About Mostly Squares

I make square things. Mostly characters. Mostly damaged-looking, vividly-colored, black-lined, toothy, eye-heavy weirdos. That's my jam.

I live in Las Vegas, via Chicago. I studied film and animation at Columbia College Chicago near the turn of the century, where I was already mixing drawing, design, animation, and digital tools before I knew that needed a category.

My work starts wherever it starts: drawing, painting, photos, iPad, code, print tests, mistakes. I don't really care about the tool or starting method, but whether or not the image has an actual pulse. Sometimes there's an initial intention, a vision. Sometimes it emerges through iterating. Lately the work has been getting bigger and more physical — canvas paintings, large prints, and things made to exist outside the scroll. 

Currently my work hangs and sells at Barter (150 W Wyoming, Las Vegas, NV 89102) and other galleries in the Las Vegas Arts District.

Adam Kelsven (@a2thek26) Mostly Squares (@_mostlysquares)