2023
Solo
Selection of abstract pieces at Haven Salon. Sponsored by Loca.Art.
Publications and Publicity
2022 – Center On Contemporary Art – "Resilience" YouTube. My interview exploring "Green Man-Green Woman: begins at 7:38: Introducing The Artists
Commission: Book cover art for "L'Air Du Temps" by Greek scholar Dr. K. Kafiris – soon to be published.
2021 -- "Fun Size," Book published by Jen Tough and Artist Alliance. "Elegant Eye Hamsa" Juried, Group in.
2020 – Duke University Press, book cover art featuring my painting, "Twitter Revolution in Heaven"
2020 – Nephilim, online arts magazine, cover and inside art featuring my bodypainting, Spiros Kakouris photography
2016 - 2018 Art Editor, four issues of “Enzyme Arts” arts magazine
2016 -- Obscurae Magazine, feature photo editorial “Sankofa” (Backdrop and body paint homage to West African art and culture, kente cloth design)
2016 -- Elegant Magazine, feature editorial for “Timeless Decadence” (painted backdrop, fashion homage to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Great Gatsby”)
2012: Featured artist in online culture zine “Courageous Creativity”
2011 - 2012 Body art for Washington’s Annual “Haute Trash Recycled Arts and Fashion Show” sponsored by New York School of Design
2011 -2012: Illustration cover and endpapers NY Times Bestselling Young Adult Fiction series “Tiger’s Voyage” and “Tiger’s Destiny”
Workshops & Classes
2022 – Pratt Institute: Deborah Faye Lawrence – "Register Your Grievances!" Collage Workshop
2016 -- Gage Academy, Mische Technique Workshop with Brigid Marlin
2015 – TLC Course, Polymer Sculpture Workshop with Virginie Ropars
2015 – Bonfire Gallery, Leather Mask Workshop with Damon Brown, InkLab
2013 – Gage Academy, Gouache Workshop with Brian Snoddy
Memberships
Equinox Art Cooperative (Since 2021) Studio Participation
Center on Contemporary Art – Seattle, Washington (Since 2012) Regular Annual Exhibits
Art/Not Terminal Cooperative (Since 2010) Regular Monthly Exhibits
Yearly Highlights
2022
Juried, Group
"Towards Resilience," CoCA Annual Member Show (Juried, Group) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVzgu4WRd_4 My interview starts at 7:38.
Solo Exhibit
Selection of 2021 Gouache pieces, sponsored by Loca.Art at Fresh Flours Cafe.
Continuing A/NT Gallery participation
2021
Juried, Group
"Spring Juried, Group Exhibition" Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA
"Artistry of Watercolor," ERA Gallery, Bellevue, WA
"All Women Competition" Contemporary Art Online – Honorable Mention for "Endangered Mandala"
Continuing A/NT Gallery participation
Invitational
YouTube Workshop Presentation, EVA - East Valley Artists, San Jose, California: "From Henna Body Art to Henna Fine Art By Kree Arvanitas" East Valley Artists
2020
This year was severely disrupted by the pandemic, most Seattle galleries were shut and shows canceled, many moving to online. I spent the year exploring gouache and creating about 40 pieces of small 4"x4" works.
Juried, Group
"2020 Vision," CoCA Annual Member Show
"Annual Mini Show" Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Winter PopUp" SAP Gallery, Kirkland, WA
2019
Juried, Group
“Environments,” - Normandy Park City Council Chambers, WA (Juried, Group, Joint Show with Victor Kimsey.
“Northwest Mystics - Women of the PNW” - CoCA Invitational, Seattle, WA
“Out From the Shadows”, Burien, WA
“Motherland” CoCA Annual Member Show (Juried, Group) Seattle, WA
2018
Juried, Group
“Creativity Persists” CoCA Annual Member Show (Juried, Group) Seattle, WA
Group
"I AM," Caravan Traveling Art Exhibition at St. Mark's Cathedral – presentation on henna in Arabic art (Seattle only).
