Biography

Aunia Marie Kahn (B. 1977 Detroit, Michigan) is an award-winning and collected American contemporary painter, illustrator, curator, and entrepreneur.

Her work blends figurative subjects with symbols and elements from nature, featuring recurring themes including depictions of women and animal subjects, nature and the profound explorations of mortality and rebirth. Kahn draws her inspiration from a turbulent upbringing and a series of near-death experiences due to chronic illness.

She has exhibited her artwork in over 300+ exhibitions in 10 countries and at institutions such as SDAI, iMOCA, and CAM St. Louis. Additionally, she has lectured at colleges and universities and has been featured in Yahoo, Prevention, and Authority Magazine. She has also held roles as both a gallerist and curator for internationally recognized books and projects.

She is the author and artist (View all Books & Decks) of the “Silver Era Tarot” and “Inspirations for Survivors Oracle.” She has also published various art and photography books such as “The Art of Aunia Kahn XIII,” “Obvious Remote Chaos,” “Minding the Sea Inviting the Muses Over for Tea,” and “Avalanche of White Reason.” She authored and curated collaborative works, including the “Lowbrow Tarot Deck,” “Lowbrow Tarot Collector’s Art Book,” and “Epidemic of Retrospective.” Her artistic contributions illustrated both the Witch’s Oracle and its 2nd Edition. Her forthcoming books and decks include “Lover’s Eye Oracle and Tarot,” “Feathers and Fables,” and “Disintegrations Stars.“

She is also the owner of Rise Visible (25+ years), a web design, SEO, and digital marketing agency.

Artist Statement

The work I create is inspired by the heartfelt desire to connect to the world where real-time participation has been minimal. As a human who struggled with an undiagnosed illness that left me on the brink of death for two decades – creativity has been my lifeline. This unforeseen lifeline provided a vessel to channel numerous ways to engage with my unfolding story. What is more, it has become a direct connection to other peoples’ stories in this vast world of beauty and complicated life challenges.

For years, my work was based on survival. Now, entering another phase of my life, my work has transitioned into a narrative of personal evolution and highlights how grateful I am to still be alive. The work is rooted in symbolism in touches on subjects such as vulnerability, loss, challenges, beauty, wisdom, and the voice we all have inside.

Curation

June/July 2024 TBA Delia Dante Gallery, Boise, ID
2023 Indomitable Spirit, Curio Gallery, Portugal
2022 Día de los Muertos · Maude Kerns · Eugene OR (Juried)

Solo Exhibitions

2023 Mysterium World · Stranger Factory · NM
2017 Retrospectivation · Out On A Limb Gallery · OR
2017 Mentorship Exhibit · Lincoln Gallery · OR
2017 Verge of Starlight · Starlight Lounge · OR
2013 Silence of Broken Ground · Pop Gallery · NM
2012 Our Souls Narritive · S. Carmody Gallery · STL MO
2012 Our Intrepid Discoveries · Articulated Gallery · CA
2011 Our Intrepid Delusion · Kayo Gallery ·  UT
2011 Film Noir · PHD Gallery, St Louis MO
2010 Our World of Reminiscence · Urban Art ·  IL
2009 Our Intimate Perception · Concrete Ocean Gallery · STL MO
2009 Our Forbidden Solution · Schmidt Art Center ·  IL
2008 Our Quiet Earthquake · Eclectix Gallery ·  CA
2007 Our Perfect Poison · The Ground Floor ·  IL
2006 Our Common Silence · Cummel’s Cafe · STL MO
2005 Our Human Error · The Ground Floor ·  IL
2004 Shades of Grey · Broadway Center For The Arts ·  IL

2/3 Person Exhibitions

2018 Gilded Bestiary · Inverarity Gallery · Scotland
2017 Aunia Kahn & M de Vena · Broadway Commerce Center · OR
2014 Intimate Dialogues · Pink Zeppelin Gallery · Germany
2014 3 Person Exhibition “Persona” · Bash Contemporary · CA
2014 Rough & Ready Sideshow · Bash Contemporary · CA
2011 Cross Contamination · Mad Art Gallery · MO
2004 Shades of Grey · Broadway Arts Center ·  IL

