About the Artist /
Ingrid Grunewald Kornspan was born in Los Angeles and raised on San Francisco’s Russian Hill. She attended San Francisco City College, UCLA and art schools in Rome and Perugia, Italy. She has taught art in the Los Angeles public schools where she had students create their own societies including cultural aspects that a society would develop. Her art is composed of refraction gradient papers, antique sequins in many shapes and textures, toys, beads and numerous objets cherche’s, and over one hundred and fifty varieties of nail polish. Her work is characterized by a riotous but judicious use of color and subject matter ranging from Buddha to James Brown.
Image by Scott Garrison
Promotion for The Dream Gallery solo show in Silverlake, CA.
Promotion for the 2nd Annual Art Show in Silverlake, CA.
“My main influences have been Japanese art (especially the Kimono), Chicano art (Lowrider cars and street murals), Mexican Day of the Dead art, Outsider art and Dada. My favorite artists are Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, Frank Romero, Tony Duquette, Frank Stella, Lee Bontecou and Jose Lozano.”
— Ingrid Kornspan