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Angela Johal
Angela Johal grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60s and 70s. Her Californian background is reflected in her hard-edge, colorful, abstract paintings. Johal’s geometric paintings are all done by hand, and she uses taping as a technique to create the purest lines. The clean lines allow the viewer no distractions to fully take in the color exploration. She uses acrylic paint because she believes it gives her the most vibrant hues. She sees her painting as a color puzzle that she must solve. More
Featured Piece
Angela Johal Variations on a Theme No. 43

Variations on a Theme No. 43
 - acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 in

Johal combined two of her previous paintings to create new shapes and colors in this dynamic composition.


Angela Johal Variations on a Theme No. 43
Variations on a Theme No. 43
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 60 in
Angela Johal Diamond Series ABC triptych
Diamond Series 8 ABC, triptych
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 144 in
Angela Johal Convergence No 1
Convergence No. 1
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 48 in
Angela Johal Convergence No 2
Convergence No. 2
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 48 in
Angela Johal Converging Colour No 4
Converging Colour No. 4
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 60 in
Angela Johal Diamond Series No 5
Diamond Series No. 5
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 48 in
Angela Johal Earth Pattern Series No 1
Earth Pattern Series No. 1
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 60 in
Angela Johal Euphonic Colour No. 31
Euphonic Colour No. 31
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 48 in
Angela Johal Sonic Flower No 3
Sonic Flower No. 3
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 60 in
Angela Johal Earth Patterns No 2
Earth Patterns No. 2
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Earth Patterns No 4
Earth Patterns No. 4
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Variations on a Theme No 5
Variations on a Theme No. 5
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Chromatic Scale No 1
Chromatic Scale No. 12
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 36 in
Angela Johal Chromatic Scale No 13
Chromatic Scale No. 13
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 36 in
Angela Johal Euphonic Colour No 30
Euphonic Colour No. 30
acrylic on canvas  
36 x 48 in
Angela Johal Variations on a Theme No 15
Variations on a Theme No. 15
acrylic on canvas  
36 x 48 in
Angela Johal Euphonic Colour No 21
Euphonic Colour No. 21
acrylic on canvas  
36 x 36 in
Angela Johal Euphonic Colour No 23
Euphonic Colour No. 23
acrylic on canvas  
36 x 36 in
Angela Johal Night Rhythm No7
Night Rhythm No.7
acrylic on canvas  
24 x 36 in
Angela Johal Rhythm and Line No 7
Rhythm and Line No. 7
acrylic on canvas  
24 x 36 in
Angela Johal Night Rhythm No8
Night Rhythm No.8
acrylic on canvas  
30 x 24 in
Angela Johal Euphonic Colour No. 22
Euphonic Colour No. 22
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 24 in
Angela Johal Liminal Space No. 1
Liminal Space No. 1
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 48 in
Angela Johal Liminal Space No. 3
Liminal Space No. 3
acrylic on canvas  
36 x 48 in
Angela Johal Music of the Spheres No. 17
Music of the Spheres No. 17
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 48 in
Angela Johal Music of the Spheres No. 21
Music of the Spheres No. 21
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 48 in
Angela Johal Music of the Spheres No. 27
Music of the Spheres No. 27
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 48 in
Angela Johal Music of the Spheres No. 28
Music of the Spheres No. 28
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 48 in
Angela Johal Music of the Spheres No. 29
Music of the Spheres No. 29
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 48 in
Angela Johal Music of the Spheres No. 30
Music of the Spheres No. 30
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 48 in
Angela Johal Portals No. 1
Portals No. 1
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Portals No. 14
Portals No. 14
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Portals No. 15
Portals No. 15
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Portals No. 18
Portals No. 18
acrylic on canvas  
60 x 48 in
Angela Johal Portals No. 19
Portals No. 19
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 36 in
Angela Johal Portals No. 2
Portals No. 2
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Portals No. 21
Portals No. 21
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 36 in
Angela Johal Portals No. 28
Portals No. 28
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 60 in
Angela Johal Portals No. 4
Portals No. 4
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Portals No. 7
Portals No. 7
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Portals No. 8
Portals No. 8
acrylic on canvas  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal 90 Minutes
90 Minutes
mixed media  
36 x 24 in
Angela Johal Seeing Through Space No 2
Seeing Through Space No. 2
mixed media  
31 x 31 in
Angela Johal Spinning Wheel
Spinning Wheel
mixed media  
31 x 31 in
Angela Johal Map to Motio
Map to Motio
mixed media  
24 x 48 in
Angela Johal American Pie
American Pie
mixed media  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Beauty Its Not Pretty
Beauty, It's Not Pretty
mixed media  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Bed of Roses
Bed of Roses
mixed media  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal 8_10
Eight Tenths
mixed media  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal 5_10
Five Tenths
mixed media  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Intersecting Lines
Intersecting Lines
mixed media  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Listen to the Music
Listen to the Music
mixed media  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal One Point
One Point
mixed media  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal 710
Seven Tenths
mixed media  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal 610
Six Tenths
mixed media  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal The Body Speaks
The Body Speaks No. 2
mixed media  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal 3_10
Three Tenths
mixed media  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Touch of Heaven
Touch of Heaven
mixed media  
48 x 48 in
Angela Johal Two Point
Two Point
mixed media  
48 x 48 in

