Alden Kisner: Diva Manifestation Ritual

Event details Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Time: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM Location: Gayle and Ed Roski Gallery 3001 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007 Cost: Free Type: Arts, Exhibit Campus: Other Location Department: Roski School of Art and Design Audience: Students, Alumni, Faculty/Staff About this event Opening reception: Thursday, September 24, 5–7pm Exhibition on view: September 25–October 13, 2026 Gallery hours: Mon–Fri, 9am–4:30pm, by appointment Gayle and Ed Roski Gallery 3001 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007 ARTIST STATEMENT: My whole life I've felt like a performer without an audience. Diva Manifestation Ritual began as a private act, drawing the same nude women over and over, using their unapologetic femininity as a vessel before I knew how to inhabit my own. The more I created, the more this eccentric persona revealed itself. Painting myself became the natural next step – to hold the frame around my own body and decide what it means. This show is where that ritual goes public. Life-size paintings and spontaneous figure drawings move between desire and being desired, grotesque and glamour – inhabiting a persona and realizing it was always yours. Official event details: https://calendar.usc.edu/event/alden-kisner-diva-manifestation-ritual