Adonna Khare Explained

Adonna Khare (born ca. 1980) is an American artist from Burbank, California^[1] mainly focused on large-scale pencil drawings. She received her Masters of Fine Art from California State University, Long Beach.^[2] Her work has been collected by prestigious public and private collections throughout the world. In 2012 she won the world’s largest art competition ArtPrize,^[3] competing against over 1500 artists from all around the world.

She has been featured by Los Angeles Times, NPR, The Huffington Post, Daily Mail, Juxtapoz,^[4] Mashable, My Modern Metropolis, Saatchi Gallery.

Career

• 2014 State of the Art: Crystal Bridges Museum
• 2014 38th Annual Salon National des Artiste Animaliers
• 2014 Face to Face: Yellowstone Art Museum
• 2015 Natural World: Adonna Khare and Jon Ng: Fullerton College
• 2015 EMS Nude Survey 1: Jamie Brooks Fine Art: Costa Mesa, CA
• 2015 Bunnymania: ChunKing Studios, Los Angeles
• 2015 Menagerie at the Grand Rapids Art Museum
• 2015 Teton ArtLab - Artist In Residency
• 2016 Adonna Khare: The Kingdom: Boise Art Museum^[5]
• 2016 State of the Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
• 2016 Natural Causes, CASS Contemporary Art Gallery, Tampa Florida
• 2016 A Fine Line, Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsberg, CA
• 2016 Off the Page, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ

Notes and References

1. Web site: ArtPrize 2012 $200,000 winner Adonna Khare: ArtPrize has changed my life. Kaczmarczyk. Jeffrey. September 11, 2013. MLive. 1 March 2014.
2. Web site: Unheralded Burbank artist wins $200,000 in populist ArtPrize show. Boehm. Mike. October 8, 2012. Los Angeles Times. 1 March 2014.
3. Web site: Adonna Khare, Stay-At-Home Mom, Wins $200,000 Art Prize For 'Elephant'. Rao. Mallika. The Huffington Post. October 9, 2012 . 1 March 2014.
4. Web site: Amazing Pencil Works by Adonna Khare. November 25, 2013. Juxtapoz. 1 March 2014.
5. Web site: Adonna Khare: The Kingdom .