Stella Im Hultberg

This RUN includes a 1 inch black wood frame with UV-glass, foam core backing and ready to hang hardware.

"Continuing from 2014 after my move to Portland, I kept on exploring more of the floral/nature theme and developed a body of works for my solo show, Stranger, at Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco.

This particular piece was used in the flyers and posters for the show, making it sort of a title piece that ties all the rest of the pieces in the show and the theme together.

Unlike the previous flower pieces, the flowers are heavier in this… clustered together and making a burdensome bundle. The conflicted, ever-so-intense, mixed emotions of parenthood was the idea and reason behind this piece. The aforementioned crude details on flowers reflect a bit of all this." - Stella Im Hultberg


ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Stella Im Hultberg recently relocated to beautiful green Portland, Oregon, after a decade in New York City. She originally studied Industrial Design at CSU, which naturally segued into work as a toy designer early on in her career. Work in the design industry serendipitously led to her building on her natural talents as an artist and a career as a self-taught painter soon followed. Having grown up in Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan, she has a diverse blend of cultural influences to pull from.

Stella Im Hultberg was born in South Korea, raised in Seoul, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and later in California. She studied Industrial Design and worked as a product designer before serendipitously falling into the art world in late 2005.

When not painting or drawing, she likes to eat, ride her bicycle, and play the New York Times crossword puzzle. After a decade in New York City, she now lives (and works) in Portland, Oregon with her daughter and husband.