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Featured Artist ||| Chelsea Brown (San Francisco, CA) ||| Illustration & Painter

Chelsea Brown draws and paints sword wielding, horde-leading badass ladies bent on revenge and wreaking havoc. Working mainly in oil paint and graphite, she is inspired by all things epic, legendary and womanly. With a background in costume design, her work is heavily character driven portraiture infused with narrative. She both creates characters and re-imagines historical figures geared towards emulating female heroes of fiery self-assuredness and primal combative natures. 

“I first found Alex Luke’s work in February 2011 when we both participated in the Roll Up Gallery’s show, Woman at Work.Roll Up Gallery is part of Public Works which is a progressive music venue in San Francisco. Luckily for us, we reached out to her just as her new show at Public Works is about to roll out. The Opening is this Friday!” - Shayna Yasuhara 

Bio: Alex was born in Los Angeles and received her BFA from The San Francisco Art Institute in 2009 with a major in Painting, her work takes many forms from sculpture to costuming. Recently she has been exploring the emotional and psychological residue of childhood and adolescence through a narrative expression. After traveling and exhibiting in London and Los Angeles, she currently lives and works in San Francisco. 

Alex is showing new work at Roll Up Gallery’s newest group show, Action & Reaction. Other artists in the show include; Eugene Rodriguez, Rocky Villanueva, Matt Lee, & Lani Tanaka. The Opening is this Friday, May 4, 2012. For info on the show visit http://www.alexluke.com/.