October - December 2021
SOLO EXHIBITION
36 Little West 12th Street
Meatpacking, NYC
"REALM OF THE COOL PEOPLE"
The fine art collection opens a door into another existing world around us. Esoterically led, the series invites souls to identify themselves within with spiritual themes and esoteric imagery alluding tarot cards. Storm paints with her subconscious and conscious in tandem to achieve organic divinity; the spiritual figures of The Cool People are individually birthed with the emotional left hand and structural right hand. Each uniquely spawned with duality, their evolution allows them to ascend as storytellers in a surrealist universe. With gold accents and a focus on a baroque aesthetic, the collection encourages the viewer to fall into trance-like realms in a dimension perhaps familiar. This is the first of a multiple collections focusing on visualizing the worlds of The Cool People.
ABOUT THE COLLECTION
"One foot in the past, one foot in the present, Nostalgia rules my heart; Passion rules the mind; But above all, I’m all about being kind. They’re you, they’re me –– they’re who you want them to be. The Realm of the Cool People: an esoteric world, not out of our reach, and damn they have a lot to teach."
GALLERY PHOTOS
After the success of the opening night, a two additional showcase events were planned, extending the solo show over three months. Noted as "a gallery of the bizarre" in the New York Post, the surrealist exhbition attracted guests from rockstars and music producers to fashion designers and theatrical actors.
The gallery hosted numerous events and the artist added painted garments, art prints, and jewelry to the exhibition. During open hours, Storm held individual client meetings and workshops for the NYC Girls Scouts discussing her artistry process. The collection opened a collaborative relationship with the artist and G23NY, leading to future gallery residencies in Meatpacking.