Curated/Juried Exhibitions

2023 Indomitable Spirit, Curio Gallery, Portugal
2022 Día de los Muertos · Maude Kerns · Eugene OR (Juried)
2013-2018 All Alexi Era Gallery Exhibitions · St Louis MO/Eugene OR (Curated)
2014 Tarot Under Oath · Last Rites Gallery · New York NY (Curated)
2013 L’innamorato · The Potters Wife Gallery · Fort Wayne, IN (Curated)
2013 SCEEN · Gallery Altius · MO (Juroed)
2013 Touched By Violence · Framations Gallery · MO (Curated)
2012 Moon Goddess · Modern Eden Gallery · San Francisco CA (Curated)
2010 Lowbrow Tarot Project · La Luz De Jesus · Los Angeles CA (Curated)
2008 Bootiful Deadness · Online Exhibit (Curated)
2008 Darkest Dreams a Lighted Way · Fort Gondo · St. Louis MO (Curated)
2006 The Beauty From Within · Art Dimensions Woman’s Gallery · St. Louis MO (Curated)
2006 Art of Being a Woman · Art Dimensions Woman’s Gallery · St. Louis MO (Curated)

Museum Exhibitions

2018 Art Gives Hope · Jordan Schnitzer Museum · Eugene OR
2017 Expressions (Sheltercare) · Jordan Schnitzer Museum · Eugene OR
2014 Choice Art · Contemporary Art Museum · Saint Louis MO
2011 Bodies of Waters · IMOCA · Indianapolis IN
2008 Ventipertrenta · IDCA · Italy
2007 49th International Awarded Exhibit · SDAI · San Diego CA
2007 Bi-Annual Artists Competition · Mitchell Museum · Mt. Vernon IL

