Los Angeles-Based Painters Mattea Perrotta & Jonathan Ryan @ The Landing

Both born in 1989, Mattea Perrotta and Jonathan Ryan. each started out as observational painters and are now working in abstraction. Mattea Perrotta began painting portraits, then pivoted to a simplified, abstract series of shapes that capture and distill the essence of her female subjects into flattened, geometric forms. Jonathan Ryan’s abstractions reference architecture and universal form, he uses repetition and drop shadows to depict impossible structures. The exhibition is on view through June 30 at the Landing 5118 w Jefferson Boulevard Los Angeles. photographs by Lani Trock

Mattea Perrotta Recreates Syd Barrett's Madcap Laughs Photo Session In Her Studio In Los Angeles

Mattea Perrotta's exhibition Portrait of A Nude Woman is on view now at MAMA Gallery until December 12, 2015. photograph by Sara Clarken

Mattea Perrotta 'Portrait of a Nude Woman' @ MAMA Gallery in Los Angeles

New works from minimalist painter Mattea Perrotta, inspired by her recent residency in Morocco. Portrait of a Nude Woman will be on view until December 12, 2015 at MAMA Gallery in Los Angeles. photographs by Sara Clarken

A Group Show Entitled "To Hide To Show" Opens Tomorrow At MAMA Gallery In Los Angeles, Read Our Exclusive Interviews with the Artists →

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Opening tomorrow night in Los Angeles, MAMA gallery will present To Hide To Show, a group exhibition derived from a contemporary French social anthropological study entitled Montrer / Occulter, which loosely translates to the exhibition’s title. The artists chosen to represent the ideas and concepts behind this study, and its conclusions, experiment with the notion of concealing and revealing on a societal, intellectual and creative basis. These artists include Clara Balzary, Zoe Crosher, Nana Ghana, Ariana Papademetropolous, Mattea Perrotta, Fay Ray, Lisa Solberg, and Johanna Tagada. Click here to read our interviews with all the artists.