Angela Johal

Angela Johal

Angela Johal Description

Angela Johal (b. 1962, USA)

Angela Johal grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60s and 70s. Her Californian background is reflected in her hard-edge, colorful, abstract paintings.

Johal’s geometric paintings are all done by hand, and she uses taping as a technique to create the purest lines. The clean lines allow the viewer no distractions to fully take in the color exploration. She uses acrylic paint because she believes it gives her the most vibrant hues. She sees her painting as a color puzzle that she must solve.

Play is an important element to her process. Sometimes she uses cut up pieces of paper to design the composition before moving to the canvas. Other instances she will do sketches on paper. She doesn’t plan every single part of her painting, otherwise that would make the process predictable. She always listens to music while painting and lets the genre or feel of the music guide her colors and shapes. Because of this, she refers to her paintings as “chromesthetic geometrics”.

Her acrylic paintings are executed on sanded canvas and unframed. A frame would interrupt the flow of the ground as it meets the wall that it’s hung on. Variations on a Theme No. 43 is a prime example of a painting that does not need a frame to obstruct the viewers experience of the intensely precise painting. The colors are brilliant, effortlessly moving from turquoise to lavender to yellow ochre.

Varnishing is an important part of Johal’s painting process. It evens out the colors and creates a beautiful, smooth satin finish. Johal paints in her studio near a large window that looks out onto the garden. The hues of the flowers, leaves, branches, and atmosphere all impact the choice of colors she uses in a particular work. Other events like a California earthquake or the look of a vintage record can inspire her designs, but she really enjoys when her paintings can hold many layers of meaning.

In 1985, Johal received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting from San Jose State University and currently paints full-time in her San Francisco Bay Area studio.

Angela Johal Resumé

EDUCATION
1985 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (B.F.A.) in Painting, Magna Cum Laude,
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Angela Johal: An Abstract Classicist: California Hard-Edge Geometric Paintings, Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC
Angela Johal: Chromesthetic Geometrics, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA

2022 Artist Spotlight: Angela Johal, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA

2021 Angela Johal : Chromesthetic Geometrics, Slate Contemporary Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
Chromesthetic Geometrics, Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC

2019 Angela Johal : Geometric Paintings, State Contemporary
Gallery, Oakland, CA
2018 You Hear the Colours, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Angela Johal: Painting, Clorox Building Lobby, Oakland, CA
Curated by Slate Art Consulting, Oakland, CA
Chromesthetic Geometrics: Bay Area Metro Center First Floor Atrium Lobby
In partnership with SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017 New Geometrics Exhibit, Slate Contemporary Hall Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016 101 Second St. Lobby, Slate Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Accumulations: Collages by Angela Johal + Sculptures by Bean Finneran,
SLATE Contemporary, Oakland, CA
2014 Beyond Consumerism: The Body Speaks, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts,
Tracy, CA
2013 The Body Speaks & Emanations, Figurehead Gallery, Livermore, CA
Firehouse Arts Center PAL featured artist, Pleasanton, CA
Found Objects, Assemblages & Collages, Wente Vineyards Estate Winery,
Livermore, CA

