Kevin Rolly aka. Kevissimo is an award-winning mixed-media artist living in Los Angeles. Principally a photographer, Kevin was born outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to Los Angeles where through experimentation he conceived his signature ‘OilGraph’ style - a hybrid of traditional film photography, oil paint and other media including gunpowder.
Entirely self taught his work explores the themes of human fragility and strength in the midst of darkness. By employing the realism of the photograph and the abstraction of oil paint his work expresses the worlds both seen and unseen woven together.
His works are widely published and are in private and corporate collections around the world.
GRANTS
-Mustard Seed Foundation ($10,000) for the series "In the Time of the Judges"
-Calvin College ($5,000) for the series "Tributes for Kings"
EXHIBITIONS
2025
GARDENS OF COPPER (New Gunpowder Works) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca (Upcoming)
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) – New City Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca (Upcoming)
2024
TO BE FOUND - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (FALL) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) – New City Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
ALL FLOWERS BEND TOWRDS THE SUN - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (SPRING) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2023
END OF WAR (GUNPOWDER PORTRAITS) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (FALL) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) – New City Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
FOLLOW YOU - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (SPRING) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2022
FOR UKRAINE (New Gunpowder Works) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (FALL) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) – New City Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
SAINT SEBASTIAN - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (SPRING) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2019
BROKEN – The Peter Dawson Salon, Houston, Tx
GUNPOWDER DANDELIONS II - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (FALL) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) – New City Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
GUNPOWDER DANDELIONS I - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (SPRING) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2018
JOURNEYS - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (FALL) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) – New City Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE FAIRFIELDS INTERNATIONAL - Hampshire, England
CAPTURE - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (SPRING) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2017
FROM THE MYSTERY II - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (SPRING) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) – New City Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
FROM THE MYSTERY I - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (FALL) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2016
SPRING RISINGS – Syrup Loft Gallery, Los Angeles
THE HOTTEST EIGHT – House of Wren, Los Angeles
NEW WORK II (SPRING) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (SPRING) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) – New City Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
NEW WORK I (FALL) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (FALL) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2015
MISGIVINGS – Sadler Fine Arts, Amsterdam, NY
BROKEN - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
NEW WORK II (SPRING) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) – New City Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (SPRING) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
NEW WORK I (FALL) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (FALL) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2014
IN THE TIME OF THE JUDGES (Solo) – 414 Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) – New City Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
NEW WORK II (SPRING) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE SPRING COLLECTIVE – Sadler Fine Arts, Amsterdam, NY
NEW WORK I (FALL) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2013
ONLY THE BRAVE – Black Cat gallery, Los Angeles
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) - Tribe of Los Angeles
NEW WORK II (SPRING) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (SPRING) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
