Everything is Eventual
Our lives are a series of entwined invisible structures based on cultural, situational, and social differentiation. Living is an ethereal matter of souls waxing and waning in each other’s company where each one is ultimately snuffed out. The eventuality of everything is scheduled and predetermined, and Atropos, with her long shears on the life’s thread is the end of all things. Eventually.
As an artist, I seek to convey what words cannot as easily describe of the nature of humanity and it’s relationship amongst itself and the environment. To create pieces in an attempt to dissect the world around me into its many peculiar characteristics and categories.
BIO
Born on an Army Base and raised in small town, Kansas, Sabrina E. E. Kuksi is a contemporary artist based in Lawrence, Kansas. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emporia State University with minors in Physical Sciences and Art History and now works in her studio at home. Mrs. Kuksi works in a variety of media including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, woodworking, and handicrafts. She enjoys spending time with her dearest husband, Kris Kuksi, and their four children, gardening, cooking, and reciting Weird Al songs by heart.
EDUCATION
2016 Emporia State University, completed Bachelor Fine Arts with Minors in Physical Sciences and Art History, Emporia, Kansas
2012 Studied at Kansas State University, Kinesiology, Manhattan, Kansas
2010 Studied at Butler Community College, Council Grove, Kansas
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Show at Lemonade Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri
2016 “Everything is Eventual,” Mulready’s Pub, Emporia, Kansas
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022 Selected Artist for the Grant Funded Council Grove Arts Council Mural Project for Main St.
2015-2016 Emporia State University Research Program grant recipient with Dan Kirchhefer for “Dog and Best Friend,” Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
Art Scholarship at Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
2014 Art ‘96 Scholarship recipient, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
2012 Dean’s List at Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
Richard Stauffer Scholarship, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
2011-2015 Trembly Scholarship recipient, Council Grove, Kansas
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Lawrence Art Auction, Lawrence, KS
2019 March Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2016 Emporia State University Faculty Show, Emporia, Kansas
2015 Hays Arts Council Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Hays, Kansas
2013-2016 Emporia State University Student Show. Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
2013-2016 Salon de Refuses, Emporia, Kansas
PUBLICATIONS AND MENTIONS
2019 Church of the Resurrection - Easter Service, Leawood, Kansas
2019 Church of the Resurrection - Maundy Thursday, Blue Springs, Missouri
2015 The Bulletin, April 2015, "Art students use the cadaver lab, too." Emporia, Kansas
gif credit to Tom Parish