2012 The Art of Collage, Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA

2011 Intersecting Color, Bankhead Theater Founder’s Room, CA

2010 Abstracted, Cuda Ridge Winery, Livermore, CA
Falling Color, Wente Vineyards Estate Winery, Livermore, CA
Converging Lines, Bankhead Theater Gallery, Livermore, CA
Geometrics, Bankhead Theater Founder’s Room, Livermore, CA

2009 Gemstones Abstracted, Wild Vine Art Gallery, Livermore, CA

2008 Square Series, Wild Vine Art Gallery, Livermore, CA
Abstract View: Rocks, Feathers & Butterflies, Bankhead Theater Gallery,
Livermore, CA

2006 Eucalyptus Abstracts, Artspace Gallery, Livermore, CA
Land & Sky, Wente Vineyards Estate Winery, Livermore, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023-24 20th Anniversary Exhibit,  Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2023 The de Young Open, Curated by the de Young Museum, SF, CA
2022-23 Winter Group Show, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2022 Context Art Miami, Booth A20, S16 Gallery, Miami, FLA

2021 Context Art Miami, Booth A2, S16 Gallery, Miami, FL
SBFA 2021 Trunk Show, Simon Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Grand Opening S16 Gallery/Westmount, S16 Gallery, Montreal, QC
SFMOMA Artists Gallery Final Sale, San Francisco, CA
Exelixis Exhibition, Alameda, Slate Contemporary, Oakland
Group Exhibition, Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC
Psychodelic: Angela Johal & Haleh Mashian, Mash Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
Spring Ahead! Jules Place Art for Living, Boston, MA
Sketches in Code: Randomness & Pattern in Science & Art,
Bankhead Theater Gallery, Livermore, CA

2020 The de Young Open exhibition, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
SFMOMA Artists Gallery Fall Benefit Sale, San Francisco, CA

2019 Grand Opening show, Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL
SFMOMA Artists Gallery Fall Benefit Sale, San Francisco, CA
In Colour, Slate Contemporary Gallery, San Ramon Valley
Conference Center, San Ramon, CA
Lumen, Haleh Mashian, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Harrington Gallery, Fresh Works, Juror Virginia Tominia, Pleasanton, CA
The Space Gallery. The White Cube Challenge, Alameda, CA
SFMOMA Artists Gallery Benefit Sale, San Francisco, CA

2018 Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Color & Pattern, Lafayette, CA
Jules Place Gallery, Boston Design Center show, Boston, MA
David Richard Gallery, Summer Break, Art Selections, Part I, Santa Fe, NM Slate
Contemporary Hall Gallery works by Andrzej Michael Karwacki, David Fredrik
Moussallem, Angela Johal, Maura Segal & Silvia Poloto, Oakland, CA SFMOMA
Artists Gallery Benefit Sale, San Francisco, CA
Susan Street Fine Art Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
Jules Place: Art For Living Gallery, Boston, MA
Slate Editions exhibition with Slate artists, Batch showroom, San Francisco, CA
Slate Contemporary Hall Gallery: Holiday Show, Oakland, CA
Khrome Studios, San Francisco, CA

2017 Jules Place: Art for Living Gallery: Bountiful, Boston, MA
Slate Art Consulting: Tahoe Installation, Martis Camp, CA
Slate Art Consulting: Pacific Heights Installation, San Francisco, CA
Slate Contemporary: Philartropy, Oakland, CA
Firehouse Arts Center: Along the Lines, Pleasanton, CA
Khrome Studios, 101 Henry Adams St., San Francisco, CA

2016 Graphic Impulse, Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA
Abstract Women, San Ramon Valley Conference Center, San Ramon, CA
G2 Insurance, 140 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA
Khrome Studios, 101 Henry Adams St., San Francisco, CA
Art Market SF, SLATE Artist, San Francisco, CA
SLATE Selections, SLATE contemporary, Oakland, CA
Aspen Leaf Interiors Design Studio & Gallery, Truckee, CA
SFMOMA Artists Gallery Benefit Sale, San Francisco, CA

2015 Art Market SF, SLATE Artist, San Francisco, CA
Martis Camp, SLATE Art Consulting, Lake Tahoe, CA
Gallery 85 Selections, Gallery 85, San Jose, CA
Emanations, Lumen Gallery, Capitola, CA

2014 Color Charts, SLATE contemporary, Oakland, CA
Recycled & Repurposed, San Ramon Valley Conference Center,
San Ramon, CA
Art Co-opted, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracy, CA
Group Show, ASK.com offices, 555 12th St. Oakland, CA
Angela Johal and Dave Meeker, Tribune Tower Window, Oakland, CA
SLATE Selections, SLATE contemporary, Oakland, CA
Figurehead Gallery Artists, Livermore, CA
Emanations, Lumen Gallery, Capitola, CA

2013 Art Co-opted, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracy, CA
Transported, Gary Francis Gallery, Alameda, CA
2D3D Works with Juror Rene de Guzman, 2nd place award, LH Horton Jr. Gallery,
Stockton, CA
Women, Linus Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
East Bay Open Studios Preview Show, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Emanations, Lumen Gallery, Capitola, CA
Fresh Works, Juror Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
Transport: Where Do We Go From Here Member’s Show, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
Expressions, 1st & 2nd place mixed media, Tracy, CA

2012 Art Co-opted, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracy, CA East Bay
Open Studios, Pro Arts, Jack London Square artists, Oakland, CA
Beauty…It’s Not Pretty, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, National Juried
Exhibition, Juror Kris Kuksi, Tracy, CA
East Bay Open Studios Preview Show, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Fresh Works, Harrington Gallery, Juror Kim Anno, Pleasanton, CA
Courage, Member’s Show, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
The 4 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, & Regrow, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Off The Wall, Figurehead Gallery, Livermore, CA
Comrades In Art, Bankhead Gallery, Livermore, CA
Spring Art Show, Best of Show award, Livermore, CA
Expressions Selections, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracy, CA
Expressions, 1st place mixed media, Tracy, CA

2011 Grand Opening, Figurehead Gallery, Livermore, CA
Fresh Works, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
The Essential Nude, Bothwell Arts Center, Livermore, CA
Spring Art Show Selections, City of Livermore Gallery, City Hall, Livermore, CA
Expressions, 1st Place Collage, Tracy, CA
Expressions Selections, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracy, CA

2010
2D3D Color & Design, National Juried Exhibition, Juror SFMOMA Curator, LH
Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, CA
What Lies Above, Beneath & Through, merit award, Linda Ryan Fine Art
Gallery, Livermore, CA
Ekphrasis, a Poetic Response to Art, Livermore, CA
Poetry, Prose and Arts, Pleasanton, CA
The Essential Nude, Bothwell Arts Center, Livermore, CA
First At the Firehouse, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
East Bay Figurative, Linda Ryan Fine Art Gallery, Livermore, CA

2009 Museum on Main Group Show, Pleasanton, CA
Expressions, Tracy, CA
At the Mission Adobe, Pleasanton, CA
The Essential Nude, Merit Award, Livermore, CA

2008 Art in the Vineyard, Wente Vineyards Estate Winery, Livermore, CA
Member’s Showcase 2008, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Expressions, 1st Place Watercolor, Tracy, CA
At the Mission Adobe, Pleasanton, CA

2007 Ekphrasis, a Poetic Response to Art, Big White House Winery, Livermore, CA
Featured Artists, Artspace Gallery, CA

 

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