Select Group Exhibitions

2024 Year of The Dragon, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2024 Woman, The Gallery at Lakeland, OH
2023 Life Love & Death, Art Collide
2023 Day Of The Dead, The Living Arts & Science Center, KY
2023 MASS, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2023 Fall Premer Group Show, The Common Well, ID
2023 Winter Salon XIII, Stranger Factory, NM
2023 Indomitable Spirit, Curio Gallery, Portugal
2023 Bewitching XIII, Stranger Factory, NM
2023 Divina Diosa, WomensWork, NY
2023 Los Vivos y Los Muertos, The Center for the Arts & Sciences, TX
2023 Bacchus, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2023 Día de los Muertos, Maude Kern Art Center, OR
2023 Art of PAWS & People by Purina, Gatsby Ballroom, MO
2023 Covers, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2023 Skulls & Skeletons in Art, Lakeland CC, OH
2023 Dark Tale Classics, Stranger Factory, NM
2023 Hospitality House’s Fundraiser, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2023 Infinite Horizons, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2022 Danse Macabre, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2022 Totem, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2022 Bewitching XI, Stranger Factory, NM
2022 Mighty, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2022 Animal Spirits and Lonely Hearts, Stranger Factory, NM
2022 Delicatessen, Cactus Gallery, CA
2022 Art of PAWS & People by Purina, Gatsby Ballroom, MO
2022 100 Trees, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2022 Dreams of Wonderland, Stranger Factory, NM
2022 WOMAN XV, Lakeland Gallery, OH
2022 Skull & Skeletons in Art VIII, Lakeland Gallery, OH
2021 Exchanging Eyes, Stranger Factory, NM
2021 Wishing You Were Here · Sally Centigrade Gallery · CA
2021 LORE, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2021 Sappy Birthday, Cactus Gallery, CA
2021 Bewitching XI, Stranger Factory, NM
2021 Día de los Muertos · Maude Kerns · Eugene OR
2021 Art of PAWS & People by Purina, Gatsby Ballroom, MO
2021 Skull & Skeletons in Art VII, Lakeland Gallery, OH
2021 The Art of Art, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2021 WOMAN XIV, Lakeland Gallery, OH
2020 Home, Woman Made Gallery, IL
2022 Spirit Boarrd Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2020 Cat & Lore, Inverarity Gallery, Scotland
2022 Telephone Phone Book Gallery
2022 Mermay Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2020 APERTURES, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, MA
2020 New Growth, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2020 Spellbound, Inverarity Gallery, Scotland
2020 Abstract Only!, Hawaiʻi Island Art Alliance · HI
2020 Day Of The Dead, The Living Arts & Science Center, KY
2020 Día de los Muertos, Alberta Street Gallery · OR
2020 Small Works, Woman Made Gallery, IL
2019 Coaster Show, Out of Step Gallery, Eugene OR
2022 Tiny Treasures, Cactus Gallery, CA
2019 Dia de los Muertos · Sparrow Studio · Eugene OR
2019 Art of PAWS & People by Purina, Gatsby Ballroom, MO
2019 Día de los Muertos · Maude Kerns · Eugene OR
2019 Tiny Visions · The Hive Gallery · Los Angeles CA
2019 Botanical Burlesque · ReDux Gallery · Portland OR
2019 Coast Exhibition · Out of Step Gallery · Eugene OR
2018 WOMAN XI · Lakeland Community College · Lakeland OH
2016 So Small ·  OSLP Arts & Culture · OR
2018 Animation Reanimation · Modern Eden · San Francisco CA
2018 Le Rêve, Haven Gallery · Northport, NY
2018  Mermay Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2018 Storybook · Modern Eden · San Francisco CA
2018 Art of PAWS & People by Purina, Gatsby Ballroom, MO
2018 Animal Spirit Exhibition · La Bodega Gallery · San Diego CA
2017 Interfusion · Revolution Gallery · Buffalo, NY
2017 Mausoleum · JAG Gallery · CA
2016 So Small ·  OSLP Arts & Culture · OR
2018 Rococo, Haven Gallery · NY
2017 Little Big, Haven Gallery · NY
2017 Hide & Seek · Weswal Gallery · Australia
2017 Día de los Muertos · Maude Kern Art Center · Eugene, OR
2017 Loved to Death · Modern Eden · San Francisco, CA
2017 We Are The Resistance · Revolution Gallery · Buffalo, NY
2017 Flower Child · Modern Eden Gallery · San Francisco, CA
2017 Lovers Eyes · Modern Eden Gallery · San Francisco, CA
2017 Art Forum · Lincoln Gallery · Eugene, OR
2017 Art of PAWS & People by Purina, Gatsby Ballroom, MO
2017 Apocoalypto, 323East, MI
2016  BRINK · Antler Gallery  · OR
2016 So Small ·  OSLP Arts & Culture · OR
2016 LA Art Show / Antler Gallery · Artist Showcase  · CA
2016  Metamorphosis: · Gristle Art Gallery · NY
2016 Wanderlust · Modern Eden Gallery · San Francisco, CA
2015 Phantastische Venus · Viechtach Old City Hall · Germany
2015 Haven · Haven Gallery · NY
2015  INK · Tangent Gallery  · MI
2015  Unnatural Histories IV · Antler Gallery  · OR
2015 Low to Pop LxFactory · Lisbon, Portugal
2015 G40 Summit · Art Whino Gallery, MD
2015 FLUX · Grey’s Art Gallery · London
2015 Group Exhibit · Baker + Hesseldenz Design · AZ
2015 Grimm Exhibit · The Dream Factory · Germany
2015 Low to Pop LxFactory · Lisbon, Portugal
2015 Small Works Invitational · Baker + Hesseldenz Design · AZ
2015 Cimmerian · Gristle Art Gallery · NY
2015 The Marvelous Minds · The Last Bookstore · CA
2015 Nightmare in Wonderland · Rotofugi Gallery · IL
2015 The Dirty Show 16 · Detroit MI
2015 Peepshow · Stranger Factory · NM
2014 Painted Sound · Flower Pepper Gallery · Pasadena CA
2015 Alice · The Dream Factory · Germany
2014 Grimms Fairy Tales, Arch Enemy Art · PA
2014 In Missa Interfectionis · Stephen Romano Gallery· NY
2014 Carbon · Sally Centigrade Gallery · CA
2014 Frida · Distinction Gallery · CA
2014 Crows are Following Us · FB69 · Germany
2014 Twice Told Tales · Flower Pepper Gallery · Pasadena CA
2014 Waiting For The Moon · Arch Enemy Arts · PA
2014 Life Blood · Nave Gallery · MA
2014 Mad Hatters · Flower Pepper Gallery · Pasadena CA
2013 Surreal Salon 6 · Baton Rouge Gallery · Baton Rouge LA
2013 Things Before Breakfast · Dream Factory · Germany
2013 Faces · XL Gallery · Florida

Group Exhibition Cont.

