KX2 is a collaboration combining the strengths of artists and sisters Ruth Avra and Dana Kleinman who create mathematically inspired sculpture merging metal and painting. From a distance the work is bold and geometric, yet up close the viewer is engaged by textural hand-sanded metal and multi-layered paintings. By exploring geometry, symmetry and connection, their work aims to create a moment of pause, inviting the viewer to escape the stresses of the day and find a space to achieve balance. In their most recent work, themes related to environmental issues are presented with the hope to raise an awareness of the fragility of our natural ecosystems. Since establishing their artistic collaboration in 2007, KX2’s work has been featured in notable galleries and museums around the world. Importantly, the work was leveraged to the international art scene with an invitation to represent the United States at the 2008 Beijing Biennale at the National Art Museum of China. Their work can be found in numerous private, corporate and public art collections throughout North America. Avra and Kleinman currently reside with their individual families in Southern Florida.​KX2 is environmentally conscious of material choices, using up to 50% recycled metals and recycled canvas. DANA LYNN KLEINMAN :: EDUCATION2002 University of New Mexico MFA in Painting. Albuquerque, NM1997 Carnegie Mellon University BFA in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking and BA in History and Anthropology Pittsburgh, PA. Phi Beta Kappa, Carnegie Tradition Scholar RUTH AVRA KLEINMAN :: EDUCATION2001 University of Wisconsin BS in Art, Art Metal Concentration. Madison, WI1999 Syracuse University, Scholarship Grant for semester abroad in Florence, Italy Museum and Art Center Exhibitions 2024(upcoming) Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, "Ripple Effect", Solo Exhibition, Broward College, FL Coral Springs Art Museum, "Near the rivers, there are many large streams", three person show, Coral Springs, FLFort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Terminal 1, Solo Public Art Exhibition, FLCope NYC, "Blue", group show, Brooklyn NY2023 Pompano Beach Cultural Center, "Boil Notice", sponsored by Broward County Cultural Division/Broward Community Foundation, Solo Exhibition. Pompano Beach, FL. Cornell Art Museum,"World of Water" Delray Beach FLStudio 18 Art Complex, "Grounded", curated by Juliana Forero, 2 person show. Pembroke Pikes, FL2022 Contemporary Arts Center, "H2O", New Orleans, LA.Arts Warehouse, "Waves", Delray Beach, FL Broward Cultural Division, "Obstruction Immersion" solo installation at the Kimpton Goodland Fort Lauderdale, FL2021 City of Miami Beach Public Art, "No Vacancy", solo installation, Miami Beach, FLArt and Culture Center, "Exposed", Hollywood, FL 2020 Coral Springs Museum of Art, group show, Coral Springs, FL Art and Culture Center, "Exposed", Hollywood, FL2019 The Frank, "New Industry", Pembroke Pines, FL Coral Springs Museum of Art, group show, Coral Springs, FL Art and Culture Center, “Exposed”, Hollywood, FL CICA Museum, “Artist Statement”, South Korea2018 Monmouth Art Museum, group show, Lincroft, NJ Art and Culture Center, “Mottos”, Hollywood FL2017 Islip Art Museum, "Duality", East Islip, NY 2016 Museum of the Golden Ratio, Featured Artist March 20162011 Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Art Center, "Supersize: Bigger is Better?", Solomons Island, MD2010 Albuquerque Museum of Art, "Miniatures and More”, New Mexico 2009 Las Cruces Museum of Art, solo show "Crescendo", Las Cruces, New Mexico2008 National Museum of Art, Beijing Biennale, Beijing, China Art Center/South Florida, solo show “K x 2 =ART”, Miami Beach, FL Fort Collins Museum of Art, Rocky Mountain Biennial, Fort Collins, Colorado Select Exhibitions2024(upcoming) Ferrera Showman Gallery, "No Dead Artists", group show, New Orleans, LAKW Contemporary, "Overboard", group show, Kennebunk, MESponder Gallery, Intersect Aspen Art Fair, Aspen, COLaura Rathe Fine Art, "Decade" group show, Dallas, TXOA Fine Art, Paris, France2023 Laura Rathe Fine Art, "Grand Fete" group show, Houston, TXSponder Gallery, Art Miami Art Fair, Miami, FLOA Fine Art. Art Lilie Up. Lilie, FranceSponder Gallery, Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair, West Palm Beach, FLOA Fine Art. Luxembourg Art Fair.Laura Rathe Fine Art, "Decade", group show, Dallas, TX 2022 Sponder Gallery, Art Miami, Miami, FLLaura Rathe Fine Art, "Superchroma", group show, Houston TXSponder Gallery, Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair, Palm Beach, FLKW Contemporary, group