Addison Kanoelani
Luxury Nature Abstract Artist
Origin
Before I ever picked up resin or fiber optics, I was a girl on a rooftop in the high desert, tracing constellations and trying to memorize the exact color the sky turns just before it goes fully black. That instinct, to catch something fleeting and hold it still, is still the whole of what I do. My work carries that rooftop with me: the cosmos, the ocean, the desert floor, all rendered through preserved botanicals I often grow myself, crystal, and embedded LED fiber optic light that glows the way starlight does when you're far enough from the city to actually see it.
I hold a BFA (2014) and Hawaiian heritage, both of which shape how I think about material and life, nothing in my work is purely decorative. Every preserved flower, every vein of light, is standing in for something that was once alive and briefly, unrepeatably itself.
Current Work
My most recent solo exhibition, Thresholds: The Liminal Sky, opened in June 2026 at Center for the Arts Kayenta's Judy & Tim Terrell Gallery. Ten mixed-media fiber optic paintings and a 25-foot fiber optic curtain installation explored the idea of the threshold itself, that narrow, charged space between one state and another, night and day, known and unknown. It followed my 2025 solo show The Celestial Essence of Nature at Glen B Blakely Gallery, continuing a body of work that treats the sky not as backdrop but as subject.
My recent works have been featured in Life+Style Magazine, Voyage Utah, STROLL Magazine, and St George News, and included in group exhibitions ranging from the NBA All-Star Exhibition in Los Angeles to Zions Bank Gallery, where I placed 1st and received an Honorable Mention in 2025.
Beyond the Studio
I currently serve as Gallery Director Chair at Red Cliff Gallery through the Southern Utah Art Guild. This side of my work matters to me as much as the studio practice, Southern Utah's art scene is growing, and I want a hand in shaping it to be more contemporary, more inclusive, and more willing to take risks on artists doing something different. Curating for others sharpens how I see my own work, and it keeps me accountable to the community I'm asking to invest in it.
I'm currently pursuing gallery representation in Las Vegas, Southern California and Hawaii. As well as select luxury hospitality placements, and interior design projects. If you're a gallerist, curator, or collector interested in the full body of work, my complete CV is available below, or feel free to reach out directly.