2013 ReErmerge Art Show· Affordable Art Fair · Hong Kong
2013 Caja · 423 West · CA
2013 End of Days · Sacred Gallery · New York NY
2012 POP Femme Sugar Coated Strange · Pop Gallery · Santa Fe NM
2013 Misperception · Art Saint Louis Gallery · St. Louis MO
2013 Public/Private · Woman Made Gallery · Chicago IL
2013 OAC Art on the Move · Thinkspace Gallery · Culver City, CA
2012 Wayward Fairy Tales · Modern Eden Gallery · San Francisco CA
2012 Urban Wanderers · Saint Louis University Museum of Art ·  MO
2012  Beyond the Lens · Framations · STL MO
2012 Political Posters · Detroit Contemporary (CAID) · Detroit MI
2012 Sea No Evil · Riverside Municipal Auditorium · CA
2013 Speak of the Devil · 423 West · CA
2012 POP Femme Sugar Coated Strange · Pop Gallery · Santa Fe NM
2018 WOMAN V · Lakeland Community College · Lakeland OH
2011 Skull & Skeletons in Art VIII, Lakeland Gallery, OH
2011 The 13th Hour · Last Rites Gallery · New York NY
2011 Things That Go Bump In The Night · Gallery Provocateur ·  UT
2011 Urban Wanderers · Saint Louis University Museum of Art ·  MO
2011 Erotica in Art & Design · Erotic Museum · Amsterdam
2011 Eight Deadly Sins · Congrigation Gallery · Hollywood · CA
2021 Menagerie, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
2011 Relaunch Exhibition Part I · Varnish Fine Art · San Francisco CA
2011 von Scaramouche Print Exhibition · Cinema du Parc · Canada
2011 Ventipertrenta · Galeria of Tecate · México
2010 Dark and Lovely · Parlor Gallery · Asbury Park NJ
2010 Love Conquers All · Thinkspace Gallery · Culver City CA
2010 Undo 2 Hundo · Brief Space Gallery · SF CA
2010 Facing Fearl · Launch Pad Gallery · OR
2012 POP Femme Sugar Coated Strange · Pop Gallery · Santa Fe NM
2010 2 Year Anniversary Art Show · Feelit · SD CA
2010 Midnight Oils III · Mills Pond Gallery · New York NY
2010 Mental Health Outreach Exhibit, Washington U School of Medicine, MO
2009 Midnight Oils II · Mills Pond Gallery · New York NY
2009 Living With Fur · A Bitchen Space · CA
2009 Impressions · Gov French Acadamy Gallery · IL
2009 16th Annual Dìa de los Muerto · Maude Kerns  · Eugene OR
2009 The Devil is in the Details · Mills Pond Gallery · New York NY
2009 Damned II [Special Guest Artist] · Tangent Gallery · Detroit, MI
2009 Something With Women · New Puppy Gallery · LA · CA
2009 The Dirty Show [Special Guest Artist]· Detroit MI
2009 The Essence of Classic Modernism · Ciao Gallery · Wilson WY
2009 Mental Health Outreach Exhibit, Washington U School of Medicine, MO
2009 Multiversal · Art Basil · Miami FL
2009 Politi-Pop · Altered Esthetics · MN
2009 Art Goes East · Hoseinee House · Hong Kong
2009 Dogs Can’t Vote…. but You Can · Framations Gallery · STL MO
2009 Feminality · The Hive Gallery · Los Angeles CA
2008 New & Improved · Los Angeles Center for Digital Art · CA
2008 Midnight Oils · Mills Pond Gallery · New York NY
2008 A Politic · Reflect Arts · New York NY
2008 Art for Human Rights · Hilton Hotel · St. Louis MO
2008 Book in Photography · New Image Gallery · West Hollywood CA
2008 Relics & Remembrances · Reflect-Arts · New York NY
2008 Bitter Fruits · Altered Esthetics · Minneapolis MN
2008 Woman’s Exhibition · SWIC · Beleville, IL
2008 Arf Nouveau · Third Degree Glass Factory · STL MO
2008 Lunitic Fringe · Soulard Art Gallery · STL MO
2008 Heart Attack · Eclectix Gallery · El Cerrito CA
2007 Metzger Memorial National Exhibit · STL Artists Guild ·  STL MO
2007 Masks · Tangent Gallery · Sacramento CA
2007 Venus Envy · Mad Art Gallery · STL MO
2007 Me, Myself & Eye · Chico Art Center · Chico CA
2007 It’s Humble to be Good [Award Winners] · ©POP Gallery · Detroit MI
2007 American Democracy Project Redux · RAC · St. Louis MO
2006 Mad Arf · Mad Art Gallery · STL MO
2007 SDAI 49th International Awarded Exhibit · SDAI · San Diego CA
2007 Wine Label Winners Exhibit · Les Bourgeois Vineyards · Rocheport MO
2007 ©Poppertunity · ©POP Gallery · Detroit MI
2006 3 Things Never Talk About · Art Saint Louis Gallery · St. Louis MO
2006 Emerging Artists National Scene · STL Artists’ Guild · STL MO
2006 Rusty Spring · Art Dimensions Gallery · St. Louis MO
2006 Venus Envy · Mad Art Gallery · STL MO
2006 In Our Lifetime · Washington School of Photography · Bethesda MD
2006 LACDA Top 40 · Los Angeles Center for Digital Art · Los Angeles CA
2005 SWIC Student Art Show · SWIC ·  IL
2005 Figuratively Speaking · St. Louis Artists’ Guild · St. Louis MO
2005 Works in Clay/Night & Day · St. Louis Artists’ Guild · St. Louis MO
2005 Artists Competition · Mitchell Museum · Mt. Vernon IL
2005 Voices Within, Surviving Through the Arts · STL Artists’ Guild · STL MO

Permanent Collections

Schmidt Art Center, Belleville, IL

2023 October Feature Artist · The Art List
2020 Second Place · LASC’s Day of the Dead Exhibition · LASC · KY
2020 Patron’s Choice Award · LASC’s Day of the Dead Exhibition · LASC · KY
2017 1st Place in Digital Art · Mayors Art Show · Emerald Art Center · OR
2017 Judges Choice Award · Photozone · OR
2013 Apex Magazine Cover of the Year 2012 · Apex Magazine
2016 INK (Special Guest Artist) · Tangent Gallery · MI
2013 Honorable Mention · Photo Op · Saint Louis Artist Guild · MO
2012 1st Place in Digital · Art Gallery Altius · Saint Louis MO
2012 1st Self Portraiture · Gallery Altius · Saint Louis MO
2012 3rd Place in Show · Gallery Altius · Saint Louis MO
2012 3rd Place in Show · Beyond the Lens Gallery VII · Framations · STL MO
2009 Award of Excellence · Photographers Forum Magazine
2009 Awarded Solo Exhibit by Judges Vote · Bleeding Hearts Photo Contest · IL
2008 Peoples Choice Award · Ventipertrenta Juried Exhibition · Italy
2008 3rd Place Juried · Ventipertrenta Juried Exhibition · Italy
2008 Juried Calendar Winner · Altered Aesthetics · MN
2008 First Place · Missouri Alliance for Animals Legislation · MO
2008 Honor Awards (X2) · Reflect-Arts · NY
2007 Canson Inc. Award · St. Louis Artists’ Guild · MO
2007 Honor Award · Chico Art Center · CA
2007 People Choice Award · CPop Gallery · MI
2007 Art on Ltd Ed. Wine Bottles · Le Bourgeois Vineyard · MO
2006 Through the Looking Glass · Art Saint Louis Gallery · St. Louis MO
2006 3rd Place · Art Dimensions Gallery Woman’s Gallery · MO
2006 Honor Award · Art Saint Louis · MO
2006 Kiwanis Art Award Merit · Southwestern Illinois College · IL
2005 1st Place Graphics · Mitchell Museum · IL
2005 Top Award · St. Louis Artists’ Guild · MO

2020 Home Exhibition Panel · Woman Made Gallery · Chicago, IL
2020 Why Websites Are Important · Lane Connect · Eugene, OR
2019 Strategy for Building Visibility in the Arts · Hult Center · Eugene, OR
2019 Strategies for Building Visibility · RAIN · Eugene, OR
2019 Marketing & Art Promotion · Alexi Era Gallery · Eugene, OR
2018 The Art of Self Promotion · Alexi Era Gallery · Eugene, OR
2017 The Art of Promotion · Emerald Art Center · Springfield, OR
2014 Marketing & Art Promotion · Alexi Era Gallery · MO
2013 Marketing & Art Promotion · Alexi Era Gallery · MO
2012 The Art of Healing, Woman’s Caucus for The Arts, Saint Louis, MO
2012 The Art of Healing, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL
2012 The Art of Healing, Scott Air Force Base, SAFB, IL
2012 The Art of Healing, Alexi Era Gallery, Saint Louis, MO
2012 The Art of Healing, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL
2011 The Artist as the Modern Mythmaker, SLCC, STL, MO
2011 Being a Successful Artist · Spelman College, GA
2011 Marketing & Branding as an Artist · Spelman, GA
2010 Being a Successful Artist, Spelman College, GA
2010 Mental Health & Art Panel, Washington U School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
2010 Being a Successful Living Artist, SWIC, Granite City, IL
2010 Being a Successful Living Artist, SWIC, Belleville, IL
2010 Being a Successful Living Artist, SLCC, Saint Louis, MO
2010 Being a Successful Living Artist, McKendree University, Lebanon, IL
2009 Overcoming Adversity Through Art, Emory College, Atlanta, GA
2009 Artwork Slideshow, “The Vagina Monologues”, New Jersey Visual Arts, NJ
2009 Art as a Career & Web Design, SWIC, IL
2009 Art as a Career & Web Design, SWIC, IL
2009 Mental Health & Art Panel, Washington U School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
2009 Art as a Career & Web Design, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL
2009 Art as a Career, Schmidt Art Center, Belleville, IL
2007 Children, Art & Technology, St. Raphael Middle School, MO
2006 Career Day “Designer & Artist”, Selvidge Middle School
2005 Art Mart, Saint Louis, MO