show. Kennebunkport, MEAmy Simon Fine Art, group show. Westport, CT2021 Sponder Gallery, Art Miami, Miami FLKW Contemporary, "Summertide", group show, Kennebunkport, MEWhistler Contemporary, group show, Whistler, BCKW Contemporary, "Into the Unknown", group show, Kennebunkport, ME 2020 Lyons Wier Gallery, "Chrysalistasis", group show curated by James Austin Murray (online). New York, NY Turner Carroll Gallery, "Solstice" curated by Judy Chicago, Santa Fe, NM Chase Edwards Gallery, group show, Delray Beach, FL Art Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, FL2019 Marseilles, South Beach, FL curated by YNOBE DNA Market Art + Design, Hamptons, NY Artserve, “Textured” DBA, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Art Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Maria Elena Kravetz Gallery, Art Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA Whitewall Contemporary, "WATER", Delray Beach, FL 2018 Maria Elena Kravetz Gallery, SOFA Art Fair, Chicago, IL Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT Whitewall Contemporary, "W H I T E", Delray Beach, FL Maria Elena Kravetz Gallery, Art Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA Art Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, FL2017 Lanoue Gallery, December Group Show, Boston, MA Sandra Phillips Gallery, "De/Constructing Landscape", Denver, CO Exhibit 208, "Tondo", Albuquerque, NM2016 Arte Ponte, SCOPE Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL Amy Simon Fine Art, two person show, Westport, CT Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA Kaller Fine Arts, Washington DC. Downtown Contemporary, “Heavy Metal”. Albuquerque, NM2015 Lanoue Gallery, two person show, Boston, MA Nan Miller Gallery, “Abstract Views”, Rochester, NY Exhibit 208, “s(and): an introduction”, Albuquerque, NM ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH2014 Exhibit / 208, solo show “Full Circle", Albuquerque, New Mexico. El Monte Sagrado, solo show, “Land Lines”, Taos, NM. Sandra Phillips Gallery, “ID Series”, Denver, CO Downtown Contemporary, Albuquerque, NM Dacia Gallery, “Black and White”, New York, NY Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA Exhibit/208, “Wrap It Up”, Albuquerque, NM Saatchi Art, online exhibit “The Shape of Things: New Sculpture” curated by Rebecca Wilson2013 Oeno Gallery, “6 Impossible Things” Ontario, Canada Dacia Gallery/European House of Arts, Mazieres-de-Touraine, France; Erfurt, Germany; Sibiu, Romania Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM Galerija Dora, “Spiral Channel--To Earth with Love” curated by Vlado Franjevic, Slovenia Pippin Gallery, “Artgraze”. Santa Fe, NM VAM Art Inc. “Continuum”, New Jersey Harper College, “Small Works”, Palatine, IL Sandra Phillips Gallery, “Spring Rendezvous”, Denver, CO 2012 Lanoue Fine Art, two person show with Dirk De Bruycker, Boston, MA2011 Dacia Gallery, solo show "Vanishing Point", New York, NY Munoz Waxman Gallery, "18 Days", Santa Fe, New Mexico SCA Contemporary, "The Sublime, The Beautiful, and The Picturesque”, Albuquerque, New Mexico2010 Causey Contemporary, solo show "VECTOR|vector", Brooklyn, New York Jonathan Abrams MD Art Gallery, solo show “Intersections”, UNM Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico Kaller Fine Arts, Bethesda, MD Edward Hopper House, "Small Matters of Great Importance", curated by Clare Bell, New York, NY BWAC Gallery, "Wide Open”, curated by Nicholas Baume, Ann Strauss, and Mark Hughes, New York, NY2009 Aakriti Art Gallery, "Gen Next IV" Kolkata, India Lurie-Kavachnina Gallery, "Art of Deception", Miami, FL Studio B. Hollywood, FL2008 Trend Showroom, solo show, Miami, Florida Gallery Plan b, Washington, DC Agora Gallery, 23rd Chelsea International Fine Art Exhibition, curated by Manon Slome, New York, NY Artformz Gallery, Miami, FL Awards and CommitteesPublic Artist Roster 2020, City of Ocala, FL​Corporate and Publicly Viewable CollectionsNational Center for Health Statistics, MarylandWomack Wealth Management, New Mexico and Beverly Hills officesJaguar/Landrover auto showroom, Bethesda, MDUniversity of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, New MexicoSilverpeak, New YorkGW&K Investments, Boston, MADealerRater LLC, MassachusettsThe Davis Companies, Boston, MAThe Argo Group, New York, NYElements Development, Irvine, CANew Mexico Arts, Art in Public Places, Acclaimed Artist SeriesBernalillo County Public Art Collection, MRCOG BuildingLuna College, New Mexico Arts, Art in Public places Art in Film Artwork by KX2 has appeared in:The MakeoverCentral IntelligenceJust Getting StartedChambers (Netflix series)Mars Project