Kitauna Parker at the Western Front Gallery until February 28

Kitauna Parker is an emerging artist recently graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Kitauna is a fine art oil painter who has been shown in local galleries and in public spaces with Artist's for Humanity, a Martial Arts instructor at Northeastern University and, as well as a United Cerebral Palsy Personal Care Assistant. Friend, Fine Art painter, and Artist's for Humanity alumni, Jameel Radcliffe has this to say about Parker:  

“Getting out of high school, we went to different schools and did different things, but we always kept in contact. I’ve always seen her like family. She also made a lot of artwork which I looked up to. She was doing things I’ve never seen before, doing these crazy abstract paintings, I just thought that they were so interesting and I started to emulate that in my work. I wanted to be like her.”

About her own art she has this to say:

"Growing up in the urban streets of Boston has sculpted my resilience empowering my voice to be as big as my art. As an artist, I celebrate the human connection with marks, color, shapes, and sometimes even language. From making an art club in grade-school to selling my first painting at 15, art has always been my still small voice, not only for me but for my community. My art is my freedom, its my way to fight back. With my art, I want to bring people together, connecting individuals from all different cultural backgrounds to share in the beauty of the same thing; The Human mark".

Visit Kitauna's work at the the Western Front Gallery 121 Webster Ave Chelsea MA 02150.

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