Dialogues on the Knoll: Dialogues on the Knoll: An Exhibition of 19 Artists | Curated by Kipton Cronkite

CURATORIAL STATEMENT

Dialogues on the Knoll gathers a circle of artists whose practices seek grounding amid a world in motion. Sculpture, sound, light, painting, and functional art converge to explore the delicate balance between rupture and repair, chaos and contemplation. Clay, bronze, stone, pigment, and frequency each become vessels for transformation—holding emotional, ecological, and spiritual memory in their form. Across the exhibition, we encounter works that surface the rawness of being human, alongside gestures toward healing, ritual, and inner stillness. Some pieces mirror the turbulence of the collective moment; others offer refuge, sanctuary, or breath. Together, they create a living dialogue—an invitation to pause, listen, and inhabit the space between intensity and quiet. On this West Hollywood knoll, the salon becomes both lookout and landing place, where uncertainty and beauty can coexist, and where stillness is not the absence of noise, but the presence of awareness.

Special thanks to Frost/Chaddock Developers, along with Paul Lester and Daniel Stevenson from The Agency, for the opportunity to collaborate on this project at The Row on West Knoll.

COLLECTIVE ARTISTS

Mark Acetelli is a Los Angeles artist who creates expressive, abstract works marked by layered textures and lyrical movement, reflecting themes of transformation and the inner journey. His emotionally charged canvases have garnered attention from collectors and galleries in the U.S. and abroad.

Charles Arnoldi is a prominent American abstract artist renowned for his dynamic and colorful compositions that seamlessly blend painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Arnoldi's bold, geometric abstractions, characterized by hard-edged shapes and fluid, lyrical lines, have established him as a significant figure in the contemporary art scene since the 1970s.

Kristina Rose Baker is a painter based in Sonoma County, California. Influenced by the diversity of biomes and landscapes throughout California, her minimalist landscapes investigate the paradox of absence and presence through paint. The deliberate use of empty space in the paintings creates room for contemplation and expansiveness, and is a reflection of her reverence for nature.

Brian Chaaban is a Los Angeles–based designer who merges his Lebanese cultural roots and global travels into sculptural home furnishings—bronze, cast glass, marble—that exude Mediterranean warmth, modern craftsmanship, and natural harmony. Inspired by mid-century masters and available in exclusive showrooms, his pieces speak to collectors who value substance, story, and form.

Mads Christensen is a Danish light artist who creates immersive LED-driven installations that merge design, technology, and atmosphere. His minimalist, color-based works transform interiors into contemplative sensory environments sought after by collectors and architects. Mads Christensen is represented by Timothy Yarger Fine Art / Los Angeles.

Christina Craemer merges her architectural engineering and interior design background with fine art to create tranquil, nature-inflected works that elevate space and spirit. Her photography and mixed-media pieces—featured in luxury hospitality and high-end residential settings—invite viewers to reconnect with inner and outer landscapes.

Shane Guffogg is a California-based artist known for his radiant, multi-layered paintings and glass works that explore light, motion, and states of consciousness. Influenced by both classical painting and modern abstraction, his work has been exhibited globally and collected by major institutions and private collectors.

Steve Hash is a Los Angeles–based artist who creates sculptural installations steeped in themes of isolation, faith, and human interconnection, shaped by his upbringing in a remote off-grid Christian commune. His boldly pared-down, monochromatic works have been shown at respected venues such as LA Louver and the Institute of Contemporary Art LA, and recognized in Forbes and Artforum.

Alexandria Hilfiger is a Los Angeles–based abstract painter whose richly textured, color-driven canvases examine the shifts of emotion and the beauty of imperfection. With roots in fashion and a private studio practice that spans two decades, she has recently stepped into the public exhibition sphere with work that channels healing, intuition, and the natural world.

Caroline P.M. Jones is a California-based artist who fuses her background in stone carving and plein-air painting with a global sensibility to make sculptural and painterly works that meditate on landscape, form, and memory. Her nuanced practice bridges painting, ceramics, and memorial commissions, appealing to collectors drawn to craft, story, and material depth. Caroline PM Jones is represented by Timothy Yarger Fine Art / Los Angeles.

David Paul Kay is a Georgian-born, New York artist known for his signature black-and-white symbolic abstraction across canvas, mural, and installation. His intricate compositions explore identity, emotion, and cultural narrative with a bold yet intimate visual language.

Brandon Lomax is a Los Angeles–based artist who marries an Anthropology background with an advanced degree in Art + Ecology, generating work that bridges brand, nature, and the cosmos. His installations and sculptures are held in notable collections, and he has completed institutional commissions—including one for the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin—while engaging themes of ecology, identity, and the sublime.

Leo Marmol is a Los Angeles–based architect and painter who merges his storied career in high-design at Marmol Radziner with a studio practice of evocative, abstract landscapes in oil and cold wax. Drawing on California’s desert light and his architectural sensibility, his work probes color, memory, and perception.

Mohamed Ouedraogo is a Los Angeles–based ceramicist whose coil-built vessels fuse traditional craft with a personal, emotive aesthetic. His contemplative forms appeal to a discerning audience attentive to both precision and poetic expression.

Theo Pinto is a Brazilian Artist, Experiential Designer, and Art Director based in Brooklyn, New York. Having completed his B.F.A in Architecture at Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013, Pinto's multidisciplinary experience has more recently merged into contemporary art. Using predominantly oil paints, Theo Pinto distills his subject down into its pure essence of light, creating abstract works that resonate with the soul.

Rotem Reshef is an Israeli-born, Los Angeles–based abstract artist whose large-scale, immersive works explore memory, time, and our relationship to nature. Her expressive poured-paint “rolls” and installations have been exhibited in museums and institutions across the U.S. and abroad.

Cybele Rowe is an Australian-born sculptor based in Yucca Valley, California, celebrated for her monumental ceramic and bronze works that explore the complexities of womanhood, identity, and the human form. Her practice spans four decades across Australia and the United States, with large-scale, organically shaped sculptures that evoke both strength and emotional depth. Rowe’s pieces are recognized for their commanding presence, textured surfaces, and feminine symbolism.

Roxie Sarhangi is a Los Angeles–based artist who fuses sound healing, fine art, and experiential design—guiding immersive sessions with crystal bowls and ancient poetry in luxury settings. Her practice spans galleries, high-end hotels, and wellness retreats, where she elevates interior space through auditory art form.

Todd Williamson is a Los Angeles abstract painter whose serene, striated canvases evoke stillness, emotion, and the quiet power of minimalism. A U.S. representative at the 58th Venice Biennale, his work is collected globally and celebrated for its refined balance of discipline and sensitivity.

Nio Vardan is a multidisciplinary artist and founder of Vardan Gallery whose work blends contemporary aesthetics with spiritual symbolism and inner inquiry. His practice invites viewers to engage with themes of transformation, intuition, and the interplay between the seen and unseen.