Biography

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 Florida.

Curriculum Vitae

DANA LYNN KLEINMAN :: EDUCATION

2002 University of New Mexico, MFA in Painting. Albuquerque, NM.

1997 Carnegie Mellon University, BFA in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking with an additional major in interdisciplinary History and Anthropology. Pittsburgh, PA. Phi Beta Kappa, Carnegie Tradition Scholar. 

 

RUTH AVRA KLEINMAN :: EDUCATION

2001 University of Wisconsin BS in Art, Art Metal Concentration. Madison, WI.

1999 Syracuse University, Scholarship Grant for semester abroad in Florence, Italy

 

Museum, Art Center and Grant Sponsored Exhibitions 

2025    Spaaces Art Center, solo exhibition, Sarasota, FL (forthcoming)

2024    Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, solo exhibition, Broward College, FL (forthcoming)

            Coral Springs Art Museum, group exhibition, Coral Springs, FL

            Ft. Lauderdale Airport, “Hydra”, sponsored by the Broward County Cultural Division 2023    Pompano Beach Cultural Center, "Boil Notice", sponsored by Broward County Cultural              Division/Broward Cultural Council, Solo Exhibition. Pompano Beach, FL. 

            Cornell Art Museum, “World of Water”, Delray Beach, FL

            Studio 18 Art Complex, "Grounded", curated by Juliana Forero, 2 person show. 

            Pembroke Pikes, FL

2022    Contemporary Art Center New Orleans, “H2O”, New Orleans, LA

            Arts Warehouse, “Waves”, Delray Beach, FL

2021    Art and Culture Center, “Exposed”, Hollywood, FL

2020    Coral Springs Museum of Art, group show. Coral Springs, FL 2019    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 Korea

2018    Monmouth Art Museum, group show, Lincroft, NJ

            Art and Culture Center, “Mottos”. Hollywood FL

2017    Islip Art Museum, "Duality", East Islip, NY                              

2016    Museum of the Golden Ratio, Featured Artist March 2016

2011    Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Art Center, "Supersize: Bigger is Better?”, Solomons Island, MD

2010    Albuquerque Museum of Art, "Miniatures and More”, Albuquerque, NM

2009    Las Cruces Museum of Art, solo show "Crescendo", Las Cruces, NM

2008    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, CO

 

Select Gallery Exhibitions 

2024   Ferrara Showman Gallery, 28th Annual No Dead Artists group exhibition, New Orleans, LA

           KW Contemporary, “Overboard” group exhibition, Kennebunk, ME

2023   Laura Rathe Fine Art, “Decade” group show, Houston, TX

2022   KW Contemporary, group show. Kennebunkport, ME

           Amy Simon Fine Art, group show. Westport, CT

           Broward Cultural Division, "Obstruction Immersion" solo installation, Kimpton Goodland             Fort Lauderdale, FL

2021   City of Miami Beach, “No Vacancy”, solo show, Miami Beach, FL            Whistler Contemporary, group show, Whistler, BC. 

           KW Contemporary, group show “Summertide”, Kennebunk, ME

2020   KW Contemporary, group show “All that Glitters”, Kennebunk, ME

           Turner Carroll Gallery, online exhibition: “Create Art for Earth”, curated by Judy Chicago

           Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

           Lyons Weir Gallery, online exhibition: “Chrysalistasis”, curated by James Austin Murray & Lyons                   Weir Gallery, New York, NY

2019   Marseilles, South Beach, FL curated by YNOBE DNA

           Artserve, “Textured” DBA, Ft Lauderdale, FL

           Whitewall Contemporary, "WATER", Delray Beach, FL                

2018   Whitewall Contemporary, "W H I T E", Delray Beach, FL

2017   Lanoue Gallery. December Group Show. Boston, MA

           Sandra Phillips Gallery, "De/Constructing Landscape", Denver, CO

           Exhibit 208, "Tondo", Albuquerque, NM

2016   Amy Simon Fine Art, Two person show, Westport, CT

           Lanoue Gallery. Boston, MA

           Downtown Contemporary, “Heavy Metal”. Albuquerque, NM

2015   Lanoue Gallery, Two person show, Boston, MA

           Nan Miller Gallery, “Abstract Views”, Rochester, NY

           Exhibit 208, “s(and): an introduction”, Albuquerque, NM

2014   Exhibit / 208, solo show "Full Circle”, Albuquerque, NM

           El Monte Sagrado, solo show “Land Lines”, Taos, NM

           Sandra Phillips Gallery, “ID Series”, Denver, CO

           Dacia Gallery, “Black and White”, New York, NY

           Exhibit/208 , “Wrap It Up”, Albuquerque, NM

 2013  Oeno Gallery, “6 Impossible Things” Outdoor Sculpture Garden, Ontario, Canada

           Dacia Gallery/European House of Arts, Mazieres-de-Touraine, France; Erfurt,                         Germany; Sibiu, Romania

           Galerija Dora, “Spiral Channel--To Earth with Love” curated by Vlado Franjevic, Slovenia   

2012   Lanoue Fine Art, Two person show with Dirk De Bruycker. Boston, MA

2011   Dacia Gallery, solo show "Vanishing Point", New York, NY

            Munoz Waxman Gallery, "18 Days", Santa Fe, NM

            SCA Contemporary, "The Sublime, The Beautiful, and The Picturesque",  

            Albuquerque, NM

 2010  Causey Contemporary, solo show "VECTOR|vector", Brooklyn, NY

           Jonathan Abrams MD Art Gallery "Intersections", UNM Hospital, New Mexico

 

           BWAC Gallery, "Wide Open", curated by Nicholas Baume, Ann Strauss & Mark Hughes,            New York, NY

2009   Aakriti Art Gallery, "Gen Next IV" Kolkata, India

           Lurie-Kavachnina Gallery, "Art of Deception", Miami, FL

2008   Agora Gallery, 23rd Chelsea International Fine Art Exhibition, curated by Manon Slome, New 

           York, NY 

 

Awards and Committees

Exhibiting Artist, Ft. Lauderdale Airport, Installation Art Exhibition January - July 2024, Broward County Cultural Division

Artist Innovation Grant, Broward County Cultural Division, 2022-2023

Artist Grant, No Vacancy, City of Miami Beach, 2021

Individual Artist Grant, Broward County Cultural Division, 2021-22

City of Ocala, FL Public Art Roster 2020

New Mexico Arts, Art in Public Places Acclaimed Artist Series Pool 2020

Duane Hanson Award, Broward Art, FL 2020

 

Public Art

New Mexico Arts, Art in Public Places, Acclaimed Artist Series, placement at New Mexico State

University, Carlsbad, NM 2012

Bernalillo County Public Art Collection, MRCOG Building 2017

New Mexico Arts, Art in Public places, placement at Luna College, Las Vegas, NM 2020