2017
Juried, Group
“Medicine Ball - Annual Slam” (Seven NW Artists) June, 2017, Seattle, WA
“Other Worlds” Confluence Gallery, April 2017, Twisp, WA
“Make America Create Again” CoCA Annual Member Show (Juried, Group) Seattle, WA
“We The People” Black Zia Cantina, Burien, WA
"NODAPL" Standing Rock Benefit at the Paramount, Seattle, WA (Juried, Group)
"Royal Jelly" Push-Pull Gallery, Seattle, WA (Juried, Group)
Online Juried Competition
Fourth Place Winner on Contemporary Art Online, February 2017 for "Red Gauntlets".
2016
Juried, Group
“Annual Mini Art Extravaganza” (Juried, Group) Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Isis Women Arts” (Juried, Group) African American Museum, Seattle, WA
2015
Curated Invitational
“Tesseract: Four Artists, Four Dimensions” Kree Arvanitas, Matthew Potter, Lesley Rialto and Jeanie Lewis, A/NT Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014
Solo
“Criss-Crossing Liminality” Fremont Jewelry Gallery, Seattle, WA
Juried, Group
“Pain – an Artistic Experience” (Juried, Group) KrabJab Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Annual Valentines Show” Trabant Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013
Solo
American Pie, Georgetown, Seattle, WA
Juried, Group
“Myths, Fables & Legends” Hive Gallery-Piranha Gallery, Los Angeles-Seattle Co-Production
“Divination” KrabJab Studio, Seattle, WA
“Paper, Scissors, Glue” Cloud Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012
Solo
“Secret Signs & Rebel Angels” Art/Not Terminal, Seattle, WA
Juried, Group
“Monster Apocalypse!” Hive Gallery-Piranha Gallery, Los Angeles-Seattle Co-Production
“Instrumental” American Pie, Georgetown, Seattle, WA
“Rock the Terminal” Art/Not Terminal Seattle. WA
Curated & Juried
“Artful Henna- Body Art & Beyond” Int’l Exhibition of On and Off Body Henna, Art/Not Terminal, Seattle, WA
“Artful Henna- Body Art & Beyond”, Kerf International Gallery, Wallingford, Seattle
Contributed:
“Psychonautic Portal” Art & Sculpture by Bill Gaylord (Body Art Collaboration), SRG Gallery, Seattle, WA
CV HIGHLIGHTS – RebelDog Studio
Fine Art By Kree Arvanitas
2023
Solo
Selection of abstract pieces at Haven Salon. Sponsored by Loca.Art.
Publications and Publicity
2022 – Center On Contemporary Art – "Resilience" YouTube. My interview exploring "Green Man-Green Woman: begins at 7:38: Introducing The Artists
Commission: Book cover art for "L'Air Du Temps" by Greek scholar Dr. K. Kafiris – soon to be published.
2021 -- "Fun Size," Book published by Jen Tough and Artist Alliance. "Elegant Eye Hamsa" Juried, Group in.
2020 – Duke University Press, book cover art featuring my painting, "Twitter Revolution in Heaven"
2020 – Nephilim, online arts magazine, cover and inside art featuring my bodypainting, Spiros Kakouris photography
2016 - 2018 Art Editor, four issues of “Enzyme Arts” arts magazine
2016 -- Obscurae Magazine, feature photo editorial “Sankofa” (Backdrop and body paint homage to West African art and culture, kente cloth design)
2016 -- Elegant Magazine, feature editorial for “Timeless Decadence” (painted backdrop, fashion homage to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Great Gatsby”)
2012: Featured artist in online culture zine “Courageous Creativity”
2011 - 2012 Body art for Washington’s Annual “Haute Trash Recycled Arts and Fashion Show” sponsored by New York School of Design
2011 -2012: Illustration cover and endpapers NY Times Bestselling Young Adult Fiction series “Tiger’s Voyage” and “Tiger’s Destiny”
Workshops & Classes
2022 – Pratt Institute: Deborah Faye Lawrence – "Register Your Grievances!" Collage Workshop
2016 -- Gage Academy, Mische Technique Workshop with Brigid Marlin
2015 – TLC Course, Polymer Sculpture Workshop with Virginie Ropars
2015 – Bonfire Gallery, Leather Mask Workshop with Damon Brown, InkLab
2013 – Gage Academy, Gouache Workshop with Brian Snoddy
Memberships
Equinox Art Cooperative (Since 2021) Studio Participation
Center on Contemporary Art – Seattle, Washington (Since 2012) Regular Annual Exhibits
Art/Not Terminal Cooperative (Since 2010) Regular Monthly Exhibits
Yearly Highlights
2022
Juried, Group
"Towards Resilience," CoCA Annual Member Show (Juried, Group) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVzgu4WRd_4 My interview starts at 7:38.
