By Ari Salka "Ari Salka is a trans, non-binary artist based in LA. Their ecstatic paintings and drawings demonstrate primarily self-portraits of their body—move in a liminal fantasy space brimming with queer angels and ghosts; a buoyant space where their present and former selves, can meet: recognizing, adoring, embracing and saying farewell." - Artillery Magazine (2020) This self-published book brings together a collection of drawings and paintings created by the artist from 2016 to 2019. Ari Salka (b. 1993 in Seattle, WA) primarily works through writing, painting, and drawing. Salka holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2016) and MFA in Painting from UCLA (2019). In addition, Salka studied at the Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art and received the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship in Norfolk, CT (2015). Ari Salka, 2019 Hardcover, 110 pages Signed by the artist 9 x 11 inches
