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Kala Art Institute and Gallery

June 17 - June 17, 2008

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Kala Artists Talk: Nelleke Beltjens, Andrea Carini and Hadi Tabatabai
Kala’s Fellowship program includes Honorable Mention acknowledgements that grant a one-month residency in our studio to a select group of artists. This past month, Kala has been pleased to host three particularly talented artists who each received an Honorable Mention residency. Awardees Nelleke Beltjens, Andrea Carini and Hadi Tabatabai have recently been working in our studio. We are delighted to host an evening of talks by these distinguished artists on Tuesday, June 17 at 7:00 pm. in the Kala Gallery. Originally from The Netherlands, Nelleke Beltjens received her MFA from the University of California, Davis. Nelleke works primarily in sculpture with a focus on multi-part floor installations that reference minimalist architectonic forms. She is also noted for her labor intensive ink drawings comprised of countless marks that create cloud-like forms. Nelleke is represented by Hosfelt Gallery located in both San Francisco and New York. She is visiting the Bay Area from Bozeman, Montana where she currently lives and work. Nelleke’s website is: http://www.beltjens.com/ Andrea Carini is a resident of Italy, living and working in both Milan and Rome. He studied painting and printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino. Andrea is very well known in Italy where he has shown his work extensively in addition to exhibitions in France, Egypt, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States. Andrea works in a variety of print media that includes intaglio, monotype and artist’s books with imagery based on architectural structures. Andrea’s website is: http://digilander.libero.it/andreacarini/ Originally from Iran, Hadi Tabatabai emigrated to the United Sates with his family in 1977. He received his BFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute and has shown his work widely in London, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Hadi’s work is based in minimalism yet involves a wide variety of architectural construction materials in a palette limited essentially to whites and soft grays. His work is the subject of a recently published limited edition book titled “Daruni”, which will available at the artists’ talk. Hadi’s website is: http://topause.com/ Please mark your calendar and plan to join us in the Kala Gallery on Tuesday, June 17 at 7:00 pm for an interesting international evening with Nelleke, Andrea and Hadi. This event is free and open to the public, so invite a friend. Refreshments will be served.