show, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2022 - Realization, CSUN Art Galleries, Northridge, CA
2022 - What’s Next, Southern CA Women’s Caucus for Art, Burbank, CA
2022 - Art In The Time Of Corona, H Gallery, Ventura, CA
2022 - Begin/Again, Open Mind Art Space, West Los Angeles, CA
2022 - Art Matters, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
2022 - Your True Colors, Escondido Municipal Gallery, Escondido CA
2021 - Within, Without, Group Exhibition, Open Mind Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2020 - New York Society of Illustrators 2020 Student Exhibition - Museum of American Illustration, New York, NY
2020 - Sidebar - CSUN Annual Painting Guild Exhibition, CSUN West Gallery, Northridge, CA - Co-Curator
2018 - LA Open, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Awards
2024 Residency - Full Fellowship Award - Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
2022 Second Place, Your True Colors, Escondido, CA
2021 Virginia A. Orndorff Prize Scholarship
2021 Graduate Thesis Project Grant, CSUN Graduate Studies
2020 CSUN Arts Council Scholarship
2020 Les Kanturek Scholarship, New York Society of Illustrators
2019 Associated Students Scholarship
2019 Los Angeles Printmaking Society Scholarship
2019. Mary Bayramian CSUN Art Department Scholarship
Experience
Artist Talk - LA Made: An Afternoon With Tongva Artists, Los Angeles Central Library - 2025
Featured Cover Art, It Will Heal, City of Los Angeles, 2025 Native American Heritage Month Calendar and Cultural Guide, with presentation at LA City Hall -2024
Out of Many, One, Drawing Workshop in conjunction with LACMA and Art Bridges LA, CSUN Art Galleries, Northridge, CA - 2024
Artist Lecture, Occidental College - 2023
Commissioned Artwork for LAist Public Radio fall member drive - 2023
Internship, Figure Drawing, Otis College of Art & Design - 2022
Artist Lecture, Ryman Arts, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles - 2022
Artist Lecture, CSUN Art Galleries, Northridge, California - 2021
Artist’s Assistant to Katie Dorame, Mural project for Facebook Open Arts, Sunnyvale, CA - 2021
Artist’s Assistant to Mercedes Dorame, for her installation at Grand Park, Los Angeles, CA - 2020
Gallery Assistant - CSUN Art Galleries - 2019-2020
Artist’s Assistant to Mercedes Dorame, for her installation at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, CA - 2019
Artist’s Assistant to Mercedes Dorame, for her installation at The Hammer Museum, Made In LA 2018, Los Angeles, CA - 2018
Bibliography
2025. Meet Adrienne Kinsella of Los Angeles, Voyage LA, March, 2025
2024 Studio Visit Magazine, Issue 53
2023 Hyperallergic, In So Cal, All Freeways Lead to Tovangaar, Ax Mina, Nov 2, 2023
2023. Artsinsquare Magazine, Issue 4
2023. Bold Journey, Artist Feature & Interview, August, 2023
2023 Canvas Rebel Los Angeles, Meet Adrienne Kinsella, June 1, 2023
2023 ShoutoutLA, Artist Feature, June 5, 2023
2023 Studio Visit Magazine, Artist Feature , Issue 51 & 52
2022 Conversations with Adrienne Kinsella, Voyage LA, September, 23, 2022
2021 Art In The Time of Corona, Vol. 2, Dab Art Co., Los Angeles, CA