NEW WORK I (FALL) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (FALL) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2012
ORIGINS – Sadler Fine Arts, Amsterdam, NY
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) - Tribe of Los Angeles
NEW WORK II (SPRING) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (SPRING) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
NEW WORK I (FALL) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (FALL) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2011
JOURNEYS – DCA Fine Arts, Los Angeles
MAYBE THIS TIME – Black Cat Gallery, Los Angeles
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) - Tribe of Los Angeles
NEW WORK II (SPRING) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (SPRING) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
NEW WORK I (FALL) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
THE BREWERY ARTWALK GROUP SHOW (FALL) – I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2010
7th ANNUAL EVENING OF ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT – A&E Gallery, Hollywood, Ca
BREWERY ARTWALK - FALL - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
MIRRORS OF THE SOUL (Group) - El Portal Theatre, Los Angeles
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) - Tribe of Los Angeles - Live creation of "Broken - The Last Supper"
THE FAIRFIELDS INTERNATIONAL - Hampshire, England
LIVING GRACE (Group) - Las Vegas
BREWERY SPRING ARTWALK (Group) - Los Angeles
2009
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS (Solo) - Tribe of Los Angeles
BREWERY SPRING ARTWALK (Group) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles
BREWERY FALL ARTWALK (Group) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles
IN THE TIME OF THE JUDGES - Huntsville Gallery, Huntsville, Texas
THROUGH THE OLD TESTAMENT (Group) - 930 Gallery, Louisville, KY
DARKWAVE (Group) - Black Cat Gallery, Los Angeles
2008
THE WINTER SHOW (Group) - Regent Gallery, Los Angeles
BREWERY SPRING ARTWALK (Group) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles
BREWERY FALL ARTWALK (Group) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles
LOCALS ONLY (Group) - Dale Youngman Gallery, Los Angeles
BAD (Group) - Black Cat Gallery, Los Angeles
LIVE DRAW - DALLAS (Group) - Artists Fighting Cancer, Dallas, Tx
BEYOND THIS DOOR (Group) - DCA Fine Arts, Santa Monica, Ca
2007
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS - KEVIN ROLLY'S THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS (solo) eXchange Gallery - Terre Haute, Indiana
BREWERY ARTWALK(New Work) - Theory Labs Gallery, Los Angeles
NOT FOR THE FAINT (OF HEART) - Black Cat Gallery, Los Angeles
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS - THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS (solo) 930 Gallery, Louisville, KY
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS - THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS(Solo) - Word of God Parish, Pittsburgh, Pa
"BODY OF CHRIST" (Group) - Virginia Theological Seminary, Arlington, Va?
POETRY AND PICTURE INTERNATIONAL (group) The Theatre Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England
LIVE DRAW - DALLAS (group) The Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art
VOYANGES & JOURNEYS (solo) Eyekons - Grand Rapids, MI
BLACK MASQUE (Group) Black Masque Gallery- Los Angeles, CA
2006
THE COST OF HEROISM (Solo) Directors Guild of America - Beverly Hills, CA
LA DECOM (Group) Annex - Los Angeles
THE ART OF BURNING MAN (Group) Spring Street Gallery - Los Angeles
BLACK CAT FESTIVAL 2! (Group) Black Cat Gallery - Culver City
KEVIN ROLLY - 50 NEW WORKS (solo) Theory Labs Gallery - Los Angeles
ART MEETING THE SACRED (Group) Eyekons Gallery - Grand Rapids, MI
BLACK CAT FESTIVAL 1! (Group) Black Cat Gallery - Culver City
LIVE DRAW (Group) Bamboo Gallery - China Town
KEVIN ROLLY - NEW WORKS (Group) Theory Labs Gallery - Los Angeles
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS - THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS (Solo) Eyekons - Grand Rapids, MI
CREATE - FIXATE (Group) Springs Art Tower - Los Angeles
WINTER WORK (Group) The Hive Gallery - Los Angeles
2005
INTIMACY (human people) (Group) Campbell Works Gallery - London
KEVIN ROLLY - NEW WORKS (Solo) Theory Labs Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
CURIOSITY CABINET OF THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS (Group) The Maze - Black Rock City, NV
CURIOSITY CABINET OF THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS(Group) The Hive Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