Solo Exhibit
Selection of 2021 Gouache pieces, sponsored by Loca.Art at Fresh Flours Cafe.
Continuing A/NT Gallery participation
2021
Juried, Group
"Spring Juried, Group Exhibition" Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA
"Artistry of Watercolor," ERA Gallery, Bellevue, WA
"All Women Competition" Contemporary Art Online – Honorable Mention for "Endangered Mandala"
Continuing A/NT Gallery participation
Invitational
YouTube Workshop Presentation, EVA - East Valley Artists, San Jose, California: "From Henna Body Art to Henna Fine Art By Kree Arvanitas" East Valley Artists
2020
This year was severely disrupted by the pandemic, most Seattle galleries were shut and shows canceled, many moving to online. I spent the year exploring gouache and creating about 40 pieces of small 4"x4" works.
Juried, Group
"2020 Vision," CoCA Annual Member Show
"Annual Mini Show" Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Winter PopUp" SAP Gallery, Kirkland, WA
2019
Juried, Group
“Environments,” - Normandy Park City Council Chambers, WA (Juried, Group, Joint Show with Victor Kimsey.
“Northwest Mystics - Women of the PNW” - CoCA Invitational, Seattle, WA
“Out From the Shadows”, Burien, WA
“Motherland” CoCA Annual Member Show (Juried, Group) Seattle, WA
2018
Juried, Group
“Creativity Persists” CoCA Annual Member Show (Juried, Group) Seattle, WA
Group
"I AM," Caravan Traveling Art Exhibition at St. Mark's Cathedral – presentation on henna in Arabic art (Seattle only).
2017
Juried, Group
“Medicine Ball - Annual Slam” (Seven NW Artists) June, 2017, Seattle, WA
“Other Worlds” Confluence Gallery, April 2017, Twisp, WA
“Make America Create Again” CoCA Annual Member Show (Juried, Group) Seattle, WA
“We The People” Black Zia Cantina, Burien, WA
"NODAPL" Standing Rock Benefit at the Paramount, Seattle, WA (Juried, Group)
"Royal Jelly" Push-Pull Gallery, Seattle, WA (Juried, Group)
Online Juried Competition
Fourth Place Winner on Contemporary Art Online, February 2017 for "Red Gauntlets".
2016
Juried, Group
“Annual Mini Art Extravaganza” (Juried, Group) Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Isis Women Arts” (Juried, Group) African American Museum, Seattle, WA
2015
Curated Invitational
“Tesseract: Four Artists, Four Dimensions” Kree Arvanitas, Matthew Potter, Lesley Rialto and Jeanie Lewis, A/NT Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014
Solo
“Criss-Crossing Liminality” Fremont Jewelry Gallery, Seattle, WA
Juried, Group
“Pain – an Artistic Experience” (Juried, Group) KrabJab Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Annual Valentines Show” Trabant Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013
Solo
American Pie, Georgetown, Seattle, WA
Juried, Group
“Myths, Fables & Legends” Hive Gallery-Piranha Gallery, Los Angeles-Seattle Co-Production
“Divination” KrabJab Studio, Seattle, WA
“Paper, Scissors, Glue” Cloud Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012
Solo
“Secret Signs & Rebel Angels” Art/Not Terminal, Seattle, WA
Juried, Group
“Monster Apocalypse!” Hive Gallery-Piranha Gallery, Los Angeles-Seattle Co-Production
“Instrumental” American Pie, Georgetown, Seattle, WA
“Rock the Terminal” Art/Not Terminal Seattle. WA
Curated & Juried
“Artful Henna- Body Art & Beyond” Int’l Exhibition of On and Off Body Henna, Art/Not Terminal, Seattle, WA
“Artful Henna- Body Art & Beyond”, Kerf International Gallery, Wallingford, Seattle
Contributed:
“Psychonautic Portal” Art & Sculpture by Bill Gaylord (Body Art Collaboration), SRG Gallery, Seattle, WA