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Ariel Oakley
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Los Angeles based artist, writer, and nurse in surgery. Curatorial efforts at Persons Unknown.
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Studio views. ♥️
March 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Reposted by Ariel Oakley

Proteus, our virtual exhibition for Spring/Break art fair with sculptures by Joshua Pelletier, is live! Click through to see a two headed troll doll carved in white Carrara marble, or Garfield as Saturn devouring his children.
Persons Unknown Gallery | LA 2025
SPRING/BREAK Art Show is the curator driven art fair during Armory Arts Week NYC and Frieze Arts Week Los Angeles.
springbreakartfair.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Reposted by Ariel Oakley
Into the Hamper’s Belly features works by Inga Hendrickson, Rachel Elizabeth Jones, Caitlin Servilio, and Corrine Yonce that coalesce around themes of tumultuous accumulation and porous processes of sense-making through material encounters.

Opening 2/15, 7-10pm! Hope to see you there!
February 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Just leaving this right here in case we need it. (We do).
Making Art During Fascism
By Beth PickensDesigned and Printed by FCCWSpecial edition v 2.0 Designed and risograph printed by the FCCW to accompany the workshop held at the Los Angeles Book Art Fair on February 25th, 2018. If y...
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February 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’ve been making so much sculpture lately, but picking up a brush feels like home.
WIP. 2025.
February 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Oculus.
Acrylic and Flashe on canvas. 2023.
January 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
As someone who was going to be curating a booth in the fair, their reasons make a lot of sense and come from a place of deep care.
I’m really looking forward to curating in the virtual iteration, and NYC in May.
The Spring Break Art Show canceled its upcoming LA fair, citing the recent wildfires that tore through Pacific Palisades and Altadena as a major motive behind their decision.
Spring Break Art Show Cancels Upcoming LA Edition
Organizers cited the fires that consumed swaths of the region and the “trepidation of collectors and participants to attend,” among other factors.
hyperallergic.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Mater Florere (bloom mother).
Collage on paper, 2024.
January 27, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Studio vibe this week
January 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Messenger.
Collage on paper, 2024.
January 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
MFA thesis shelfie.
January 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My career in surgery in one image.
January 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM