Messy Desk in the Cloudy Wonderland

OPENING RECEPTION
September 17, 2022 | 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

ON VIEW
September 17 – October 22, 2022

"Love in Tokyo (Mr. Fuji)" (acrylic ink on canvas, 31.5" x 31.5")

Click here to download a sample of exhibit images

On Saturday, September 17th, downtown Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery (CHG) will proudly unveil their next solo show with the award-winning and internationally celebrated artist Messy Desk, entitled Messy Desk in the Cloudy Wonderland, in Gallery 3.

The work of Hong Kong-based Jane Lee, aka Messy Desk, is full of joyful characters and animals, happy faces interwoven between buildings, rainbows, and even outer space. Her art is carefully crafted, stroke after stroke, and the result is high density landscapes with an explosion of color. Frantic as it might be at first glance, after close inspection, Messy Desk’s art is full of emotional stories, like charming little treasures hidden in plain sight, awaiting to be discovered. Her mural paintings have been exhibited in China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, the U.S., UK, and Poland, which received an environmental design award from Urban Forms in 2015 (click here to view).

Having contributed in many group shows at CHG, Messy Desk in the Cloudy Wonderland is just the second solo for the artist at the gallery, following her mini-solo Messy Desk's Friends in Wonderland featured in CHG’s 5-Artist Exhibit (May 2021). Regarding her upcoming show, Messy Desk shares, “This series of paintings is an inspiration of daydreaming. When I daydream, I look into the blue sky or the starry night. I can see my cloudy playground. My friends are playing hide and seek. Their little adventures are recorded in my paintings. I wish everyone can feel the same sense of freedom from my artwork and be relieved from the stress of real life.”

Messy Desk in the Cloudy Wonderland opens Saturday, September 17th from 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm in Gallery 3, alongside solo shows from Kristen Liu-Wong, entitled Hard Pressed, in Gallery 2 and Ben Frost, entitled Friends in High Places, in the Main Gallery.

About Messy Desk:
The work of the award-winning and internationally known artist Jane Lee, aka Messy Desk, is full of joyful characters and animals, happy faces interwoven between buildings, rainbows, and even outer space. Her art is carefully crafted, stroke after stroke, and the result is high density landscapes with an explosion of color. Frantic as it might be at first glance, after close inspection, Messy Desk’s art is full of emotional stories, like charming little treasures hidden in plain sight, awaiting to be discovered. Her mural paintings have been exhibited in China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, the U.S., UK, and Poland, which received an environmental design award from Urban Forms. Messy Desk’s international accolades include 1st Runner up for a JIA Illustration Award at the Japan Illustrator’s Association in 2016, winner of The Best Illustration (Advertising) at the 4th Greater China Illustration Awards in 2016, as well as being awarded by France’s Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012.

About Corey Helford Gallery:
Established in 2006 by Jan Corey Helford and her husband, television producer/creator Bruce Helford (The Conners, Anger Management, The Drew Carey Show, and George Lopez), Corey Helford Gallery (CHG) has since evolved into one of the premier galleries of New Contemporary art. Its goal as an institution is supporting the growth of artists, from the young and emerging, to the well-known and internationally established. CHG represents a diverse collection of international artists, primarily influenced by today's pop culture and collectively encompassing style genres such as New Figurative Art, Pop Surrealism, Neo Pop, Graffiti, and Street Art. Located in downtown Los Angeles at 571 S. Anderson St. Los Angeles, CA 90033, in a robust 12,000 square foot building, CHG presents new exhibitions approximately every six weeks. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm, with visiting hours being Thursday through Saturday from 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm ─ appointments only necessary during non-visiting hours. For more info and an upcoming exhibition schedule, visit CoreyHelfordGallery.com and follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. For available prints from CHG, visit CHGPrints.com.