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 Kushlani Hall has been painting for more than fifteen years. She works with oils, oil pastels and encaustics. Her oils and oil pastels are full of vibrant color and contrast. Her encaustics on the other hand have more earthy colors, browns, greens and subtle hues of the primaries. She's passionate about all three of the media. She loves oil color for the textures, colors and the forgiving nature of it. She's passionate about the brilliant colors and depth the oil pastels offer. She adores encaustics for the immediacy of it and the textures and actual pieces of nature that can be collaged in to an encaustic painting.

  Another passion of hers is making exquisite jewelry. She calls them unique pieces of art that you can wear. She is known for her beautiful color schemes and her unique designs in jewelry. Her style is very organic and is very close to nature.

 She has won awards both for her paintings and jewelry.

 She was born and raised in Sri Lanka. Her studies brought her to the USA. She earned her PhD in Physics at The University of Oklahoma. Since then she worked as a software engineer in the Bay Area. While engaged in this work she was always drawn to arts. She took many courses in painting and jewelry making. She has finally switched to her true love, Art, and is now a full time artist.

 She also offers painting and jewelry making classes and workshops around the Bay area. Please contact her directly by email kushij@sbcglobal.net or by phone (408) 942-5087 for more information about her classes. You can visit her website at www.KushlaniHall.com.

 She now lives in the Bay Area, California with her family.

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Awards

• Honorable mention EVC Student Show 2008 for oil painting "Wish"
• Finalist AVArtFest 2007 for Necklace "Bird of Paradise"
• Friends of AVA award 2005 for "Agapanthus and Lantanas" Oil Pastel, AVArt Festival, Santa Clara, CA
• Finalist AVArtFest 2002 for "Uveen's first lesson" Oil on Canvas

Invitational Demonstrations

• Painting with Oil Pastels for Saratoga Contemporary Artists (May 2008)

Galleries

• Gallery Saratoga, 14435-A Big Basin Way, Saratoga, California 95070
• Solo Gallery, 233B N. Santa Cruz Ave, Los Gatos, CA (closed)
• The Art Museum of Los Gatos, Gift Shop, 4 Tate Ave, Los Gatos, CA (2007)
• Kalied Gallery, San Jose, 88, 4^th Street, San Jose, CA
• JNS Gallery - Hand & Mind, Santana Row, San Jose, CA 2006 - 2007 (closed)

Shows and Events

• Solo Gallery Group Show, Los Gatos, California, 2007
• AVA Art Festival 2007, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
• Cupertino Golden Jubilee Show 2005, Cupertino, California
• AVA Art Festival 2005, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
• Peninsula Open Studios 2003
• "Art by my mother", Aug 2003, Whitney Young Cultural Center, San Francisco, California
• Juried Show "Large works" June 2003 Pacific Art league, Palo Alto, California
• Silicon Valley Open Studios 2003, California
• Peek into Open Studios 2003, Phantom Galleries, San Jose, California
• AVA Art Festival 2002, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California

 Education

• Stone setting, with Jason Sekab (2008)
• Casting Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA, Amy Bailey (2008)
• Jewelry Raising, Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA, Jack Da Silva (2007)
• Rio Grande PMC Certification Course I, CeCe Wire, San Francisco (2007)
• Jewelry with fused glass with artist Juneko Martinson (2006)
• Jewelry with PMC with artist Nancy Banks (2006)
• Figure Drawing, Triton Museum of Art with artist George Rivera (Executive Director, Triton Museum of Art) (2003)
• Mission College, Santa Clara, California with artist George Rivera (Executive Director, Triton Museum of Art) (2002-2003)
• San Jose Art Academy, Santa Clara, California with artist Sa Ra Lee (MFA, University of California, San Francisco) (2001-2002)
• Fire House Art Center, Norman, Oklahoma with artist Carol Armstrong (BA, UCO, Edmond, OK) (1992-1993)

 Teaching Experience

• Oil Painting, Milpitas Adult Education Center, Milpitas, CA.
• Jewelry with Beads, Milpitas Adult Education Center, Milpitas, CA.
• Jewelry with Fused Glass, Milpitas Adult Education Center, Milpitas, CA.

Affiliations

• MAASV

 Other

• PhD in Physics, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK  1997
• Software Engineer, Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (till 2003)