Kiran was born in southern California to a surfer and a "hip hip lady"; they raised him in Bali, Indonesia. Throughout his upbringing, he soaked up tropes of indigenous culture: the figures, stories and practices of the Balinese people's very unique form of Hinduism. Kiran creates work that is reminiscent of the everyday aesthetic that surrounded him, e.g. kulkul bells, Barong, traditional masks, Hindu shrines and the incredibly diverse flora indigenous to the island. Currently, Kiran Joseph Schwaebe is living and working in Santa Barbara, California, pursuing non-traditional ceramics and bio-sculpture.
WHAT I'VE DONE WITH ALL THIS PASSION 2015 - Hosted and showed in the annual “Salon de Refuses” exhibition, SBCC -Created the Monkey Temple at the Lucidity Festival, Santa Barbara - Tutored ceramics, SBCC 2016 - Ventura Potter Guild Award for Best in Advanced Ceramics -a builder of “Nomads Nook” area of the Lucidity Festival, Santa Barbara -Hosted and showed in the annual “Salon de Refuses” exhibition, SBCC -Showed in the annual student exhibition, Atkinson Gallery at SBCC -Hosted a ceramics workshop at Lucidity Festival, Santa Barbara 2017 -a builder of “Nomads Nook” area of Lucidity Festival, Santa Barbara -Hosted a ceramics workshop at Lucidity Festival, Santa Barbara -Hosted a “Create Your Own Terrarium” workshop at Lucidity Festival, Santa Barbara 2018 -a builder for "start projects" contribution to the lucidity music and arts festival. -Showed in the annual student exhibition, Atkinson Gallery at SBCC 2019 -tutored sculpture -builder for "start projects" contribution to the lucidity music and arts festival. -showed sculptural work at the Lucidity music and arts festival. -Showed in the annual student exhibition, Atkinson Gallery at SBCC -started at California college of the arts...... |