ST. LOUIS STREET ARTIST BIPOLAR HOLIDAY “Kyoto Girls” SERIES

Featuring more than 30 works including an 8 x 16 foot mural

Bipolar Holiday:  Kyoto Girls
New Work by Daniel Jefferson

through December 31, 2020

Presented by
Walker-Cunningham Fine Art

Take the tour at www.walkercunningham.com

St. Louis, MO:  Private art dealer Sarah B. Cunningham of Walker-Cunningham Fine Art announces virtual 3D tour of the pop-up exhibition featuring 30+ new works by Daniel Jefferson aka Bipolar Holiday.  Kyoto Girls marks the third pop-up exhibit Cunningham has curated in her St. Louis City home since fall of 2018.  Cunningham moved from Boston in 2015 where she owned and ran the Walker-Cunningham Fine Art gallery on Newbury Street in Boston’s historic Back Bay.  

Pivoting to a virtual model during the pandemic, the exhibit is also 100% online and Cunningham uses the 3D Matterport virtual technology to bring visitors inside to view over 30 new paintings by Jefferson including an 8 x 16 foot mural painted in Cunningham's home for the exhibition.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

St. Louis native Daniel Jefferson (b. 1977) aka Bipolar Holiday is a self-taught street artist.  Dan grew up in North St. Louis County.  By the age of 3, Jefferson was drawing and painting alongside his father, Melvin and together they shared studios for collaborations into his mid-20s.  Dan has exhibited his work both locally and globally including St. Louis, New York, Grand Rapids and Antwerp. “Bipolar Holiday: Kyoto Girls” has been featured in numerous publications including a feature in St. Louis Magazine and Walker-Cunningham Fine Art was named to their A-List for the online exhibit.

Jefferson’s work can be found in numerous private and public collections.  He lives in St. Louis City.

ABOUT THIS SERIES

The Kyoto Girls series grew from the seed of a memory. When Dan was a child, he recalls in vivid detail visiting the Japanese Festival at the renowned Missouri Botanical Garden. He tells the story of observing festival participants in Geisha dress and being fascinated by their gorgeous attire – their kimonos, obi, traditional shimada hairstyles with kanzashi (accessories such as hair sticks). Both historically and today, achieving the status of Geisha represents dedication, perseverance and the pursuit of excellence. Dan’s large measure of reverence for these figures and the art that has depicted them over the centuries fuels his Kyoto Girls series. At the same time, he brings his own life story to bear, making the work distinctively personal through his intuitive brushwork, layering and mark making. Daniel Jefferson resides in St. Louis City.  He is represented by Walker-Cunningham Fine Art.

All works in the exhibit are for sale (and are subject to prior sale).

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