Born on December 5th, 1977 in Michigan, Aunia Kahn is a self taught figurative artist. Kahn's work combines many disciplines, wrapping them into a hybrid art form melding photography, painting and collage. She invariably designs, builds, and executes characters, non-existent places, dreams, illusions, fears and fables into creation, which meld elements of classical and contemporary art. Each work makes use of her own likeness in movie-like stills, dealing in varied taboo and often controversial subject matter to challenge the viewer, their understanding and preconceived notions; yet she connects through honest feeling and emotions. Aunia's work has constantly evolved; earlier works dealt more with her past, while her more recent creations delve into present emotional conflicts and inspirations.
She is also the creator of the Silver Era Tarot deck, the forthcoming Survival deck, and the Lowbrow Tarot Project, is the author of Obvious Remote Chaos, Minding the Sea: Inviting the Muses Over for Tea (Release Date: June 2012), a graphic/web designer and owner of Aunia Kahn Designs, as well as musician, vocalist and lyricist for her musical side-project AfterChain. She currently resides in Illinois with her four German Shepherds and black cat in her secret closet.
My work is a mixed media of photography, collage and painting and once completed it's finalized on the computer as a digital file. So that is why I started with prints as my primary focus in 2005. When dealing with an original, the final file is created on an archival canvas, gallery wrapped, and is enhanced with a beautiful water proof lacquer coating for protection and depth. I only started offering the one of a kind original on canvas in 2010 because I had collectors looking for something a bit more special, and higher-end than a limited edition print. The quality is breathtaking. They are typically 20" x 24", and are one of a kind, only one will ever be made. It is treated like a painting, and is often mistaken as one in person due to depth of the canvas texture, and the process has to be explained to prospective buyers. Then a small handful (Typically 10) Limited Editions Prints on Archival Museum Quality Paper are created at a much lower price point. Then it's gone forever.
