
°COLLAGE ARTIST° AND ADHD MADE ME DO THE REST.
Denise Kynd
is an international Mulitalent
I love paper and it is my medium. Throughout my travels I have collected different types of papers, unique to a place or often having a particular appeal to my tastes. Varied colors, textures and patterns are what attract me most and I find the most joy working with them. Combining these papers with my memories allow me to create this world where neither time nor space are valued, it is in the moment which I create, as if in a meditative trance allowing my subconscious to flow freely. A therapeutic element of collage art is meticulously working with glue; I enjoy the feel of it on my hands as I delicately handle each piece of paper and carefully remove the air bubbles that naturally form underneath. My work embodies “symmetrical chaos,” I am able to cause tension by slightly skewing the repeated and mirrored images. Balance is also achieved through use of a consistent palette. At times, I will include strokes of paint to accentuate particular aspects of an image, but I do not rely heavily upon this medium. I use a central image as a focal point and as the beginning narrative to a piece. The main image dictates the layout, the color scheme, and ultimately the resulting mood. My major pieces consist of appropriated commercial images, bringing to light media’s influence on social aesthetics, while at the same time discussing the modern human experience. These are images that we can all relate to because of their familiarity. I see my work as cyclical, I recycle materials which are normally overlooked or easily thrown away for the next new thing and give them a meaningful, eternal life.

Vitae
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2010 The JamJar / Groupshow / Dubai
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2011 Dubai Mall / Mega Doll 2.0 / Dubai
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2013 STILL / CharityEvent / ChildrenCancerCenterLebanon / Dubai
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2013 KTUB / Seattle
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2014 BCK TO THE ROOTS IN THE WOODS 2014 / Germany
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2015 MATEO GALLERY / NY
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2014-16 BA GRAPHIC DESIGN /University Of Hertfordshire
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2015 Den Gallery / Kuwait
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2015 Perseverance Of Papillon / Three Corners Hotel / El Gouna
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2016 Steigenberger Golf Resort Hotel / El Gouna
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2016 Internship Leo Burnett / Cairo
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2016 PopUp Shop / Cairo
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2017 Stadtrevue Internship / Cologne
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2017 NiehlerFreiheit “Kunst Aus Nichts” / Cologne
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2017 The Platform045 / Heerlen
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2017 Ürbäng Festival / Cologne
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2018 “Surrender To Your Soul And The Rest Will Follow” CharityEvent / Kinder Jemens In Not E.V. / Cologne
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2018 Grains Of Wisdom Collaboration Project Music Video
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2018 Le Pavillon Des Canaux / Paris
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2018 Yemeni Girl / Bash / Cologne
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2019 PLAY Collaboration Byron Art / Cologne
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2019 Bubble - EQUITY / Cologne
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2019 Songversations / Berlin
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2020 16.Kunstnacht Wallraf-Richartz-Museum / Cologne
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2021 Digital exhibition developed as part of UMMA’s Guest Instagram Curator Program
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2021 "bygones are bygones" curator Marie Donike / Cologne
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2022 Dejlig Conceptstore / Cologne
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2022 Agata Roastery / Mannheim
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2022 ßphase Co-working cafe /Cologne
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2022 LeverkusenKunstnacht / Leverkusen
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2022 ARTY FARTY Artspace & Gallery / Cologne