PARIS -OILGRAPHS (Solo) Theory Labs Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca?"Tributes for Kings - Kevin Rolly's The TRIBUTES FOR KINGS - THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS (Solo) Asbury Theological Seminary, KY
TRIBUTES FOR KINGS - THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS (Solo) The Red Loft - Los Angeles, Ca
2004
THE ART OF BLEEDING (Group) Bluespace Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
WHEN I WAKE (Solo) E' Gallery - Pomona, Ca
SIX DEGREES (Group) 6° Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
THE FOUNDERS (Group) Cannibal Flower Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
BREWERY ARTWALK - SPRING (Group) Theory Labs Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
BREWERY ARTWALK - FALL (Group) Theory Labs Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
2003
UNTIL THE ROAD FORGETS (Solo) Pasadena Museum of California Art - Pasadena, Ca
ZOOM II (Group) I-5 Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
BREWERY ARTWAL - FALL (Group) Theory Labs Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
REMEMBERING THE PLAYA (Group) Blue Bongo Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
STATIONS OF THE CROSS (Group Commission) Fuller Seminary - Pasadena, Ca
BREWER ARTWALK - SPRING (Group) Theory Labs Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
DARK VISIONS (Group) The Red Loft - Los Angeles, Ca
CANNIBAL FLOWER (Group) Abundant Sugar Studio - Los Angeles, Ca
2002
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS (Group) New York, NY
BREWERY ARTWALK = FALL(Group) Theory Labs Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
WALKING THE DESERT (Group) The Red Loft - Los Angeles, Ca
SINDIGIG II(Group - Curator) The Mystic Lounge Chapel - Los Angeles, Ca
OILGRAPHS - THE WORK OF KEVIN ROLLY (Solo) Kinear Gallery - Pomona, Ca
BREWERY ARTWALK - SPRING" (Group) Abundant Sugar Studio - Los Angeles, Ca
2001
BREWERY ARTWALK - FALL (Group) Theory Labs Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
SINDIGIG I (Group - Curator) The Mystic Lounge Chapel - Los Angeles, Ca
OILGRAPHS - THE WORK OF KEVIN ROLLY (Solo) The Artery - Hollywood, Ca
PRAYER FOR GIRLIE (Solo) Burning Man Festival - Black Rock City, NV
DANCES WITH FILMS (Group) Warner Hollywood Studios - Hollywood, Ca
2000
DECEMBER (Solo) The Artery - Hollywood, Ca
GARDENS OF FIRE AND RAIN (Solo) Burning Man Festival - Black Rock City, NV
1999
JOURNEYS (Solo) The V.A.S.T. Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
FINAL GOODBYES (Group) Sadler Fine Arts - Topanga Canyon, Ca
237 FEET OF ART (Group) Gallery 825 - West Hollywood, Ca
WINTER WORK (Group) MWP Gallery - Hollywood, Ca
1998
SUMMER (Group) Mad River Gallery - Santa Monica, Ca
ANGELS (Group - Curator) The V.A.S.T. Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
OILGRAPHS - THE WORK OF KEVIN ROLLY (Solo) Sadler Fine Arts - Venice, Ca
WINTER (Group) Mad River Gallery - Santa Monica, Ca
1997
THE LIGHT WITHIN (Group) The V.A.S.T. Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
THE HUNTED (Solo) The V.A.S.T. Gallery - Los Angeles
IF ONLY (Solo) University of Southern California Union - Los Angeles, Ca
IN SPRING (Group) MWP Gallery - Hollywood, Ca
SOIRE (Group) Spanish Kitchen Studios - Los Angeles, Ca
1996
OILGRAPHS - THE WORK OF KEVIN ROLLY (Solo) Jewel Box Gallery - Studio City, Ca
THIS HUMAN GARDEN (Group - Curator) Spanish Kitchen Studios, Los Angeles
MWP WINTER EXHIBITION (Group) MWP Gallery, Hollywood, Ca
NEW WORKS (Group) Sadler Fine Arts - Venice, Ca
STRANGENESS (Group) Dark's Art Parlour, Santa Ana, Ca
PRIVATE EXHIBITION (Solo) Sadler Fine Arts, Venice, Ca
WINTER (Group) Mad River Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca
1995
UNVEILED (Group) Dark's Art Parlour, Santa Ana, Ca
THE RANDOM IMAGE (Group) AIM Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
3RD ANNUAL DADA" (Group) ADR Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
1994
THE PENNSYLVANIAN (Group) Cranberry Fine Arts Gallery - Pittsburgh, Pa
2ND ANNUAL DADA (Group) DADA Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
1993
IN PITTSBURGH (Group) Heads Together Gallery - Pittsburgh, Pa
1ST ANNUAL DADA" (Group) DADA Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca
1992
THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL (Group) The Carnegie Gallery - Pittsburgh, Pa - Best of show
WIDE ANGLE (Group) The Mattress Factory Gallery - Pittsburgh, Pa
LET FREEDOM RING (Group - Traveling) Washington DC - Sponsored by Kodak
1991
ENTER ONLY BY FOOT BETWEEN SUNRISE AND SUNSET AND NO PLASTIC FLOWERS OR PLANTS (solo) The Hetzel Union Gallery - State College, Pa
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